Franz Nopcsa

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🗓️ 14 September 2023

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Today's episode is on the Hungarian palaeontologist, geologist, spy and ethnographer, Franz Nopcsa. Join us as we discuss dinosaurs, Franz's travels in Albania, and the world's first plane hijacking. Check out our website, where you can find out everything there is to know about Queer as Fact. If you enjoy our content, consider supporting us on Patreon, checking out our merch, and following us on Twitter, Tumblr and Facebook. [Image: Franz in traditional Albanian dress, 1913]

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Queer as Fact, the podcast bringing you queer history from around the world
0:03.8	and throughout time.
0:04.9	I'm Alice.
0:05.7	I'm Irene.
0:06.5	And I'm Eli.
0:07.3	And today we're talking about the Hungarian paleontologist, geologist, ethnographer and spy,
0:12.0	France Noctcha.
0:20.7	Before we begin, I'd like to acknowledge the Bonerang-Bunurang people as the traditional
0:24.6	owners of the land on which we record this podcast, and pay my respects to their elders past
0:29.0	and present. They're the custodians of an oral history tradition far older than this
0:32.9	podcast. We have some content warnings before we begin this episode. This episode will include
0:36.9	an attempted shooting, mentions of racism against Albanians,
0:40.8	discussions of World War I, including massacres of Albanian civilians during the war,
0:44.7	a violent beating, a plain hijacking, mentions of chronic illness,
0:48.5	historical homophobia and attempts at medical conversion therapy,
0:51.7	discussions of mental illness and discussions of a murder-suicide.
0:54.9	Before we start, I also want to be upfront about the fact that France's life ended with his
0:59.0	death by suicide. He shot his partner, Biasid Almas Dota, and then himself, killing both men.
1:04.8	We can discuss that when we come to it, but I'm telling you this now because I don't want it
1:07.9	to be sprung on you or our listeners with any kind of shock value when we do get them.
1:11.7	Franz Nopter was born on the 3rd of May, 1877 in the town of Deva in Transylania.
1:16.9	So it's geography time.
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