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Of the Devil's Party

Alice Capstick, Rowan Burridge, Dr Peter Groves

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Dark Heroes are everywhere in contemporary popular culture and they have a long and rebellious literary history unknown to many. Unleashed academics, tutors, and ornamental hermits Alice and Rowan do a deep dive into the development of various dark heroic archetypes on a semi-weekly basis. Everything from the Gothic villain, the Byronic Hero, and the femme fatale, to the sex appeal of Satan—we've got you covered. Contact us at: ofthedevilsparty@gmail.comFollow us on insta: @ofthedevilsparty
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Season-2 Coming June 1, 2024 | Discover the true story of Canada's LGBT Purge in a landmark, eight part documentary series. This is the first documentary to examine the full extent of Canada's anti-homosexual campaigns using newly declassified documents released by the LGBT Purge Fund. From ridiculous to shocking, you'll hear amazing true stories from courageous survivors; academics; researchers; former MPs, cabinet ministers and a retired Chief of Defence Staff. Queer Legends is the 2023 Ca ...
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First Strike

First Strike

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First Strike is a Magic: The Gathering debate-style podcast hosted by KYT that discusses the week’s hottest competitive and social topics of the game. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/firststrike/support
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The second episode examining Terry Pratchett's 1992's Discworld novel, Small Gods, examining the role of books and memory in fantasy fiction, comparisons to Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun sequence, contemplations of genre and what it means to be a "comedy", and seriously considering whether I even want to do the show anymore.…
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Peter and Alice continue their discussion of Macbeth with a focus on relevant context. As usual you kind find us on: Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/ofthedevilsparty/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email us at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ofthedevilsparty@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Academia: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://monash.academia.edu/AliceCapstick; ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠h…
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Peter and Alice continue their discussion of Macbeth with a focus on relevant context. As usual you kind find us on: Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/ofthedevilsparty/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email us at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ofthedevilsparty@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Academia: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://monash.academia.edu/AliceCapstick; ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https:/…
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Peter and Alice begin their discussion of Macbeth with a focus on relevant context. As usual you kind find us on: Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/ofthedevilsparty/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email us at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ofthedevilsparty@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Academia: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://monash.academia.edu/AliceCapstick; ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://monash.a…
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Peter and Alice begin their discussion of Macbeth with a focus on relevant context. As usual you kind find us on: Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/ofthedevilsparty/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email us at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ofthedevilsparty@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Academia: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://monash.academia.edu/AliceCapstick; ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://monash.academi…
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The road to justice for LGBT Purge survivors was not an easy one - even after the Government of Canada’s apology. Seeking justice also meant that Purge survivors had to confront and relive some truly terrible memories. The eighth and final episode in our series that tells The True Story Of Canada’s LGBT Purge celebrates victory; seeks accountabilit…
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Peter and Alice continue their analysis of Christopher Marlowe's "The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus." As usual you kind find us on: Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/ofthedevilsparty/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email us at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ofthedevilsparty@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Academia: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://monash.academia.edu/AliceCap…
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Peter and Alice continue their analysis of Christopher Marlowe's "The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus." As usual you kind find us on: Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/ofthedevilsparty/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email us at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ofthedevilsparty@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Academia: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://monash.academia.edu/AliceCapstick…
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Peter and Alice continue their analysis of Christopher Marlowe's "The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus." As usual you kind find us on: Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/ofthedevilsparty/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email us at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ofthedevilsparty@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Academia: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://monash.academia.edu/AliceCapstick; ⁠⁠⁠…
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Peter and Alice begin their analysis of Christopher Marlowe's "The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus." As usual you kind find us on: Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/ofthedevilsparty/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email us at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ofthedevilsparty@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Academia: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://monash.academia.edu/AliceCapstick; ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http…
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Before the Government of Canada’s apology and before the LGBT Purge class-action lawsuit, there was a small group of dedicated Canadians who were determined to get justice. This network of Purge survivors, academics, researchers and activists was known as the We Demand An Apology Network (WDAN). The WDAN group was the catalyst that led to the landm…
