cahn | Historical Characters, Including Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 39

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Last post, along with the usual 18th-century suspects, included the Ottonians; changing ideas of conception and women's sexual pleasure; Isabella of Parma (the one who fell in love, and vice versa, with her husband's sister); Henry IV and Bertha (and Henry's second wife divorcing him for "unspeakable sexual acts"). (Okay, Isabella of Parma was 18th century.)

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mildred_of_midgard

Oh, ha! The salon hive mind at work again. :D

Podcasts are for me like... like watching video is for [personal profile] mildred_of_midgard :P

Awww, too bad. Podcasts (or lectures) are normally like video for me as well--it's the "processing information via audio" part that's the problem. But this guy checks all my boxes for something I can listen to while doing something else (walking in my case). My wife listened while knitting; would that help?

Interesting that you can watch shows but not do podcasts, but all brains are different.

the content is great and I love his sense of humor :D

It is indeed an excellent podcast, and I'm glad I found it, almost completely by accident. I'm glad Google search results turned up the good German history podcast and not the one I was looking for! I don't think I would have tried a second time if I'd hit the dud first.

Selena, as the only one of us who doesn't have a problem listening to podcasts, do you have plans for any of the other ones Dirk recommended?

Cahn, come back soon!

Edited Date: 2022-11-29 11:42 pm (UTC)

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selenak

I've just started the story of Byzantium, and also want to try out Thugs and Miracles. Though not the Italy one, because the one sample episode about Matilda was a bit too cutesy at times for my taste.

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mildred_of_midgard

Let me know how Byzantium is, then. That's the one I was thinking of trying next. The first ten minutes of Thugs and Miracles didn't check enough of my boxes for me to continue, and that's too bad about the Italy one! (I had skipped the Matilda episode with the intent of coming back, since I had already read a bio and wanted to get to Barbarossa asap.)

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selenak

I've now listened up to the Theodora episode, and so far it's good - not quite the spark as History of the Germans had for me, but it's informative, entertaining and doesn't talk down, so we're good there.

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mildred_of_midgard

Doesn't talk down is key for me, so thank you for the report!

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cahn

The difference is the video! This is also part of how I got into opera -- modern opera direction (as opposed to e.g. even the 1980's) is a lot more "cinematic," a lot more about the characters visually reacting to each other than just standing still and singing. Now, I also have a reputation for not paying attention to visual stuff, so idk why it makes such a difference -- I think I don't need super good quality visuals, but I do work a lot better with them.

Sadly I already have audio for knitting -- I do it during work meetings :D But I may be able to listen to it in the car -- will report back :)