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1-800-1800

Mandylion Press

Brought to you by Mandylion®, 1-800-1800 is your guide to 19th-century history, art, literature, culture, and scandal. Each episode, we dial into a random year of the 1800s to gab about the chaos that shaped the modern world. Hosted by Madeline Porsella and Mabel Taylor, two Victorian Nightgown Girls and historians of art and design, 1-800-1800 delivers rigorous research with a healthy dose of gossip. So pick up the phone, the nineteenth century’s calling! More

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89:30

1-800-1844: A telegraph and a train walk into a bar

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2026/03/10

What Hath God Wrought, indeed! This week on 1-800-1800, Mabel tells Madeline what a telegraph is. She starts in 1792 with the one and only Claude Chappe, a man so passionate about the optical semaphore telegraph that he threw himself into a well, and then moves onto Samuel Morse, who gave the world not only the single-wire electromagnetic telegraph, but also this insane painting of Hercules: This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus

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63:29

1-800-1823: On the origin of an American religion

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2026/03/03

This week, Madeline and Mabel discuss the origins of Mormonism and how its founder, Joseph Smith, continues to influence the modern day iteration of the religion. Hypocrisy, hucksterism, hats, bad bets, and talking to God. What more could a girl ask for? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mandylion.substack.com/subscribe

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58:24

1-800-Wuthering Heights

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2026/02/17

In this special episode of 1-800-1800, Madeline and Mabel discuss Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights as well as Emerald Fennell’s film adaptation starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi. The girls cover impossible naming conventions, mysterious heritage, and awful set design in this discussion. Listen now! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mandylion.substack.com/subscribe

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1:49

1-800-Death by Lightning

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2026/02/10

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mandylion.substack.comGood morning starshine! President James Garfield says hello!This week on 1-800-1800, Mabel and Madeline discuss the Netflix limited series Death by Lighting, which tells the story of James Garfield’s assassination. We finally have an answer to a long standing question, “how did people in the back hear before electrical amplification,” and some questions…

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76:23

1-800-1852: The Princess Who Ate a Glass Piano

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2026/02/03

This week on 1-800-1800, Julia Carpenter, who writes the brilliant Substack “A Woman to Know,” joins us to discuss the Bavarian princess who was convinced that she had swallowed a glass piano. Our conversation covers everything from the fluctuating definitions of delusion to medieval nuns and the curative powers of spanking. Happy listening!Notes:Read Julia’s original newsletter about Princess Alexandra here (all of the images we discussed are also here!!) and check out Julia’s website and follow

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2:06

1-800-The Testament of Ann Lee

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2026/01/20

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mandylion.substack.comLast week, Mabel and Madeline braved a blizzard to go see The Testament of Ann Lee in theaters. In this episode, hear their discussion of the film’s stylistic choices, the actual history of the Shakers, and why there’s so much more to them than beautiful chairs.

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74:55

1-800-1832: The Great Wave

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2026/01/06

On the first episode of the new year, Mabel and Madeline consider the tortoise and discuss the sweatshirtification of Hokusai’s The Great Wave. We go deep on Prussian Blue, Japanese wood-block printing and its influence on the history of modern painting. Listen, like, rate, subscribe, share, love, kiss kiss, bang bang. HAPPY NEW YEAR LOVERS <3Madeline & Mabel This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit

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2:23

1-800-Frankenstein

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2025/12/16

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mandylion.substack.comThis week Madeline and Mabel read Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and discuss Guillermo del Toro’s adaptation for Netflix. We ask and answer the big questions about AI, monsters, pregnancy, and whether Oscar Isaac is hot. Until next time <3

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83:00

1-800-1803: On Meat Beating & Batteries

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2025/12/02

This week on 1-800-1800, Madeline guides us through the horrifying world of early 19th century meat batteries and an experiment to raise a malefactor hanged at newgate prison from the dead. Listen for all the facts on nicotine enemas, the “apparently” drowned, and an alternative reality where frogs legs were a necessary component of consumer electronics.<3 AS ALWAYS,Madeline & Mabel This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit

