[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/24267432/height/100/width//thumbnail/yes/render-playlist/no/theme/standard/tdest_id/3585129″ height=”100″ width=”” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Please note that this episode contains mature language. Nemo and Phil are joined by guests Dustin and Dani, and Laila Lim, a languages student. Tensions and technical difficulties mar the investigation. Dustin’s graphophone delivers major revelations. But will the investigators still be around for […]
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Friday’s Fun – Cycling 24/7
We here at Lesser of 2 Weevils are thinking of visiting the City of Light this year, but as the plans go ahead to make Paris a 100% cycling city, we hope our abilities will come back to us . . . like riding a bicycle.
The Shattered Podcast – Episode 7
[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/24229638/height/100/width//thumbnail/yes/render-playlist/no/theme/standard/tdest_id/3585129″ height=”100″ width=”” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Nemo and Phil are joined by two guests from Chicago, Dustin and Dani. What links the graphophone from 1897 that Dustin acquired to the Volta Lab-esque cylinders? Who is the “unknown pursuer” mentioned in the note that accompanies the graphophone? Could Nemo and Phil […]
Wednesday’s Wisdom – Who let the proles out?
Who actually stormed the Bastille in Paris in 1789, a seminal event in the French Revolution?
Daroghah or Daroga?
Some listeners to recent episodes of Shattered may be familiar with the Hindi term, “Daroga.” It’s a term usually applied to a police officer in charge of a thana (police station). It’s still used in some Indian states to mean a station house officer, a S.H.O. for short. The term comes from the Persian “Daroghah,” […]
The Shattered Podcast – Episode 6
[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/24186279/height/100/width//thumbnail/yes/render-playlist/no/theme/standard/tdest_id/3585129″ height=”100″ width=”” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Phil speaks to a historian at the Academy of Asian Cultures and Languages, and a film historian points Nemo and Phil toward a film that may be cursed. Shattered is produced by Lesser of 2 Weevils with theme music by Katharine Seaton. https://katharineseaton.com/ Additional […]
The Shattered Podcast – Episode 5
[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/24157437/height/100/width//thumbnail/yes/render-playlist/no/theme/standard/tdest_id/3585129″ height=”100″ width=”” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Nemo and Phil track down a parlĂ©ophon recording and speak to a generous collector about his obscure 1905 Gramophone recording on church organ. What does this have to do with the Volta Lab-esque cylinders and who is the mysterious and otherworldly voice they hear […]
The Shattered Podcast – Episode 4
[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/24123288/height/100/width//thumbnail/yes/render-playlist/no/theme/standard/tdest_id/3585129″ height=”100″ width=”” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Nemo and Phil link the 1902 Gramophone disc to an opera, Phil speaks to an expert on the Don Juan legend, and the podcast hosts find a second set of mysterious phonographs. Have they found the elusive composer they are seeking? Shattered is produced […]