SYMHC Classics: Theda Bara

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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History, Society & Culture

4.2 • 23.6K Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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This 2022 episode covers Theda Bara, often referenced as the first sex symbol. Photos of her are synonymous with the word vamp, and 100 years later, still have a certain mysterious appeal. But what was she really like?

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Sam Mullins, and I've got a new podcast coming out called Go Boy, the gritty true story of how one man fought his way out of some of the darkest places imaginable.
0:10.2	Roger Caron was 16 when first convicted.
0:12.7	Has spent 24 of those years in jail.
0:15.3	But when Roger Caron picked up a pen in paper, he went from an ex-con to a literary darling.
0:20.8	From Campside Media and IHeart
0:22.1	Podcasts, listen to Go Boy on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your
0:28.8	podcasts. From the producers who brought you Princess of South Beach comes a new podcast, the setup.
0:36.4	The setup follows a lonely museum curator,
0:39.3	but when the perfect man walks into his life...
0:42.0	Well, I guess I'm saying I like you.
0:43.7	You like me?
0:45.0	He actually is too good to be true.
0:47.4	This is a con. I'm conning you to get the Dilama painting.
0:50.5	You can do this together.
0:53.7	Listen to The Setup on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
1:00.3	You Feelin This, too, is a horror anthology podcast.
1:05.3	It brings different creators to tell 10 vile.
1:09.4	No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
1:11.7	Protesque. Oh my no. Grotesque.
1:12.5	Oh my God.
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1:18.1	My!
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