The Nature of Ephemera, with Alex Williams
Ridiculous History
iHeartPodcasts
4.2 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 28 May 2019
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Whether we’re talking yesterday’s newspaper, pamphlets from museums, or even old lottery tickets and straw wrappers, the world is chock full of things that were not meant to last. Today the guys join Alex Williams, the creator of the new podcast Ephemeral, to explore the strange, beautiful, disturbing and tragic stories of things that came and went, from the Collyer brothers to Pizzaria chips.
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| 0:00.0 | From the executive producers of Hell and Gone comes a new podcast |
| 0:04.1 | investigating the serial murders orchestrated by South African cold leader Cecilia Stein. |
| 0:09.1 | She conditioned them to be monsters. |
| 0:11.4 | In the world of murderous cults, if Charles Manson is king, Cecilia Stein is queen. |
| 0:17.2 | She was telling people the Bible since she was going to kill, but actually she was taking revenge. |
| 0:22.6 | Listen to Queen Havoc and her murder cult. |
| 0:24.8 | On the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:30.1 | The True Crime Podcast, Sacred Scandal, returns for a second season to investigate a led sexual abuse at Mexico's La Luz del Mundo Mega Church. |
| 0:38.4 | Journalist Robert Garza explores survivor stories of pure evil experiences at the hands of a self-proclaimed apostle who is now behind bars. |
| 0:46.6 | I remember as a little girl being groomed to be his concubine, that's how I was raised. |
| 0:51.7 | It is not wrong if you take your clothes off for the apostle. |
| 0:54.8 | Listen to Sacred Scandal on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 1:01.2 | On Queen Charlotte, the official podcast, we're stepping behind the scenes and the drawing boards of this team |
| 1:07.0 | to experience the life breathes into the Bridgerton prequel. |
| 1:10.9 | Listen to the Leap's executive producer and series director Tom Verica took to capture the feeling that puts that lump in your throat. |
| 1:18.4 | And you've got to catch creator Shonda Rhymes. |
| 1:21.5 | She's dropping gems, diamonds, and mics. |
| 1:24.8 | You can listen to Queen Charlotte, the official podcast every Thursday on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or any where you listen to your favorite shows. |
| 1:34.4 | Ridiculous history is a production of I Heart Radio. |
| 1:51.5 | Welcome to the show, Ridiculous Historians. |
| 2:03.9 | Thanks so much for tuning in, peak behind the curtain. |
| 2:07.3 | It is officially summer in Atlanta, the humidity and the heat combined to drape the city in soup. |
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