Jun 30, 2020
In this episode Mildred and Lou host guest scholar Irina to discuss her doctoral research on early 20th century Russian artist Kazimir Malevich. His work was influenced by esoteric concepts including various forms of mysticism, and theoretical mathematical concepts like the 4th dimension and imaginary numbers. Roles...
Jun 16, 2020
In this episode, we take a look at Geoffrey of Monmouth and his 12th century book "The History of the Kings of Britain". This is the book that contains the most famous source for the legend of King Arthur, though it is largely accepted that the legend is fictitious. Why did Geoffrey write this book, at this specific...
Jun 2, 2020
In this episode Mildred tries to untangle the confusing tale of the Chevalier/Chevaliere d'Eon, an 18th century french spy and diplomat who presented masculine for the first 49 years of life, and female for the last 33. Speculation from scholars of their change in gender range from a hoax, to punishment by the king, to...