{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Frankenstein (2025)","description":"This week we're traveling back to the 19th century with Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein! Join us as we learn about syphilis, big-ass blunderbusses, the Evelyn Tables, Arctic expeditions, and more! Sources: An account of divers schemes of arteries and veins, dissected from adult human bodies, and given to the repository of the Royal Society by John Evelyn, Esq; F. R. S. To which are subjoyn'd a description of the extremities of those vessels, and the manner the blood is seen, by the microscope, to pass from the arteries to the veins in quadrupeds when living: with some chirurgical observations, and figures after the life, by William Cowper, F. R. S. Richard K Aspin, &quot;John Evelyn's Tables of Veins and Arteries: An Undiscovered Letter,&quot; Medical History 39 (1995) Photos: Hunterian Museum, Evelyn Tables: https:\/\/hunterianmuseum.org\/whats-on\/hunterian-museum-displays\/surgery-and-anatomy-from-ancient-times-to-the-1700s-room-1 Erling Kagge, &quot;Arctic Rush: Inside the 19th-Century Craze to Reach the North Pole,&quot; Literary Hub (2025), https:\/\/lithub.com\/arctic-rush-inside-the-19th-century-craze-to-reach-the-north-pole\/&amp;nbsp;  https:\/\/guides.loc.gov\/polar-exploration\/timeline Javier Cacho, &quot;Arctic Obsession Drove Explorers to Seek the North Pole,&quot; National Geographic (2020), https:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/history\/history-magazine\/article\/expedition-to-the-north-pole&amp;nbsp;  Roald Amundsen, &quot;Expedition to the North Magnetic Pole,&quot; (1902), http:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/1775167&amp;nbsp; Myths of the Blunderbuss https:\/\/americanrevolutioninstitute.pastperfectonline.com\/webobject\/46F42011-5A24-4754-86A9-630691208800&amp;nbsp;  &amp;nbsp;https:\/\/americanhistory.si.edu\/collections\/object\/nmah_469432&amp;nbsp; Wiki: https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Frankenstein_(2025_film)&amp;nbsp; Pop Culture Happy Hour, 'Frankenstein' https:\/\/www.npr.org\/transcripts\/nx-s1-5600702&amp;nbsp; https:\/\/youtu.be\/qIXsN-Z3UBE?si=bTQ3GigvOIWAO3_u Film School, &quot;How Guillermo del Toro Made Frankenstein,&quot; https:\/\/youtu.be\/tThIpKCXfJI?si=vKel6PTL08Z1Y_lI The History of Syphilis, Part II: Treatment, Cures, and Legislation. Science Museum. Available at https:\/\/www.sciencemuseum.org.uk\/objects-and-stories\/history-syphilis-part-two-treatments-cures-and-legislation'  Szu Shen Wong, &quot;Syphilis and the Use of Mercury,&quot; Pharmaceutical Journal, available at https:\/\/pharmaceutical-journal.com\/article\/opinion\/syphilis-and-the-use-of-mercury  Jeffrey Weeks, Sex, Politics, and Society: The Regulation of Sexuality Since 1800, Third Edition ","author_name":"Did That Really Happen?","author_url":"http:\/\/didthatreallyhappen.libsyn.com\/website","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/39412835\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/39412835"}