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1-800-Elsie Venner

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2025/11/18

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mandylion.substack.comThis week on 1-800-1800, Mabel and Madeline discuss their new book Elsie Venner with a VERY special guest: Mabel’s dad!! David, a psychiatrist in practice for over thirty years, joins the girls to discuss the novel and help answer the question that preoccupies the characters in the book: What the hell is wrong with Elsie? Tune in for Freud, theology, an…

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1-800-1882: Orlando and the Origin of Species

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2025/11/04

Today a man told me that pugs are “inherently naked” and now I can’t think about anything else for long enough to write an episode description. I hope you listen to the podcast anyway, it’s a doozy <3 Mabel and Madeline This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mandylion.substack.com/subscribe

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2:06

1-800-The Hill of Dreams

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2025/10/21

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mandylion.substack.comIn this special episode of 1-800-1800, the Mandylion girls discuss, debate, and fawn over their new book, The Hill of Dreams! Welcome to the Mandylion Book Club. Let this episode guide and inspire you on this journey through Arthur Machen’s singular novel, about a young man named Lucian Taylor trying (and failing?) to become a great writer. The book can…

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78:15

1-800-1840: Everything you never wanted to know about...

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2025/10/07

This week’s episode goes out to our book designer Emily and her HUSBAND Jerónimo. They inspired this deep dive into the most important wedding of the 19th century: Victoria & Albert’s!!! We talk about the music, menu, and outfits that went into this event, and also discuss the gnarly diarrhea that Albert had when he first met Victoria. We also discuss incest. TW. hehe xoxo This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit

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4:49

1-800-The Morgesons

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2025/09/23

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mandylion.substack.comHey beautiful people! 1-800-1800 is back with this month’s bonus episode featuring THE MORGESONS!! Herein we discuss the best book ever written, published originally in 1862 by Elizabeth Stoddard, and revived this year by Mandylion Press. The Morgesons is a caustic bildungsroman about a girl named Cassandra and her weird sister Veronica. The sisters fig…

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1-800-1865: But it's not about the civil war

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2025/09/09

1-800-1800 is back baby. This month Mabel and Madeline talk about everything in 1865 except for the death of Abraham Lincoln. That means we’re talking refrigerated fish. We’re talking the audacity of ice cream. We’re talking Manet. We’re talking bop houses. We’re talking dog cremations. Get in there, girl! Get full access to Mandylion at mandylion.substack.com/subscribe

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1-800-1800: The Substance

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2025/05/27

This episode of 1-800-1800 is SPECIAL. Instead of tackling one year of the long nineteenth century, we spend an hour discussing one single mediocre film: The Substance!!!! Inspired by our recent edition of One or Two, we discuss the body, body horror, “back vaginas,” and whether or not Demi Moore was robbed. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mandylion.substack.com

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1-800-1845

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2025/05/13

1-800-1845 has moved to Substack and things are about to get real spooky. Catch us this month discussing all the weirdest that 1845 has to offer: the shattering of the Portland vase, unrepentant sons, and that bird that Poe wouldn’t stop talking about. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mandylion.substack.com

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01:19:58

1-800-1897: The Gay Nineties

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2025/04/15

1-800-1800 is on a freakin' roll! This episode we tackle 1897—the year that gave birth to One or Two, one of our two new books OUT NOW, for sale at mandylionpress.com. In this episode we breathlessly cover Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula, Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, Meghan Markle's one pan pasta, and Oscar Wilde's prison sentence. Nobody else is doing it quite like us! XOXO

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1-800-1862: The Morgesons

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2025/03/18

1-800-1800 is back with a bang. This episode we tackle 1862—the year that gave birth to The Morgesons, one of our two new books OUT TODAY, for sale at mandylionpress.com. Up for discussion: Hilma Af Klint, two little boys named Willie, and a hot air balloon crash. Buckle up.

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01:28:34

1-800-1846: The Wombat's Lair

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2025/02/11

Welcome back to 1-800-1800, where each episode we call up a random year of the 19th century and discuss what the heck happened. Today's episode explores 1846, a year defined by war, sentimentalism, and the looming threat of eating too much raw fruit.

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