S2 Ep6: Atheist Relics, Couples’ Cremation, and Victorian 'Infidels'
Emma and Christy look at Alfred Gilbert's sculpture Mors Janua Vitae (c. 1905–1907) at the Royal College of Surgeons, London — a life-sized bronze which houses the remains of the couple Edward and Eli...
25 Sep 202355min
S2 Ep5: Morphine Addiction, Decadence & Degeneration, and Fin-de-Siècle Paris
Emma and Christy use Eugène Grasset's lithograph Morphinomaniac (1897) as a starting point to talk about artistic depictions of morphine and historical opioid addiction, as well as decadence and degen...
28 Aug 20231h 3min
S2 Ep4: Vegetal Agents, Plant-Human Entanglements, and Julia Margaret Cameron’s Photography
Emma and Christy look at Julia Margaret Cameron’s photograph 'Maud' (c. 1874) and discuss plant consciousness, agency, and erotics. In this episode, we cover tendrils and tentacles, Victorian queernes...
26 Jul 20231h 4min
Taking a Short Break
We will be back soon with the second half of season two!
6 Mar 202328s
S2 Ep3: Disability, Bad Horror, and M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Old’
Emma and Christy discuss M. Night Shyamalan’s 2021 film Old. We talk about what makes good (and bad) horror; harmful representations of disability in movies, art, and society; aging and chronic illnes...
20 Des 20221h 6min
S2 Ep2: Dollhouses of Death, Forensic Science, and Close Looking
Emma and Christy look at Frances Glessner Lee’s Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death (c. 1940s) AKA dollhouses of death. We talk Victorian children and dollplay; the origins of legal medicine; CSI as...
7 Nov 20221h 12min
S2 Ep1: The Sims 4 Paranormal, Video Games and Belief, and Alternate Worlds
Emma and Christy play The Sims 4 Paranormal ‘Stuff Pack’, exploring the game’s haunted house and séance aesthetics. We talk Victorian occult imaginaries, playing Sims as an emotional outlet, the promi...
4 Okt 202245min
S1 Ep6: Human Remains in Museum Collections, Care, and Contemporary Art
Emma and Christy look at the ethics, politics, and practice of displaying human remains — from museum collections of mummies to photographs of dead bodies. We talk bog bodies, the rights of the dead, ...
27 Mai 202259min
