Cele mai bune Secret History podcast-uri (2025)

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Sex In Monochrome: Part 4 29:25

5d ago29:25

29:25

Many do not realise, but sex has been a part of cinema since the very beginning... In this special series, hear all about how film makers first celebrated, then did all they could to cleverly disguise sex and sexuality during the lawless days of early cinema, and on through the "Pre-Code" era, when the rules were markedly different... To unlock thi…

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Ep. 9 Bones Remmer Pt. 1—Tenderloin Gambling King, Jack Ruby, & A Short History of Frisco's La Cosa Nostra 29:03

23d ago29:03

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In this episode, we step back into San Francisco at the end of the roaring twenties, when bootleggers, blackhanders, and quiet Mafia bosses carved out invisible empires in North Beach. It was a time when the city’s underworld tried to keep its violence out of sight — but the headlines told another story. It’s also the backdrop for the rise of Elmer…

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Jason Ānanda Josephson-Storm on James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, and Western Esotericism 50:15

24d ago50:15

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Jason Josephson-Storm returns to the SHWEP to discuss one of the most influential thinkers on modern western esoteric movements – Sir James George Frazer, author of The Golden Bough – and where, precisely, J.G.F. might fit within western esotericism itself.De către Earl Fontainelle

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Sex In Monochrome: Part 3 54:49

12d ago54:49

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Many do not realise, but sex has been a part of cinema since the very beginning... In this special series, hear all about how film makers first celebrated, then did all they could to cleverly disguise sex and sexuality during the lawless days of early cinema, and on through the "Pre-Code" era, when the rules were markedly different... To unlock thi…

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Sex In Monochrome: Part 2 51:25

18d ago51:25

51:25

Many do not realise, but sex has been a part of cinema since the very beginning... In this special series, hear all about how film makers first celebrated, then did all they could to cleverly disguise sex and sexuality during the lawless days of early cinema, and on through the "Pre-Code" era, when the rules were markedly different... To unlock thi…

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Sex In Monochrome 34:48

23d ago34:48

34:48

Many do not realise, but sex has been a part of cinema since the very beginning... In this special series, hear all about how film makers first celebrated, then did all they could to cleverly disguise sex and sexuality during the lawless days of early cinema, and on through the "Pre-Code" era, when the rules were markedly different... To unlock thi…

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Travel Back In Time: Hollywood Stories Unlocked At Last 5:19

25d ago5:19

5:19

To get the whole story, and experience every Secret History Of Hollywood episode, go on over now to ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/attaboysecret⁠⁠ Signing up only takes a moment, and you'll get instant access to an entire world of storytelling! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Introducing the Apocalypse of the Pseudo-Methodios, with Christopher Bonura 1:11:41

1M ago1:11:41

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Christopher Bonura introduces us to the Apocalypse of Pseudo-Methodios, a seventh-century Syriac prophetic universal history. Come for the Arab conquests reflected in Christian revelation, stay for the apocalyptic Roman emperor.De către Earl Fontainelle

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Ep. 8—Rachel Walther Discusses "The Lady from Shanghai" Orson Welles’ Fractured Dreamscape of San Francisco Noir 44:20

2M ago44:20

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This installment is all about the wild 1947 film noir The Lady From Shanghai, and guest Rachel Walther, a film historian with a book coming out soon called Born To Lose, The Misfits Who Made Dog Day Afternoon, breaks down the chaotic story behind it. The Lady From Shanghai film was a last-ditch effort by Orson Welles to get back in Hollywood’s good…

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Ep. 7—"WOMEN IN SALOONS—The Shame of My Sex" (1944) Part Two 32:51

2M ago32:51

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Welcome back, Frisco fans! You're tuning into Part Two and the conclusion of our deep dive into the San Francisco Examiner's 1944 sensation: "WOMEN IN SALOONS—The Shame of My Sex," by the legendary, if controversial, author Gertrude Atherton. If you missed the start, you definitely want to go back and listen to Part One! This episode picks up where…

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Daniel Harms on the People and Books Behind Early-Modern Fairy-Magic 1:01:28

2M ago1:01:28

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Having laid out fairy-magic as a genre, and discussing some of its characteristics, we are delighted to speak with Daniel Harms about the people and social circumstances behind the texts and practices of fairy-magic.De către Earl Fontainelle

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Ep. 7—The Examiner's 1944 Moral Crusade Against Barfly Women—"WOMEN IN SALOONS—The Shame of My Sex" Part 1 50:12

