The Dilettante Podcast
1) The Dilettante Ep 127 - The Boswell Sisters
Three talented sisters from New Orleans who became music sensations during the depression. Enter the Boswell Sisters.
2) The Dilettante Ep 126 - The Kalevala
A man whose singing voice can create miracles, the theft of a magical mill, and a sorceress who steals the sun and the moon. You've entered the legendary Finnish epic - The Kalevala.
3) The Dilettante Ep 125 - H.P. Lovecraft
The mythical New England town of Arkham, an ancient horror discovered in Antartica, and the sunken alien city of R'lyeh. Welcome to the world of H.P. Lovecraft
4) The Dilettante Ep 124 - The Bauhaus
In between the wars, in the Weimar Republic, was the utopian dream of Walter Gropius - The Bauhaus.
5) The Dilettante Ep 123 - The War Of The Worlds
In 1897, in Woking England, a meteor crashes to Earth. And so begins the War Of The Worlds.
6) The Dilettante Ep 122 - The Cat
There's a creature leading a double life inside many urban homes - your garden-variety House Cat.
7) The Dilettante Ep 121 - Calculus
An ancient word that can inspire fear and admiration - Calculus.
8) The Dilettante Ep 120 - Père Lachaise
Where can you find Yves Montand, Oscar Wilde, Balzac and Jim Morrison hanging together? Up on a Parisian hill in Père Lachaise.
9) The Dilettante Ep 119 - HAIR
When the moon is in the seventh house, and Jupiter aligns with Mars, then it's the Age of Aquarius ... and the rock musical HAIR.
10) The Dilettante Ep 118 - Sound Recording
From a soot-covered piece of paper to streaming digital audio on Spotify. The over 150-year history of sound recording.