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Peter and Alice begin their analysis of Christopher Marlowe's "The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus." As usual you kind find us on: Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/ofthedevilsparty/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email us at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ofthedevilsparty@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Academia: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://monash.academia.edu/AliceCapstick; ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://mo…
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By the early 1990s the Conservative government of Brian Mulroney knew it could not continue the military’s anti-homosexuality policies. However, his ministers and military kept looking for loopholes to continue their discrimination against LGB soldiers. Discover the behind-the-scenes legal drama that led to, what many consider to be, the end of the…
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Peter and Alice begin their analysis of Christopher Marlowe's "The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus." As usual you kind find us on: Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/ofthedevilsparty/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email us at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ofthedevilsparty@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Academia: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://monash.academia.edu/AliceCapstick; ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://monash.a…
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Peter has kindly been recording Winnie the Pooh for the newest addition to our extended podcasting family. Pooh is now out of copyright, so Peter has offered to share it with the world. May it help with bed time for all. As usual you kind find us on: Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/ofthedevilsparty/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email us at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ofthedevilspa…
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The 1980s were a pivotal decade in Canadian politics and history, including key battles for queer liberation and rights. You’ll hear about former MP Svend Robinson’s efforts to get homosexuality into the Canadian Human Rights Act and protection under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms; the military and RCMP efforts to undermine the Charter rights o…
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Canadian queer resistance emerges in the 1970s and puts a spotlight on the injustices facing gays and lesbians. This caused further police, military and government crackdowns on queers across Canada - particularly in Montreal, Toronto and Ottawa in the lead up to the 1976 Montreal Olympics. Lesbians in the Canadian Armed Forces were “walking a tigh…
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The Government of Canada and RCMP Intelligence Service engaged in unethical human research experiments on homosexual Canadians throughout the 1960s. Queer Legends' research sheds new light on the origins and timeline of Canada’s so-called "Fruit Machine" project and its clear links to Carleton University; the CIA’s MK Ultra program at McGill; and t…
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This is a true-crime episode. Gripped with paranoia about Soviet spies using ‘human weaknesses’ to steal government secrets, Canada and its allies started hunting for and eliminating homosexuals from government employment. Investigative journalist Dean Beeby tells the incredible story about how the RCMP interrogated a retired Canadian ambassador to…
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Welcome to Season 2 of Queer Legends: The True Story About Canada's LGBT Purge. We begin with amazing new research that has uncovered what life was like for gay and bisexual soldiers during the First World War. From the “gross indecency” laws that imprisoned heroic Canadian queer soldiers, to the military-sanctioned drag shows that made Ross Hamilt…
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Peter and Alice begin their analysis of Christopher Marlowe's "The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus." They begin by considering the context of the play and the mystery surrounding Marlowe, before explaining the way the play challenges orthodox religious views of the time, and analysing the opening speech from the chorus. The…
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The first episode on Terry Pratchett's thirteenth (and best) Discworld novel Small Gods (1992), looking at religious and folkloric depictions of tortoises, the idea that gods need belief to survive as a trope of fantasy literature through influential works like those of Fritz Leiber and the Epic of Gilgamesh, as well as the early Dungeons and Drago…
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Coming June 1, 2024 | Season 2 of Queer Legends shares The True Story of Canada's LGBT Purge in a landmark, eight part documentary series. This is the first documentary to examine the full extent of Canada's anti-homosexual campaigns using newly declassified documents released by the LGBT Purge Fund. From ridiculous to shocking, you'll hear amazing…
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We now interrupt our interruption of our regular service with discussion of Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales" beginning with the "General Prologue." As usual you kind find us on: Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/ofthedevilsparty/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email us at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ofthedevilsparty@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠…
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We now interrupt our interruption of our regular service with discussion of Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales" beginning with the "General Prologue." As usual you kind find us on: Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/ofthedevilsparty/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email us at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ofthedevilsparty@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠…
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The third and final episode tangentially related to Terry Pratchett's 1989 Discworld novel Pyramids, providing a crash course in Egyptian fantasy and science fiction—as in written by Egyptians, rather than simply about them. We go all the way back to the beginning, talking about traditional fantasy precursors and the origins of the modern Egyptian …
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We now interrupt our interruption of our regular service with discussion of Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales" beginning with the "General Prologue." As usual you kind find us on: Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/ofthedevilsparty/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email us at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ofthedevilsparty@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠…
