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What's your Hyperfixation? What's your weird, niche area of expertise? Share it with us on Hyperfixations Hosted by Nigel and Ally
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Recent Episodes
September 27, 2024
107: Frances Glessner Lee with Courtney Smyth
<p>Hi I am rich. Could you please do this ridiculous request for me? Don't ask me any questions.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Content warning: this episode contains mentions of surgery, death, murder, suicide, misogyny</p> <p><br></p> <p>This week Courtney Smyth, author of The Undetectables and 2024's The Undead Complex, and Ireland's foremost amateur expert in Frances Glessner Lee peels the details back on the original mother and the founder of modern forensic science. In this episode we discuss buying your way into Harvard, ensuring real justice is gotten for victims, the problems with real people in fiction, our plans to revitalise interest in Frances, and a room specifically built for an orchestra to live in.</p> <p><br></p> <p>If you liked the episode, please feel free to tell us about it! You can send your comments and suggestions to our podcast Twitter (<a href="https://twitter.com/hyperfixationsp">@HyperfixationsP</a>), or our Instagram (<a href="https://instagram.com/hyperfixationspod">@Hyperfixationspod</a>), and join our Discord server here: <a href="https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/etg4ng/metadata/and%20join%20our%20Discord%20server%20here:%20https://discord.gg/NQJFFHgpgf">https://discord.gg/NQJFFHgpgf</a></p> <p>--------------------------------------------------------- </p> <p>Our guest Courtney can be found on <a href="https://x.com/cswritesbooks" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/cswritesbooks/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:af5m2bdrrjnmitmodv35rdzb" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Bluesky</a>, and <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/404?fromUrl=/cswritesbooks" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Tiktok</a> @cswritesbooks</p> <p>You can visit their website <a href="https://courtneysmythwrites.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">here</a></p> <p>Buy their books <a href="https://courtneysmythwrites.com/books-by-courtney-smyth" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">The Undetectables</a>, and <a href="https://courtneysmythwrites.com/books-by-courtney-smyth" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">The Undead Complex</a> everywhere books are sold (and a copy for your mother!)</p> <p><br></p> <p>And your hosts can be reached individually here: Nigel - Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/spicynigel">@spicynigel</a> Ally - Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/alleykat_">@alleykat_</a>, and Instagram: <a href="https://instagram.com/ally_k_keegan">@ally_k_keegan</a></p> <p>---------------------------------------------------------</p> <p>If you would like to come onto the show to discuss one of your Hyperfixations, please feel free to reach out at any of the aforementioned social media. If you want to come on the show to discuss one of your Hyperfixations, you can also fill in this <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSels198KzCxyh_2XMLpLsqG3pZDU7mJjGQ_dI52JLpMjVakFQ/viewform">Google Form</a> and we'll get back to you as soon as we can</p> <p>---------------------------------------------------------</p> <p>Media mentioned in this episode:</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTMqLHJRQdU&rco=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Of Dolls and Murder</a> (documentary)</p> <p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46159525-18-tiny-deaths" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">18 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and the Invention of Modern Forensics by Bruce Goldfarb</a> (book)</p> <p><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@southerngothicdollhouse?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Southerngothicdollhouse on TikTok</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042771/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Mystery Street (1950)</a> (film)</p> <p><a href="https://americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/nutshells" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">The Smithsonian series of lectures on Frances' dioramas</a></p> <p>---------------------------------------------------------</p> <p>Thank you so much for listening, you rock!</p> <p>Intro/Outro Song: Strollin Along by David Renda, find it here - <a href="https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/strollin-along/339">https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/strollin-along/339</a></p>
September 20, 2024
106: Medieval Philosophy with Ryan Silberstein