2M ago50:12

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In this episode of The Secret History of Frisco, we're diving into the San Francisco Examiner's sensational 1944 moral crusade against Barfly Women and the threat they posed to the social fabric of San Francisco. The paper hired the renowned 86-year-old author and novelist, Gertrude Atherton, a San Francisco native, to mount an investigation into t…

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Jewish Apocalypse in the Seventh Century: Martha Himmelfarb on the Sefer Zerubbabel 47:47

2M ago47:47

47:47

In this interview we explore a crucial document of seventh-century Judaism: the Sefer Zerubbabel, an apocalyptic ‘future history’ allegedly written in the past. The Temple will descend, the evil Armilus (son of Satan and a statue) will wreak havok, and two messiahs will arise to redeem Israel.De către Earl Fontainelle

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Touraj Daryaee on Zoroastrianism in the Seventh Century and Beyond 43:20

3M ago43:20

43:20

With the Arab conquest of Sasanian Persia, a new religion enters the west. Once the great religious Other to the Græco-Roman world, the Zoroastrians are now part of the story of western esotericism. We explore their extraordinary religion with Touraj Daryaee.De către Earl Fontainelle

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Ep. 6—Jimmie Tarantino Pt. 2: D.A. Thomas Lynch Spells Out Jimmie's Scams in Post-WWII Frisco 28:16

4M ago28:16

28:16

California State Attorney General Thomas C. Lynch was the Assistant D.A. in San Francisco in the late 1940s, the years Jimmie Tarantino, blackmailer and extortionist magazine publisher, was plying his trade in San Francisco at the behest of Frisco gambling czar Bones Remmer. This episode comes from the Oral History Department of the Bancroft Librar…

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Ep. 5—Jimmie Tarantino Part 1: When Frank Sinatra and Mickey Cohen Invested in His Hollywood Nite Life Magazine 32:26

4M ago32:26

32:26

This episode of "The Secret History of Frisco" podcast introduces listeners to Jimmie Tarantino, a man described as a "louse, a blowhard, a barely literate, anti-Communist shake-down artist." The episode delves into Tarantino's early life in East Orange, New Jersey, and his eventual move to Hollywood where he became a peripheral member of Frank Sin…

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Samuel Gillis Hogan on Fairies in English Ritual Magic and Occult Philosophy, 1400-1700 52:49

4M ago52:49

52:49

Did you know that there is a whole practical and occult-philosophic corpus dealing with the summoning and controlling of faeries? Samuel Gillis Hogan tells us about his research in the archives of early-modern British faerie-magic.De către Earl Fontainelle

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Bonus Ep. 5—Call It FRISCO Part Two—Sally Stanford Weighs In On The Eternal Conflict 26:04

4M ago26:04

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In "Call It FRISCO, Part 2," host Knox Bronson defends his podcast's name, "The Secret History of Frisco," against objections from hither and thither, including the Reddit San Francisco group. Historical figures like Emperor Norton and madam Sally Stanford each make an appearance, showcasing their differing views on the term "Frisco." "Colorful cha…

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Ahab Bdaiwi on the Rise of Shī‘ī Esotericism 29:09

4M ago29:09

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In Part I we looked at the political events leading up to the formation of the Shi'a. In Part II we see that it did not take long for things to get very esoteric. Come for the programmatic esoteric hermeneutics, stay for the occult sciences.De către Earl Fontainelle

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Bonus Ep. 4—FRISCO NOIR With Rachel Walther—The Maltese Falcon No.1 (1931) & No.2 (1941) and Dark Passage (1947) 47:38

4M ago47:38

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In this episode, the first of a series, Knox Bronson, host of "The Secret History of Frisco" podcast, welcomes Rachel Walther, a film noir expert and author, to discuss the genre's connection to San Francisco. Walther, who writes for the Film Noir Foundation's "Noir City" magazine and has a forthcoming book on "Dog Day Afternoon," highlights San Fr…

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Ep. 4—The Story of Johnny Ochsner, The Rich Kid Romeo, and the Lovesick Stowaways 45:47

5M ago45:47

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The episode chronicles the romantic life of Johnny Ochsner, a young Oakland oil heir whose escapades in the 1940s became international news. Marguerite Faye Human and Teresa Briston, separately stowawayed across the Pacific in pursuit of Johnny, driven by dreams of marriage. The story involves underage sex, a high-seas burglary, and the interventio…

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Ahab Bdaiwi on ‘Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib, his Family, and the Origins of Shī‘ī Islam 38:32

