ancient history

Robert is joined by Jamie Loftus to discuss Hitler's Priestess, Savitri Devi.

Jamie’s new Cool Zone Media show Sixteenth Minute launches on May 7th! Every week, she gets to know one of the internet’s most notorious main characters, and how the algorithm delivering them to you changes their brain and yours. Up first: Antoine Dodson, the dress, and Boston slide cop!

Sources:

1. Hitler's Priestess
2. Twitter Photo
3. Savitri Devi: The strange story of how a Hindu Hitler worshipper became an alt-right icon
4. Why white supremacists and Hindu nationalists are so alike
5. The Man Who Brought the Swastika to Germany, and How the Nazis Stole It
6. Ritualistic Cat Torture Was Once a Form of Town Fun
7. The Great Cat Massacre: French History Revealed by the Americans
8. Savitri Devi: The mystical fascist being resurrected by the alt-right
9. Hitler is Homeless in Vienna
10. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE CULT EXPERIENCE
11.  HINDUISM AND NATIONAL SOCIALISM
12. Priestess of Hitlerism: Savitri Devi
13. The Death of Adolf Hitler
14. Savitri Devi Wiki
15. Savitri Devi
16. From Christchurch to India: How India’s RSS Inspires White Nationalist Violence
17. Feuerkrieg Division (FKD)

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In this classic invention-themed episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe explore the ancient origins of the gimbal, its connections to Chinese incense censers and its role in technological innovation. (originally published 09/27/2022)

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We welcome back Trent from Episode 125 to share the unbelievable Part Two of his incredible story. The abrupt and bizarre ending to Episode 125 was unprecedented on Blurry Creatures as Trent hung up mid-interview claiming black helicopters were circling his current position. This is the follow-up to that cliffhanger ending. Trent claims he was approached at a young age because of his gifts and abilities to interact with other realms.

In one of the wildest interviews we have done to date, he tells of interacting with gray aliens that show him visions of the future, he has portals open in his pantry, and his experiences will challenge the limits of your paradigm. In this Part Two episode, we dive deeper into the backstory and find out why Trent thinks he’s been selected to travel to deep underground places to interact with creatures only rumored to exist. Join us for the sequel and completion of Trent's mind-bending story and the accounts of wild encounters that he can’t seem to escape.  

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Robert and Joe Kassabian discuss the prehistoric roots of genocide and then Rome's genocide of Carthage.

FOOTNOTES:

1. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/ancient-brutal-massacre-may-be-earliest-evidence-war-180957884/ 
2. https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24132230-200-story-of-most-murderous-people-of-all-time-revealed-in-ancient-dna/#ixzz7TZjHsHoi 
3. https://www.pnas.org/content/116/22/10705 
4. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-03773-6 
5. https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1113150/stone-age-genocide-prehistoric-invaders-yamnaya-corded-ware-europe
6. https://gsp.yale.edu/sites/default/files/first_genocide.pdf 
7. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2633002420904283 
8. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/485/genocide-in-the-ancient-world/ 
9. https://twitter.com/alizaluft/status/1526436238579728384 
10. https://sci-hub.hkvisa.net/10.1177/0032329207308181 
11. https://academic.oup.com/qje/article-abstract/129/4/1947/1853091?redirectedFrom=fulltext&login=false 
12. https://items.ssrc.org/insights/dehumanization-and-the-normalization-of-violence-its-not-what-you-think/ 
13. https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.7591/9780801467158/html

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From glowing rings to flaming sun discs, the halo takes many forms in religious iconography. Why do angels, saints, gods and demigods love standing beneath or in front of these things? In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe explore the nature of halos in myth, art and optics. (originally published 2/25/2021)

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Did 20-foot-tall giant fungi rule the earth 400 million years ago? In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss the puzzling prototaxites fossils from the Devonian period. (Originally published 12/17/2019)

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One of the great misunderstood figures in history was the last pharaoh of Egypt. Cleopatra’s story is almost always told along with the men in her life, and from the view of the Romans who were threatened by her. Unsurprisingly, there was lot more to her.

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What is it about Friday the 13th that gives us the collective willies? Discover the surprising roots of this common superstition -- and what paraskevidekatriaphobia means -- in this HowStuffWorks podcast.

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