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Not Actually Happening 29: Numerology Doesn't Work

Not Actually Happening 29: Numerology Doesn’t Work

April 27, 2014 · by victoria · in Not Actually Happening, Podcast

Dancemaster Skybetter returns this week to help us uncover the bizarre origin of ballet.

NAH 29: Numerology Doesn't Work [ 21:07 ] Play NowPlay in Popup | Download

Actually Happening 69: The Most Ancient Rite of the Chicken Dance

Actually Happening 69: The Most Ancient Rite of the Chicken Dance

April 19, 2014 · by victoria · in Podcast

This week we welcome another guest, choreographer Sydney Skybetter, who explains to us what a choreographer actually does (and what that has to do with failed utopian communities). And, as a bonus, he’ll be back next week with even more…

Episode 69: The Most Ancient Rite of the Chicken Dance [ 34:43 ] Play NowPlay in Popup | Download

Not Actually Happening 28: The Praedestinatio of St. Mark

April 4, 2014 · by kevin · in Not Actually Happening, Podcast

How to steal a saint in five unsurprisingly convoluted steps, as recorded in golden mosaics in Venice, and explained by art historian Letha Ch’ien.

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Actually Happening 68: Fresh Ground Pepper?

March 27, 2014 · by victoria · in Podcast

We’re finally back from a too-long break, and joined by a special guest, art historian Letha Ch’ien! This time we’re talking Venetian art history, really old companies, and why you should be careful selling metheglin.

Episode 68: Fresh Ground Pepper? [ 41:14 ] Play NowPlay in Popup | Download

Actually Happening 67: All Out of Leftovers

February 28, 2014 · by victoria · in Podcast

We’ll be back next week with regular episodes, but until then enjoy the story behind the story of War of the Worlds, and an extremely baffling discovery beneath London.

Episode 67: All Out of Leftovers [ 15:49 ] Play NowPlay in Popup | Download

Actually Happening 66: Ye Olde Faxe Machinee

February 11, 2014 · by victoria · in Podcast

The fax machine is older than you think! Unless you already know how old it is.

Episode 66: Ye Olde Faxe Machinee [ 8:43 ] Play NowPlay in Popup | Download

Actually Happening 65: Tall Tales

January 26, 2014 · by victoria · in Podcast

In which the AH crew combines three successive Prussian rulers named Frederick, by stacking them into one extremely tall dude. Who was then kidnapped and forced to join the Potsdam Giants.

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