Each episode, hosts Kaveh Taherian and Hannah Hillam choose one of their countless open browser tabs and finally take the time to read and discuss its contents until they gain enough strength to close that tab once and for all.
This week we deep dive into Naser al-Din Shah Qajar's published diary of his 1873 European tour and learn about bigger and better houses of spite. A listener email reveals how a sexy Abe Lincoln statue broke everyone's brains.
Episode Tabs:
Nasir Al-Din Shah And The Art Of Indifference https://new.bidoun.org/articles/redolent-delusions
Spite Buildings: When Human Grudges Get Architectural
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/jun/21/spite-buildings-when-human-grudges-get-architectural-in-pictures
Listener Tabs:
‘Honest Abs’: The story behind that shirtless Lincoln statue flirting with the Internet
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/02/21/honest-abs-story-behind-that-shirtless-lincoln-statue-flirting-with-internet/
Clever Hans And His Effects: Karl Krall And The Origins Of Experimental Parapsychology In Germany
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1369848614000855
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