‘Dancing Mania’ - in which people spontaneously danced to exhaustion, some until they broke their ribs and subsequently died, took hold of Aachen, Germany on 24th June, 1374. We still don’t really know why. Had the victims ingested ergot, a mould from rye bread that can inspire hallucinations? Was it a hysterical mass response to a stressful and traumatic environment? Or a kind of pre-smartphone flashmob? In this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly consider the likely causes and cures for this

Send us a text We’ve made it! In 2 days time the film will be released and we will officially have a new film to explore. I was lucky enough to see it early and today I’m bringing you my spoiler free first impressions. If you don’t want to listen yet that’s fine I won’t be offended. All I will say is make sure you see this on the biggest screen you possibly can! Let me know your thoughts about the film on instagram or via email. roadtorebirthpod@gmail.com S...

John Gotti, the infamous ‘Teflon Don’ boss of New York’s Gambino crime family, smiled as he received a life sentence in a Brooklyn courthouse on 23rd June, 1992. Outside, chaos reigned as nearly a thousand supporters flipped over a federal marshal’s car and chanted in defence of the mobster, framing his conviction as an anti-Italian injustice. But the FBI had been determined to bring Gotti down. After multiple failed attempts - including a memorable trial with a bribed juror - they finally found

Send us a text نجوين ثي دينه هي قائدة ثورية فيتنامية وُلدت عام 1920 في مقاطعة بن تري. لعبت دوراً بارزاً في المقاومة ضد الاحتلال الفرنسي والتدخل الأمريكي، وقادت انتفاضة بن تري عام 1960. كانت أول امرأة تُمنح رتبة لواء في الجيش الشعبي الفيتنامي. بعد الحرب، شغلت منصب نائبة رئيس الدولة وتُعد رمزاً للبطولة النسائية في فيتنام. Support the show

Seorang budak bernama Vishan sangat menyayangi datuknya yang bernama Annamalai. Selepas kematian Annamalai, Vishan menjadi murung dan sunyi. Ibu bapa Vishan mula bimbang tentang keadaan anak mereka. Seorang kawan Vishan telah memperkenalkan sebuah aplikasi yang membolehkan pengguna bercakap dengan animasi kartun. Namun, Vishan telah menggunakan aplikasi tersebut untuk berkomunikasi dengan animasi datuknya dengan bantuan teknologi AI. Penulis: Usha a/p Samynathan Penyampai : Mogan Penerbit:

Malar, Lily dan Rose ialah jiran serta rakan baik. Malar telah menjaga anak-anak Lily dan Rose yang bernama Arman dan Dang. Malar bersama Arman dan Dang telah mencipta sebuah buku-buku komik yang berdasarkan cerita-cerita sejarah tokoh Tanah Melayu. Penulis: Surendran Manickam Penyampai: Suganya Sathasivam Penerbit: Sakuntalah NarayananSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

رواية وفيلم "العطر: قصة قاتل" يصوران رحلة جان بابتيست في عالم الروائح، كرمز للبحث عن الهوية والجمال وسط قسوة المجتمع والظلام الداخلي. تجربة الفن والحياة تُختزل في صراع بين النقاء والوحشية، حيث يصير الإبداع سلاحاً خالداً، يبقى رغم انطفاء الروائح وزوالها.

Entre la creación de novelas, ensayos y cuentos, László Krasznahorkai (Premio Nobel de Literatura 2025), se las ha arreglado para escribir o coescribir siete guiones de cine. Pero la adaptación realizada por Bela Tarr de su novela "Satantangó" es una de las películas más singulares de la historia. Dura 7 horas y media, y en ella el tiempo, la miseria y la belleza se entrelazan en un extraño tango con el diablo.