5M ago38:32

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We pick up from our last episode, where geopolitics and esotericism met in the crucible of Roman, Sassanian, and Arab political struggles. Ahab Bdaiwi threads the labyrinth of the earliest historical sources for the birth of the movement within Islām which came to be known as the Party of ‘Alī, or the Shi‘ā.…

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Bonus Episode 3—When Sally Stanford Kicked Humphrey Bogart Out Of Her Flagship Pleasure Palace At 1144 Pine Street In 1941 43:29

5M ago43:29

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This bonus episode of "The Secret History of Frisco" podcast delves into the scandalous lives intertwined with San Francisco's notorious madam, Sally Stanford. Born Mabel Busby in 1903, Stanford's early life of poverty and a wrongful imprisonment for cashing stolen checks fueled her determination to achieve financial independence. By 21, she opened…

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Ep. 3—The Secret Life of Bob Patterson, The Charming Ex-Con Who Terrrorized High Society With His Column, "Freddie Francisco Observes" In The 1940s 43:28

6M ago43:28

43:28

The Secret Life of Freddie Francisco: A Rogue's Rise and Fall This episode of "The Secret History of Frisco" delves into the captivating, often scandalous, life of Bob Patterson, a writer of prodigious talent and even more prodigious roguishness. Under the pen name Freddie Francisco, Patterson became Northern California's most powerful newspaper co…

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Alan Moore on Magic 49:40

6M ago49:40

49:40

Say no more.De către Earl Fontainelle

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Bonus Episode No. 2—Interview with Paul Drexler, Author of "Notorious San Francisco: True Tales of Crime, Passion, and Murder" 52:39

6M ago52:39

52:39

In this episode, I talk to author and historian Paul Drexler about the crime and vice rooted in the very birth of San Francisco and their evolution and influence in the city for the next hundred years. People and groups discussed in the episode include the Sydney Ducks, the Hounds, the San Francisco Police Department, Donna Fine, Sally Stanford, Bo…

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Coming Back for More, Part VI: The Roots of Christian Reincarnationism 38:19

6M ago38:19

38:19

We set the stage for a detailed consideration of the evidence for early Christian reincarnationism. Featuring the Bible.De către Earl Fontainelle

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Coming Back for More, Part V: Sami Yli-Karjanmaa on Reincarnation in Philo and Josephus 49:59

6M ago49:59

49:59

We dive deeper into the evidence for Jewish reincarnation around the time of the Temple's destruction with Sami Yli-Karjanmaa, who has done the work. Philo of Alexandria and Josephus come under the metempsychotoscope.De către Earl Fontainelle

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Coming Back for More, Part IV: Reincarnation in Antique Judaism 39:53

6M ago39:53

39:53

Moving on from the theories of the Pythagoreans, Platonists, and related folks, we turn ion this episode to the question of Jewish reincarnation in antiquity. There doesn't seem to be any. And yet ....De către Earl Fontainelle

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Coming Back for More, Part III: Platonism and Reincarnation 50:02

6M ago50:02

50:02

Having reviewed the roots of reincarnationism in the west, we move forward in time, looking at the Hellenistic and especially the imperial man eras. We then focus in on the inheritors of the Pythagorean/Platonic legacy, the Platonists.De către Earl Fontainelle

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Coming Back for More, Part II: Platonic Reincarnation 1:01:14

6M ago1:01:14

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In Part II we discuss the reincarnational mythoi and logoi found in Plato's dialogues. These are, in many important ways, the foundational documents of western reincarnationism.De către Earl Fontainelle

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Coming Back for More: The Secret History of Reincarnation in the West, Part I: Pythagoras and the Orphics 57:16

6M ago57:16

57:16

In Part I of a thematic series, we begin to explore the long secret history of reincarnation in the west. In this episode we consider our earliest evidence, which clusters around two resonant names: Pythagoras and Orpheus.De către Earl Fontainelle

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Ep. 2 ~ The Hawaiian Princess Who Wanted To Sing 37:13

6M ago37:13

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I have a wonderful episode for you today, the story of the Hawaiian princess who came to San Francisco to open a nightclub where she could sing. We will again encounter lawyer Jake Ehrlich, of course. The McDonough Brothers, who controlled all the vice in the city, Chief of Police William Quinn and his corrupt Captain Fred Lemon at Central Station,…

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Seventh-Century History for Students of Western Esotericism 55:31