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We now interrupt our interruption of our regular service with discussion of Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales" beginning with the "General Prologue." As usual you kind find us on: Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/ofthedevilsparty/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email us at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ofthedevilsparty@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠…
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We now interrupt our interruption of our regular service with discussion of Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales" beginning with the "General Prologue." As usual you kind find us on: Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/ofthedevilsparty/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email us at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ofthedevilsparty@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Academia: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://monash.academia.edu/…
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We now interrupt our interruption of our regular service with discussion of Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales" beginning with the "General Prologue." Dr Peter Groves continues with us and reads to us in Medieval "english." In this episode we discuss the Friar and the Merchant among other figures present at the pub and consider Chaucer's deta…
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We now interrupt our interruption of our regular service with discussion of Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales" beginning with the "General Prologue." Dr Peter Groves continues with us and reads to us in Medieval "english." This episode we introduce you to our unreliable narrator—"Geoff"—consider whether Medieval society can really be split i…
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Peter has kindly been recording Winnie the Pooh for the newest addition to our extended podcasting family. Pooh is now out of copyright, so Peter has offered to share it with the world. May it help with bed time for all. As usual you kind find us on: Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/ofthedevilsparty/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email us at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ofthedevilsparty…
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Peter has kindly been recording Winnie the Pooh for the newest addition to our extended podcasting family. Pooh is now out of copyright, so Peter has offered to share it with the world. May it help with bed time for all. As usual you kind find us on: Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/ofthedevilsparty/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email us at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ofthedevilsparty…
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Peter has kindly been recording Winnie the Pooh for the newest addition to our extended podcasting family. Pooh is now out of copyright, so Peter has offered to share it with the world. May it help with bed time for all. As usual you kind find us on: Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/ofthedevilsparty/⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email us at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ofthedevilsparty@gm…
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The Calgary Gay History Project's Kevin Allen shares his research into an important and reluctant queer legend - Everett George Klippert. Klippert was the only Canadian ever declared a "dangerous sexual offender" by the Supreme Court of Canada and he was sentenced to life in prison for being incurably gay. Public and political outcry over the Klipp…
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We now interrupt our interruption of our regular service with discussion of Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales" beginning with the "General Prologue." Dr Peter Groves continues with us and reads to us in Medieval "english," explains the "invention" of iambic pentameter, tells us what was so important about spring, and pilgrimage, and Canterbu…
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Apologies for the delay, I would have recorded a shorter podcast, but I didn't have time... The second episode about Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman's 1990 novel Good Omens, wherein Josh spends a lot of time talking about academic definitions of things like the apocalypse, apocalyptic literature, post-apocalyptic literature, anti-apocalyptic litera…
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We continue to interrupt our regular service with discussion of Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene. Dr Peter Groves has kindly joined us to examine the epic poem in all its splendid detail and to continue our mission of making daunting texts accessible. There are also plenty of dark heroes who we will meet along the way. As usual you kind find us o…
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Meet Juno Award-winning singer-songwriter, social justice activist and Member of the Order of Canada, Lorraine Segato in episode 17 of Queer Legends. As co-founder of The Parachute Club, Segato and her 1980s bandmates struck a chord with Canadians with their top 10 hit Rise Up, which helped inspire a generation of human rights and other activism du…
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Josh reads a section about Arthur C. Clarke from his book Vegetarianism and Science Fiction: A History of Utopian Animal Ethics, which is finally out as part of Palgrave Macmillan's Animals and Literature Series. Topics covered include: alternative/synthetic meats, space exploration, environmentalism, Buddhism, the Space Odyssey Series, evolutionar…
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We continue to interrupt our regular service with discussion of Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene. Dr Peter Groves has kindly joined us to examine the epic poem in all its splendid detail and to continue our mission of making daunting texts accessible. There are also plenty of dark heroes who we will meet along the way. As usual you kind find us o…
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We continue to interrupt our regular service with discussion of Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene. Dr Peter Groves has kindly joined us to examine the epic poem in all its splendid detail and to continue our mission of making daunting texts accessible. There are also plenty of dark heroes who we will meet along the way. As usual you kind find us o…
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The first episode on Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman's 1990 novel Good Omens, looking at its creation and reception, along with its portrayal of previously examined Pratchett staples, including Death, time and naming, as well the William Brown stories that inspired it and where it fits in among literary and cultural depictions of the antichrist.…
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