<p>This one goes out to Doctor Rogers...</p> <p><br></p> <p>Content warning: this episode contains mentions of bodily harm (castration)</p> <p><br></p> <p>This week we finish our duology of episodes about how easy it was to come up with ideas before ideas had been invented as Ryan takes on a whistle-stop tour of medieval philosophy. In this episode we discuss the rediscovery of Aristotle, reconciling the mind/body divide, whether canons actually deserve respect, and whether anything has actually changed in over a thousand years.</p> <p><br></p> <p>If you liked the episode, please feel free to tell us about it! You can send your comments and suggestions to our podcast Twitter (<a href="https://twitter.com/hyperfixationsp">@HyperfixationsP</a>), or our Instagram (<a href="https://instagram.com/hyperfixationspod">@Hyperfixationspod</a>), and join our Discord server here: <a href="https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/etg4ng/metadata/and%20join%20our%20Discord%20server%20here:%20https://discord.gg/NQJFFHgpgf">https://discord.gg/NQJFFHgpgf</a></p> <p>--------------------------------------------------------- </p> <p>Our guest Ryan can be found on Twitter <a href="https://x.com/Silberwhatever" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">@Silberwhatever</a> and Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/silberwhatever/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">@silberwhatever</a></p> <p>Listen to Ryan's show Dream With Mind And Heart: A Podcast For Every Disney Movie Ever on <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/7aEC4fookr11Z1ZfTO4lJD?utm_medium=share&utm_source=linktree" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Spotify</a> and <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dream-with-mind-and-heart/id1679542342?at=1000lHKX&ct=linktree_http&itsct=lt_p&itscg=30200&ls=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Apple Podcasts</a></p> <p>Read Ryan's movie articles on <a href="https://www.moviejawn.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">MovieJawn</a></p> <p><br></p> <p>And your hosts can be reached individually here: Nigel - Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/spicynigel">@spicynigel</a> Ally - Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/alleykat_">@alleykat_</a>, and Instagram: <a href="https://instagram.com/ally_k_keegan">@ally_k_keegan</a></p> <p>---------------------------------------------------------</p> <p>If you would like to come onto the show to discuss one of your Hyperfixations, please feel free to reach out at any of the aforementioned social media. If you want to come on the show to discuss one of your Hyperfixations, you can also fill in this <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSels198KzCxyh_2XMLpLsqG3pZDU7mJjGQ_dI52JLpMjVakFQ/viewform">Google Form</a> and we'll get back to you as soon as we can</p> <p>---------------------------------------------------------</p> <p>Media mentioned in this episode:</p> <p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/14328/14328-h/14328-h.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">On The Consolation of Philosophy</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44892/eloisa-to-abelard" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Eloisa to Abelard</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3296/3296-h/3296-h.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">The Confessions of Saint Augustine</a></p> <p>---------------------------------------------------------</p> <p>Thank you so much for listening, you rock!</p> <p>Intro/Outro Song: Strollin Along by David Renda, find it here - <a href="https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/strollin-along/339">https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/strollin-along/339</a></p>
September 15, 2024
105: Narratology and Narrative Theory with Steven Cousler
<p>Let's hope our professors hear this one...</p> <p><br></p> <p>Content warning: this episode contains mentions of transphobia, bodily functions (defecation), conflict</p> <p><br></p> <p>We're back late after having to factory reset my laptop for our most inscrutable episode yet, as Steven achieves his goal of coming on this show and secretly giving the audience homework. In this episode we discuss creating vocabulary for why things are wrong, what a "narrative" actually is, sexy lamps, how easy it was to be famous back in the day, and why the TV show 24 is the best piece of media ever.</p> <p><br></p> <p>If you liked the episode, please feel free to tell us about it! You can send your comments and suggestions to our podcast Twitter (<a href="https://twitter.com/hyperfixationsp">@HyperfixationsP</a>), or our Instagram (<a href="https://instagram.com/hyperfixationspod">@Hyperfixationspod</a>), and join our Discord server here: <a href="https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/etg4ng/metadata/and%20join%20our%20Discord%20server%20here:%20https://discord.gg/NQJFFHgpgf">https://discord.gg/NQJFFHgpgf</a></p> <p>--------------------------------------------------------- </p> <p>Our guest Steven can be found online on the Twitter for his show Hotel Daydream <a href="https://x.com/HotelDayRadio" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">@HotelDayRadio</a></p> <p>You can visit Hotel Daydream's website <a href="https://www.hoteldaydream.