The Marvel-ous origin story of - Stan Lee.

The Dilettante Ep 101 - Stan Lee

An NYC focus of cool, with a storied history - The Algonquin Hotel.

The Dilettante Ep 102 - The Algonquin Hotel

Co-opted by graphic artists and television commercials, the Periodic Table of the Elements finally gets its due.

The Dilettante Ep 103 - The Periodic Table

An entrepreneur in the purest sense of the word, who brought the notion to the marketplace, that beauty is power - Helena Rubenstein.

The Dilettante Ep 104 - Helena Rubenstein

The Chicago World's Fair of 1893, better known as The White City.

The Dilettante Ep 105 - The White City

The oeuvre, myth, and influence of film director Stanley Kubrick.

The Dilettante Ep 106 - Stanley Kubrick

A monocled Romanian and the Anti-Art movement that's known as Dada.

The Dilettante Ep 107 - Dada

Five times farther from the Sun than Earth, lies an ancient Roman deity of thunder - the planet Jupiter.

The Dilettante Ep 108 - Jupiter

Which multi-media star of the 1930s knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?  The Shadow knows.

The Dilettante Ep 109 - The Shadow

A black Givenchy dress, an updo hairstyle with a tiara, and an impossibly long cigarette holder.  Presenting actress, activist and style muse Audrey Hepburn.

The Dilettante Ep 110 - Audrey Hepburn

Low, "Heroes", Lodger and more - the Berlin period of David Bowie.

The Dilettante Ep 111 - Bowie Berlin Trilogy

A secluded ancient settlement in the Aegean Sea, where an ancient order is cut off from the modern world.  Is it Themyscira?  No, it's Mount Athos.

The Dilettante Ep 112 - Mount Athos

When you're a private eye who drives a white AC Cobra, with your pet ocelot Bruce by your side, then naturally you'd go by the name - Honey West.

The Dilettante Ep 113 - Honey West

I ride a G.S. scooter with my hair cut neat, I wear my wartime coat in the wind and sleet.  So say the Mods.

The Dilettante Ep 114 - The Mods

How to classify folk and fairy tales?  The over 100-year-old Aarne-Thompson Classification System has you covered.

The Dilettante Ep 115 - The Aarne-Thompson Classification System

One of the most famous and scandalous women of her time, the 19th Century phenomenon known as Lillie Langtry.

The Dilettante Ep 116 - Lillie Langtry

In 17th Century Amsterdam, an excommunicated Jewish lens crafter formulates one of the most radical philosophies of his or our time.   Enter the world of Spinoza.

The Dilettante Ep 117 - Spinoza

From a soot-covered piece of paper to streaming digital audio on Spotify.  The over 150-year history of sound recording.

The Dilettante Ep 118 - Sound Recording

When the moon is in the seventh house, and Jupiter aligns with Mars, then it's the Age of Aquarius ... and the rock musical HAIR.

The Dilettante Ep 119 - HAIR

Where can you find Yves Montand, Oscar Wilde, Balzac and Jim Morrison hanging together?  Up on a Parisian hill in Père Lachaise.

The Dilettante Ep 120 - Père Lachaise

An ancient word that can inspire fear and admiration - Calculus.

The Dilettante Ep 121 - Calculus

There's a creature leading a double life inside many urban homes - your garden-variety House Cat.

The Dilettante Ep 122 - The Cat

In 1897, in Woking England, a meteor crashes to Earth.  And so begins the War Of The Worlds.

The Dilettante Ep 123 - The War Of The Worlds

In between the wars, in the Weimar Republic, was the utopian dream of Walter Gropius - The Bauhaus.

The Dilettante Ep 124 - The Bauhaus

The mythical New England town of Arkham, an ancient horror discovered in Antartica, and the sunken alien city of R'lyeh.  Welcome to the world of H.P. Lovecraft

The Dilettante Ep 125 - H.P. Lovecraft

A man whose singing voice can create miracles, the theft of a magical mill, and a sorceress who steals the sun and the moon.  You've entered the legendary Finnish epic - The Kalevala.

The Dilettante Ep 126 - The Kalevala

Three talented sisters from New Orleans who became music sensations during the depression. Enter the Boswell Sisters.

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