1922: The Birth of Now Episodes Available now
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Tutankhamun and Egyptomania; Nosferatu; Pirandello's Henry IV; Einstein, Time and Aboriginal Modernism
An omnibus edition of four things from 1922 with an impact a century later.
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Einstein, relativity, time, and indigenous Australian modernism
Einstein's ideas about time and parallels with the indigenous Australian conception of it.
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Pirandello's Henry IV and the Idea of Truth
Luigi Pirandello's 1922 play Henry IV and the idea that truth can be what we say it is.
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H艒sh艒, the First Aircraft Carrier, and HMS Queen Elizabeth - and Cocaine
H艒sh艒, the first aircraft carrier, and HMS Queen Elizabeth, the most recent.
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Nosferatu and Modernist Horror
Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror, the first vampire film and its influence after a century
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The Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamun, and Egyptomania
The discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922, sparking Egyptomania, that continues.
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The Shabolovka Tower and the Gherkin, The Criterion, The True Story of Ah Q, Louis Armstrong goes to Chicago
An omnibus edition of four things from 1922 with an impact a century later.
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Louis Armstrong leaves New Orleans for Chicago
Louis Armstrong leaves New Orleans for Chicago in 1922 a move with profound influence
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Bertolt Brecht's play Drums in the Night
Bertolt Brecht's play Drums in the Night and the concept of alienation in the theatre
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The True Story of Ah Q, by Lu Xun
The True Story of Ah Q, by Lu Xun, China's first modernist work of literature