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In the early 1900s, the great and good at the Paris Opera buried an urn full of “living voices”—Gramophone recordings of famous opera stars—to be disinterred after a century. When those urns were opened, mysterious recordings were discovered. Who made them? And why?
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All the secrets of the cylinder recordings are revealed. Shattered is produced by Lesser of 2 Weevils. --- Music: Roméo & Juliette by the MIT Symphony Orchestra curated by Oddio Overplay, used under an Attribution Non-Commercial license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ http://freemusicarchive.org/music/MIT_Symphony_Orchestra/An_Opera…
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Please note that this episode contains mature language (en français). Nemo comes to some conclusions about who made the cylinders and why. Shattered is produced by Lesser of 2 Weevils with theme music by Katharine Seaton. Additional music by Robert Sholl. Music also performed by Robert Sholl and Matt Pouchin. I Puritani by Vincenzo Bellini with lib…
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Nemo is becoming increasingly consumed and disturbed by her work on the cylinder recordings, while Phil stumbles across apocalyptic conspiracy theories. What do *you* hear in the music? Shattered is produced by Lesser of 2 Weevils with theme music by Katharine Seaton. https://katharineseaton.com/ Additional music by Robert Sholl, and Berliner disc …
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Please note that this episode contains mature language (en français). Phil suggests that the investigators pause their enquiries, but Nemo insists on getting to the bottom of the mysterious cylinder recordings. What did Laila uncover from her stint as a broadcast assistant? What “bother” did Hakim from Nemo’s office get into? And what made Dustin a…
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Dustin thinks he knows who the interviewer is on the graphophone. Phil doesn’t believe in curses. Shattered is produced by Lesser of 2 Weevils with theme music by Katharine Seaton. https://katharineseaton.com/ Additional music by Robert Sholl. Music also performed by Robert Sholl and Matt Pouchin. I Puritani by Vincenzo Bellini with libretto by Cou…
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Please note that this episode contains mature language. Nemo and Phil are joined by guests Dustin and Dani, and Laila Lim, a languages student. Tensions and technical difficulties mar the investigation. Dustin’s graphophone delivers major revelations. But will the investigators still be around for another episode? Shattered is produced by Lesser of…
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Nemo and Phil are joined by two guests from Chicago, Dustin and Dani. What links the graphophone from 1897 that Dustin acquired to the Volta Lab-esque cylinders? Who is the “unknown pursuer” mentioned in the note that accompanies the graphophone? Could Nemo and Phil be on the trail of the long-fabled phonautogram sound recording of Abraham Lincoln?…
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Phil speaks to a historian at the Academy of Asian Cultures and Languages, and a film historian points Nemo and Phil toward a film that may be cursed. Shattered is produced by Lesser of 2 Weevils with theme music by Katharine Seaton. https://katharineseaton.com/ Additional music by Robert Sholl. --- Transcripts can be found at https://theshatteredp…
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Nemo and Phil track down a parléophon recording and speak to a generous collector about his obscure 1905 Gramophone recording on church organ. What does this have to do with the Volta Lab-esque cylinders and who is the mysterious and otherworldly voice they hear singing on the digitized parléphon? Shattered is produced by Lesser of 2 Weevils with t…
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Nemo and Phil link the 1902 Gramophone disc to an opera, Phil speaks to an expert on the Don Juan legend, and the podcast hosts find a second set of mysterious phonographs. Have they found the elusive composer they are seeking? Shattered is produced by Lesser of 2 Weevils with theme music by Katharine Seaton. https://katharineseaton.com/ Additional…
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In the early 1900s, the great and good at the Paris Opera buried an urn full of “living voices”—Gramophone recordings of famous opera stars—to be disinterred after a century. When those urns were opened, mysterious recordings were discovered. Who made them? And why? Whose voice do Nemo and Phil hear on the 1902 Gramophone disc? Shattered is produce…
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Dr Phil Donan, an historian specializing in 19th century France, joins Nemo as podcast host. Together, they compare the mysterious Volta Lab-esque cylinder recordings with an 1879 phonograph made by a French aristocrat. And who wrote the haunting music on the piano roll? Shattered is produced by Lesser of 2 Weevils with theme music by Katharine Sea…
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In the early 1900s, the great and good at the Paris Opera buried an urn full of “living voices”—Gramophone recordings of famous opera stars—to be disinterred after a century. When those urns were opened, mysterious recordings were discovered. Who made them? And why? -- Nemo is a historical sound recording specialist in Paris. She finds some cylinde…
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