7M ago55:31

55:31

We return to the history of late antiquity in the eastern Mediterranean and central Asia. Momentous events occur, empires rise and fall, and Jews, Christians, and Muslims all suddenly develop new apocalyptic notions. Come for the dry historical exposition, stay for the esoteric divine kingship.De către Earl Fontainelle

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Bonus Episode No. 1—Call It Frisco! 26:14

7M ago26:14

26:14

This episode explores the long and often contentious history of the nickname "Frisco" for San Francisco. Despite the strong disapproval of many, including Chronicle columnist Herb Caen, the term has deep roots stretching back to the Gold Rush era. We delve into the earliest documented uses of "Frisco" in the mid-19th century, finding it in letters …

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James Russell on the Hypnerotomachia in Esoteric Tradition 40:31

7M ago40:31

40:31

We penetrate further into the dream-labyrinth of the Hypnerotomachia with James Russell, exploring the book's many early readers. These include a pope, a playwright, and an alchemist. Codes, rebuses, polyvalent images, esoteric architecture, and more meet in the melting-pot of Humanism.De către Earl Fontainelle

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Episode 1: Vice Defined San Francisco's DNA At Its Inception 45:00

7M ago45:00

45:00

Welcome to The Secret History of Frisco, a podcast peeling back the layers of San Francisco's vibrant and often illicit past during its last wide-open era, 1934 to 1953. Join host Knox Bronson as we journey through the city's smoky backrooms, bustling waterfronts, and glittering nightlife, where fortunes were made and lost, and a unique live-and-le…

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Introducing the Qur’an Part III: Qur’ānic Texts vs. the Qur’ān 55:06

7M ago55:06

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We discuss some of the history of how the Qur'ān came to be ‘the Book’: it started in the oral milieu of the high-octane early Believers' movement, and ended up in written form as something called the ‘Uthmanic recension. Many esoteric things happen along the way.De către Earl Fontainelle

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The Strife of Love in a Dream: James O’Neill Introduces the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili 43:17

8M ago43:17

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We introduce one of the strangest and most nigglingly-intriguing esoteric books of the Italian Renaissance, the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili. James O'Neill is our guide through nested dream-landscapes, erotic initiations, and weirdly-specific garden design.De către Earl Fontainelle

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Introducing the Qur’ān, Part II: Ambiguity and Esoteric Themes 1:11:11

8M ago1:11:11

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We begin to explore the esoteric side of the Qur'ān, examining several case-studies in terms of ambiguity and esoteric themes. It turns out that every letter of the Qur'ān is an esoteric text.De către Earl Fontainelle

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When Gamblers and Newspapermen Ruled The Cool Grey City of Love 10:14

9M ago10:14

10:14

Ever wondered who really pulled the strings in San Francisco during its post-war golden age? It wasn't the mayor or the board of supervisors. When the war ended in 1946, San Francisco experienced an unprecedented boom. Servicemen who'd fallen in love with the city returned to stay, nightlife flourished, and business thrived in what appeared to be a…

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Introducing the Qur’ān, Part I: Revelation, Text, and History 57:03

9M ago57:03

57:03

We cover some basic territory in introducing the Qur'ān, the holiest text of Islām. We introduce the text, discuss the traditional story of the Qur'ān's revelation, the modern text-critical enterprise of Qur'anic studies, and try to pin down the elusive character of this book-that-is-not-a-book.De către Earl Fontainelle

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Fred Donner on the History of Early Islām 53:35

10M ago53:35

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We discuss what little we know and how much we don't know about the nature of the early ‘Believers' movement’, the nature and origins of the Qur'ān, the curious case of the so-called Constitution of Medinah, and what went on during the earliest decades of the Arab conquests. Fred Donner is our guide into unknown territory.…

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Matthew Melvin-Koushki on Islam, ‘the West’, and Western Esotericism 1:04:29

11M ago1:04:29

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We welcome Matthew Melvin-Koushki back to the show to discuss how we might improve our historical picture of western esotericism by including the vast majority of the surviving historical dossier of western esotericism. There's only one problem: in order to do this, we need to embrace the Islamicate world as a major part of the west.…

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Charles Stang and Jason Josephson-Storm on Theosophy and the Study of Religions 1:05:22

11M ago1:05:22

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What if the scientific study of religions, a.k.a. Comparative Religions, History of Religions, and so forth – the academic discipline wherein the academic study of western esotericism largely finds its home – was founded by, well, western esotericists? In this interview we examine the history of the history of religions with two historians of relig…

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