In questa puntata di CIAK SI GIRA, mettiamo a fuoco l'icona più luminosa e tragica della vecchia Hollywood: Rita Hayworth. Nata Margarita Cansino, fu trasformata dagli Studios nella "Dea dell'Amore", un'immagine immortale grazie a un guanto sfilato in Gilda.Ma cosa succede quando il "Ciak" si spegne? Raccontiamo la storia dietro la pellicola: la ballerina geniale che Fred Astaire definì la sua partner preferita, la trasformazione fisica imposta, i matrimoni tumultuosi (da Orson Welles a un Principe)

When the East India Company surrendered Fort William (in modern-day Kolkata) to the Nawab of Bengal on 20th June, 1756, dozens of British captives were imprisoned in a cell measuring only 18ft long and 14ft wide, with just two tiny windows - ‘the Black Hole of Calcutta’.Among the prisoners was John Zephaniah Holwell, whose pamphlet describing the terrors of the airless room caused a sensation back in Britain and became a cause célèbre in the idealization of imperialism in India. Holwell claimed

Un viaggio nella carriera di Maurizio Trani, maestro del make-up e degli effetti speciali italiani, artigiano silenzioso che ha dato carne e realismo alle paure del nostro cinema.Title music:Sinister Piano Melodies by Universfield - PixabayZambolino - Blue Skies (freetouse.com)Source: https://freetouse.com/musicZambolino - Nostalgia (freetouse.com)Source: https://freetouse.com/musicZambolino - Underneath (freetouse.com)Source: https://freetouse.com/musicGuillermo Guareschi - Farewell

Send us a text RECAPS is back in time. Your queen worked double time this week for the Utena episode and covering Squid Games. After the second season came out, I HAD to cover this when I created RECAPs. Please forgive some of the deviations within this episode. One of them is the names that I described as their number or occupation. Two, I did mess up on the episode list and that’s on me. :) Thanks for bearing with it Support the show My Inglorious Ink series! - https://www.amazo...

Let's Talk - JAWS Episode 21: The Shark That Ate Hollywood: Jaws at 50 (Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford) Jason Connell and Sal Rodriguez discuss an exciting new podcast episode from Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford entitled: The Shark That Ate Hollywood: Jaws at 50. Episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cautionary-tales-with-tim-harford/id1484511465?i=1000713119427 Official Sponsor: Narragansett Beer Recorded: 06-24-25 Studio: Just Curious Media Listen: Buzzsprout Apple...

The Grand Knockout Tournament (also known as It’s a Royal Knockout) was a one-off charity event first shown on BBC1 on 19th June 1987, to an audience of 18 million gobsmacked viewers. The brainchild of the then 23 year old Prince Edward, the slapstick spectacle featured the Princess Royal and the Duke and Duchess of York captaining rival teams in a series of preposterous rounds involving celebrities including Rowan Atkinson, Tom Jones, Cliff Richard, John Travolta and Les Dawson. In this episode,

The conversation comes to a close as the boys do some rankings, final thoughts, and pitch ideas for what makes a good Bond title.

Matt gives his take on the new film F1 and catches up with 28 Years Later from Danny Boyle and Alex Garland.

The sometimes painful truth about the Golden Age of Hollywood, is that with each passing day, we move further and further away from it.But there is one part that will always remain just where it is... To get the whole story, and experience every Secret History Of Hollywood episode, go on over now to ⁠https://www.patreon.com/attaboysecret⁠ Signing up only takes a moment, and you'll get instant access to an entire world of storytelling! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

Dexter and Brandon talk about being kids but as an adult who acts like a kid

Aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart became the first woman to cross the Atlantic by air on June 18th, 1928… but on this occasion didn’t actually fly the plane; she was a passenger aboard the Friendship, a three-engine seaplane piloted by Wilmer Stultz and co-piloted by Louis Gordon. Originally, a wealthy heiress was meant to take the flight, but her family vetoed it as too dangerous. So Earhart, smart, skilled, and camera-ready, was chosen to be “Lady Lindy”, and that one journey launched her into the

Send us a text In today's episode, I interview John DiLeo, a film writer whose most recent book Not Even Nominated: 40 Overlooked Costars of Oscar-Winning Performances, was published in 2024. Listen to hear about the process for picking actors and films for this book, some things the Academy might be able to do to revamp the acting categories at the Oscars, and a movie character dinner party for the ages. Books mentioned in this episode include: And You Thought You Knew Classic Movies: 200 Q...