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We’re getting Spookstorical this week as Kim and Alice assemble a murderous flashmob for Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. It’s the classic tale of the world’s least curious scientist, his sibling marriage and the frogs / friends reanimated along the way.
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You too can be an a**hole if you just dream big! Kim and Alice kick off Season 5 with The Greatest Showman, a musical about wives supporting vague dreams, fish-monkey rental and the upside-down triangle known as Zac Efron.
Sound Engineer: Keith Nagle
Editor: Keith Nagle / Helen Hamilton
Producer: Helen Hamilton
Sources
https://priceonomics.com/the-rise-and-fall-of-circus-freakshows/
https://www.historyextra.com/period/victorian/greatest-show-earth-freak-shows-pt-barnum-tom-thumb/
https://leftlion.co.uk/features/2022/06/dr-john-jacob-woolf-victorian-freak-show/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freak_show
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Kim and Alice discuss the intense, spooky and downright wonderful Macbeth adaptation; Throne of Blood. Enjoy this Kurasawa classic with us and remember, as you’re warming up your sake in a baby bottle warmer, that we’re all just skeletons waiting for our dust mound.
Sound Engineer: Keith Nagle
Editor: Keith Nagle
Producer: Helen Hamilton
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It’s time for a trash man to make a trash movie - this week Kim and Alice are talking about the Tim Burton-directed biopic, Ed Wood. Discover why the cast of Step Up need to get into some sarcophagi, be amazed by the too good to be true accuracy and enjoy Kim’s palpable hatred of the man behind it all.
Sound Engineer: Keith Nagle
Editor: Helen Hamilton / Keith Nagle
Producer: Helen Hamilton
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This week Ann from Vulgar History is skipping her morning jazz to help Kim and Alice make sense of the Agatha Christie adaptation, Towards Zero. Join us as we discuss this murderous Love Island, featuring lawyer besties, monograms galore and the gold standard in capricious will writing.
Hear more from Ann on the excellent Vulgar History Podcast, on Instagram and on Threads.
Pre-order your copy of 'Rebel of the Regency' here!
Sound Engineer: Keith Nagle
Editor: Keith Nagle
Producer: Helen Hamilton
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It’s time to play mahjong while the world burns. This week Kim and Alice cover a listener suggestion; Philippine war drama Oro, Plata, Mata. It’s a classic tale of class, survival and sex in a shoe.
Sound Engineer: Keith Nagle
Editor: Helen Hamilton / Keith Nagle
Producer: Helen Hamilton
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Kim and Alice are putting on their terrible disguises and having so much fun with this week's pick, the late '90s actor buffet that is Shakespeare in Love. We're talking guyliner, literary Easter eggs and what makes this very smart movie so very dumb.
Sound Engineer: Keith Nagle
Editor: Keith Nagle
Producer: Helen Hamilton
Sources
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Hello to everyone except Dead Tom! We’re back for a new series and this week we’re covering Miss Austen Series 1. Kim and Alice put their PDMDs to the test as they try to work out what killed Jane Austen. Spoiler: it was probably overly synchronised periods.
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Editor: Helen Hamilton / Keith Nagle
Producer: Helen Hamilton
Austen After Dark is out now on all good podcast platforms!
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This week Kim and Alice have been locked in the cupboard with the Christmas decorations to bring you Tudor drama series, Wolf Hall. We’re talking about Hans Holbein: portrait artist / historical catfisher and Henry VIII never getting to just enjoy a joust. Also kittens!
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Editor: Helen Hamilton / Keith Nagle
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Hide your necks, we’re entering our Tudor Era! In this Fainting Couch episode Kim and Alice are joined by Kirsty Whyte for an overview of period drama dynastic darlings, the Tudors. We discuss what’s been done, if there’s anything left to be adapted, and why we can’t get enough of these messy monarchs.
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Producer: Helen Hamilton
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Ciao a tutti! This week Kim and Alice are discussing the fun, Italian crime drama series, The Law According to Lidia Poët. We’re talking about the real-life multi-lingual lady lawyer, solving crimes with your sibling, and asking how much responsibility filmmakers have when depicting real historical figures?
Sound Engineer: Keith Nagle
Editor: Keith Nagle
Producer: Helen Hamilton
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We have a special episode this week for Podcasthon 2025; Alice speaks to Christopher Clannachan from Equality Network about their incredible work for LGBTI rights and equality in Scotland, and the emotionally devastating 2022 movie, My Policeman.
Find out more about Equality Network and how you can help support them at https://www.equality-network.org/support-us/
To find out more about Podcasthon, please visit our participant page at https://podcasthon.org/podcaster/fetch-the-smelling-salts
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Producer: Helen Hamilton
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Join Kim and Alice as we travel back to India circa 1857 courtesy of epic historical legend, Mangal Pandey: The Rising. Back when companies had armies, dogs ate gunpowder and real men sang plot points whilst sitting on elephants.
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Editor: Helen Hamilton / Keith Nagle
Producer: Helen Hamilton
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It’s time to convene the ‘We Hate Rolf’ club and sexily tear down some flags - this week Kim and Alice are yodelling their way through the Sound of Music. We learn that while Edelweiss might be fake, the Von Trapp family singers were very real.
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We’re floating about in our nightgowns this week as Kim and Alice discuss the literature and lunacy behind The Woman in White. Everyone in the story might be deeply traumatised, but trust us, the dog is fiiiiine. Also - happy Galentine’s Day; dump your toxic partner.
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Producer: Helen Hamilton
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In this Fainting Couch special, Alice is off to the cinema with friend of the podcast Hugh Turpin to experience 2024’s saddest Christmas movie: Small Things Like These. We’re discussing national trauma, Ireland’s evolving relationship to the past, and why you should beware the Coal Hole.
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Producer: Helen Hamilton
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This week Kim and Alice are (re)watching the ‘délicieux’ Agatha Christie classic: Hercule Poirot’s Christmas. We’re talking about locked-room mysteries, glove snobbery and the haunting wail of a dying pig toy.
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Get your special jingle bells ready because this week Kim and Alice are covering the Korean historical thriller, The Handmaiden. We’re discussing colonial dynamics, erotic furniture and how too much real estate inevitably leads to murder basements.
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This week we’re setting sail on a kinda slutty immigrant adventure, with the beautifully understated Brooklyn. Kim and Alice enjoy all the messy drama whilst also uncovering the history of Irish immigration and why you should always go drinking with your priest.
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We’re getting spooky this week as Kim and Alice get increasingly frustrated by gothic horror ‘Crimson Peak’. Whilst the characters are ignoring both the red flags and red ghosts, our hosts discuss gothic literature and Guillermo del Toro’s hatred of faces.
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Editor: Helen Hamilton / Keith Nagle
Producer: Helen Hamilton
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