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">here</a>, and listen to it on <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/0QVsmmFDzZibnJ1DYwc4qv" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Spotify</a> and <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hotel-daydream/id1688262098" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Apple</a></p> <p>Read Steven's course list <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_rRwSAEzubIiBfJLkYANas85cXPTclNzjwfrFYehAQA/edit?pli=1#heading=h.40mcdmpqipuh" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">here</a></p> <p><br></p> <p>And your hosts can be reached individually here: Nigel - Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/spicynigel">@spicynigel</a> Ally - Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/alleykat_">@alleykat_</a>, and Instagram: <a href="https://instagram.com/ally_k_keegan">@ally_k_keegan</a></p> <p>---------------------------------------------------------</p> <p>If you would like to come onto the show to discuss one of your Hyperfixations, please feel free to reach out at any of the aforementioned social media. If you want to come on the show to discuss one of your Hyperfixations, you can also fill in this <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSels198KzCxyh_2XMLpLsqG3pZDU7mJjGQ_dI52JLpMjVakFQ/viewform">Google Form</a> and we'll get back to you as soon as we can</p> <p>---------------------------------------------------------</p> <p>Media mentioned in this episode:</p> <p><a href="https://www.routledge.com/Narratology-An-Introduction/Onega-Landa/p/book/9780582255432?srsltid=AfmBOor51vKtUoDOPjaax5ek_AJWjmjkqPXlJFwf5Q6K4o20so2isMjb" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Narratology an Introduction by Susana Onega and Jose Angel Garcia Landa</a></p> <p><a href="https://kslipl.pnu.edu.ua/wp-content/uploads/sites/108/2020/02/%D0%A1%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA-%D0%B7-%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%96%D1%97-%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%BB-%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%8E.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">A Dictionary of Narratology (Revised Edition) by Gerald Prince</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.uv.es/fores/Barthes_Structural_Narrative.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">An Introduction to the Structural Analysis of Narrative by Roland Barthes</a></p> <p><a href="https://dl1.cuni.cz/pluginfile.php/1083046/mod_resource/content/1/Booth-Rhetoric%20of%20fiction.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">The Rhetoric of Fiction by Wayne C. Booth</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33.The_Lord_of_the_Rings" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674748927" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Reading for the Plot by Peter Brooks</a></p> <p><a href="https://knarf.english.upenn.edu/Articles/winnett.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Coming Unstrung by Susan Winnett</a></p> <p><a href="https://openlibrary.org/books/OL7168981M/Freytag%27s_Technique_of_the_drama" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Technique of the Drama by Gustav Freytag</a></p> <p><a href="https://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/poetics.1.1.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">The Poetics by Aristotle</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/588138.The_Hero_With_a_Thousand_Faces" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">The Hero With a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097814/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Kiki's Delivery Service (film)</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072962/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">F for Fake (film)</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0285331/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">24 (TV series)</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0482571/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_the%2520pre" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">The Prestige (film)</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/39270/39270-h/39270-h.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24800.House_of_Leaves" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/321566.Dictionary_of_the_Khazars" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Dictionary of the Khazars by Milorad Pavić</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11271173-composition-no-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Composition No. 1 by Marc Saporta</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/374233.If_on_a_Winter_s_Night_a_Traveler?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_10" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">If on a Winter's Night a Traveller by Italo Calvino</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2122.The_Fountainhead?ref=nav_sb_ss_2_8" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand</a></p> <p>---------------------------------------------------------</p> <p>Thank you so much for listening, you rock!</p> <p>Intro/Outro Song: Strollin Along by David Renda, find it here - <a href="https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/strollin-along/339">https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/strollin-along/339</a></p>
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