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History Lessons for Misanthropes

Feb 16, 2021

Lou tells Mildred all about Mary Anning, a poor British woman in the early 19th century who was a paleontologist;  A woman who struggled to get credit for her finds.  Despite the hard life she lived, she set the foundation for paleontology as it is today.

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Feb 2, 2021

In this episode we tell the story of Pamela Colman Smith, the illustrator of the Rider-Waite (Smith) tarot deck in 1909.  She was a bohemian illustrator and author in New York and London, as well as a member of the Golden Dawn.  Through naming the tarot deck after the publisher and author of the instructions, Pamela was...