Frankenstein w/ Rose Eveleth
Spirits: Mythology, Legends, & Folklore
Multitude
4.8 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 4 November 2020
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
October might be over, but when you’re Mary Shelley, every day is a great day to talk about death. That’s why we were so excited to have guest Rose Eveleth, who walked us through the scientific origins behind Frankenstein and his monster, and the life and times of Mary Shelley.
Content Warning: This episode contains conversations about or mentions sex, misogyny, miscarriage, child death, Covid-19, scientific experimentation, hanging/execution, racism, murder, loss & grief, brain tumor, drowning, and suicide.
Guest
Rose Eveleth is a writer and producer who explores how humans tangle with science and technology. She’s the creator of Flash Forward Presents, a podcast network that demystifies the future, featuring hit shows like Flash Forward, Open World, and Advice For And From The Future. Her work has covered everything from spoofed fingerprints to fake tumbleweed farms to million dollar baccarat heists. You can read more about her, and see her other work, here.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Spirits Podcast, a boozy dive into mythology, legends, and folklore. |
| 0:03.7 | Every week we pour a drink and learn about a new story from around the world. |
| 0:07.4 | I'm Amanda. |
| 0:08.1 | And I'm Julia. |
| 0:09.0 | And this is Frankenstein with Rose Eveleth. |
| 0:11.8 | Also, from the past. |
| 0:13.6 | We are recording this on Monday, November 2nd. |
| 0:16.2 | The world is going to be different in a couple days when this episode comes out. |
| 0:20.2 | So we don't know |
| 0:22.1 | what that's like. We know that we love you conspirators and we're going to do our best to |
| 0:27.1 | make the world better no matter what that world looks like. Absolutely. And I think that we really |
| 0:31.2 | do touch on that kind of mentality in the episode. So hopefully this is a beacon of light in whatever the future |
| 0:39.1 | has to hold. Absolutely. Rose is a podcaster we have admired for years. Her show Flash |
| 0:44.6 | Forward is incredible, as well as the now family of shows in the Flash Forward presents |
| 0:49.4 | a situation network. And whether you listen to advice foreign from the future or flash forward or |
| 0:55.6 | you are being introduced to her wonderful perspective in this episode, we think there is a ton of |
| 1:00.1 | great stuff for you to dive into. Definitely check out open world too. It's a beautiful like hope |
| 1:04.9 | punk anthology series and it's great. What is also great, Julia, is our newest patrons, Natalie |
| 1:10.0 | and Jenna. They join the distinguished ranks of our supporting producer-level patrons, Philip, Alicia, Alison, Deborah, Hannah, Jen, Jessica Keegan, Neaselkins, Landon, Liz, Megan Linger, Megan Moon, Molly, Nicky, Phil Frisch, Polly, Riley, Sarah, and Skyla. |
| 1:25.1 | I always think about just like the bright future of tomorrow whenever I think about these patrons. |
| 1:30.9 | Absolutely. |
| 1:31.7 | And I also want to thank our legend level patrons who, like the legend of Frankenstein's |
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