Dead Ideas: The History of Extinct Thoughts and Practices

A podcast by B. T. Newberg and history nerd friends

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Comedy Society & Culture History

120 Episodes

  1. A Haunted Christmas: Ghost Stories from Around the World – World History

    Published: 25/12/2016

  2. Hypnotism: Dangers and Advantages in 1888 – PDT3K – French History

    Published: 18/12/2016

  3. Hysteria II: The Women of Dr. Charcot’s Hospital – French History

    Published: 11/12/2016

  4. Hysteria I: Women and Technology in Belle Époque France – French History

    Published: 4/12/2016

  5. Bicycle Face: A Lady Cyclist Medical Scare in the 1890s – Women’s History

    Published: 27/11/2016

  6. Miraculous Susan: A Thanksgiving Story from 1893 – PDT3K – American History

    Published: 20/11/2016

  7. The Hammer of Witches (Malleus Maleficarum) – PDT3K – Women’s History

    Published: 13/11/2016

  8. Anti-Witches II: Inquisition Trials and Eastern European Lore – Italian History

    Published: 6/11/2016

  9. Anti-Witches I: The Benandanti and the Inquisition in Renaissance Italy – Italian History

    Published: 30/10/2016

  10. Halloween in Ireland in 1886 – PDT3K – Irish History

    Published: 23/10/2016

  11. Still Arguing Against Miasma in 1901 – PDT3K – American History

    Published: 16/10/2016

  12. Miasma II: Court Cases from a Plague Year – Italian History

    Published: 9/10/2016

  13. Miasma I: Plague and Mutated Air in Renaissance Italy – Italian History

    Published: 2/10/2016

  14. “Savage” Man: Imagining Prehistory in 1873 – PDT3K – Modern History

    Published: 25/09/2016

  15. Ginormous Stone Circles II: Making Sense of Stonehenge – British History

    Published: 18/09/2016

  16. Ginormous Stone Circles I: Stonehenge Builders of Neolithic Britain – British History

    Published: 11/09/2016

  17. Presenting Indian Asceticism to English-speakers in 1924 – PDT3K – Indian History

    Published: 6/09/2016

  18. Reanimated Corpses II: Ajivika Story Time – Indian History

    Published: 6/09/2016

  19. Reanimated Corpses I: The Ajivika of Ancient India – Indian History

    Published: 6/09/2016

  20. Episode 00 WTF Is This Podcast About

    Published: 27/08/2016

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We explore ideas and practices once believed to be true but no longer. Each dead idea is explored in all its glorious eccentricity. For example, discover miasma, the theory that plague comes from stinky air; or the medical diagnosis of hysteria, which holds that women's wombs wander around their bodies causing trouble. Join us on a fun romp through the history of ideas that didn’t quite stand the test of time.
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