Vanitas: Discourse in Anomalous Human Experience: Recent Episodes
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While the creative side of humanity is what I revere the most, the subject matter of Vanitas is of the obscure, fringe, and even at times destructive components of the human experience. If you like to hear uncommon and true stories, then this is the podcast for you.
For years I have read about, studied, and revolved my travels around the most obscure and unusual stories in our human history, both recent and from long ago. The subjects discussed here on Vanitas will be varied from historical figures, medical anomalies, events history wishes to remain hidden, deviant behavior and crime, and all other related ideas on the spectrum of abnormal experience. There may be some episodes that will not be for the faint of heart, and I promise to give you fair warning for those. All stories will be researched and factually based. I am currently in school pursuing a degree in psychology and neuroscience. This education gives me a scientific and objective perspective to the subject matter, allowing me to put insight into the subjects discussed where applicable.
This podcast is bi-weekly and will be debuting in May.
In February 1887, an otherwise unnoticeable doors-man assigned at the Kansas State House of Representatives became distraught over what he heard being said by the representatives meeting inside. He felt what was being spoken was blasphemy, and heard a righteous command in his mind to make just amends. He went into the building, locked the doors, and proclaimed with all of the zeal of a street preacher that “God has demanded their lives”
The life-path that brought this man to this fateful day is ever so bizarre and interesting, and he is involved in one of the most infamous events in our nation’s history – yet few know who he is. He started his professional life as a hatter, which in the 1800s, exposed him to high levels of the neurotoxin mercury. It would be difficult to deny that mercury had some effect on his erratic behavior and unusual choices that he made, which include self-castration and the event mentioned above.
In this debut episode of Vanitas, we take a look at the world of Ernest Hemingway. He was one of the most well-known American and 20th century authors, and his life was anything but mundane. Shaped greatly by the social changes around him, Hemingway had profound experiences in both World Wars, and the Spanish War; was a hands-on journalist whom twice interviewed Mussolini; lived among a variance of cultures in Paris, Key West, Africa, and the American West. In his brief latter years, he was plagued by mental illness and paranoia of government infiltration into his private affairs. Here we look further into the possible state of his mind when his life was ended by his own accord at the age of 61.
For a full description, please visit: http://vanitaspodcast.com/index.php/2016/05/09/vanitas-episode-1