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1922: The Birth of NowEpisodes

  1. Tutankhamun and Egyptomania; Nosferatu; Pirandello's Henry IV; Einstein, Time and Aboriginal Modernism

    An omnibus edition of four things from 1922 with an impact a century later.

  2. Einstein, relativity, time, and indigenous Australian modernism

    Einstein's ideas about time and parallels with the indigenous Australian conception of it.

  3. Pirandello's Henry IV and the Idea of Truth

    Luigi Pirandello's 1922 play Henry IV and the idea that truth can be what we say it is.

  4. Hōshō, the First Aircraft Carrier, and HMS Queen Elizabeth - and Cocaine

    Hōshō, the first aircraft carrier, and HMS Queen Elizabeth, the most recent.

  5. Nosferatu and Modernist Horror

    Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror, the first vampire film and its influence after a century

  6. The Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamun, and Egyptomania

    The discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922, sparking Egyptomania, that continues.

  7. The Shabolovka Tower and the Gherkin, The Criterion, The True Story of Ah Q, Louis Armstrong goes to Chicago

    An omnibus edition of four things from 1922 with an impact a century later.

  8. Louis Armstrong leaves New Orleans for Chicago

    Louis Armstrong leaves New Orleans for Chicago in 1922 a move with profound influence

  9. Bertolt Brecht's play Drums in the Night

    Bertolt Brecht's play Drums in the Night and the concept of alienation in the theatre

  10. The True Story of Ah Q, by Lu Xun

    The True Story of Ah Q, by Lu Xun, China's first modernist work of literature

  11. The Criterion, which published The Waste Land

    The Criterion, in which the seminal modernist poem The Waste Land first appeared.

  12. The Shabolovka Tower and the Gherkin

    The Shabolovka Tower and The Gherkin