2021-07

Ungern’s Army

Content warning: This week’s episode features monsters doing monstrous things - as they are apt to do. The after-effects of World War One on the Western World are well documented. It also upturned significant parts of the East. Trapped between Russia and China, both imploding - Mongolia had it’s share of outlaws with large private armies to deal with. This is one such tale.  My Patreon is finally up! Click here to support the show, and get bonus episodes. This week’s episode is on Puyi, China’s Last Emperor.  The blog post of the episode is here.  Please leave us a like or review. Follow the show. If you enjoyed this episode, share it with someone else you think will also like it. I post new episodes fortnightly, Wednesday night New Zealand time. Follow Tales of History and Imagination on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest. I also write a weekly Wordpress Blog. Support me on Patreon for exclusive, extra content. $2 a month (US) gets you access.    Music, writing, narration, mixing all yours truly. The machine gun was just from a free sounds effects app. Main texts: Mostly The Bloody White Baron by James Palmer, and a handful of Jstor articles.   About the Author: Simone Whitlow is an academic, competitive quizzer, songwriter and musician. She turned down the chance to be head teacher at a Mongolian language school in her 20s and regrets it… but, my god those winters would have been brutal…  Transgender, she uses she/her pronouns.       

eden ahbez - Nature Boy

There was a boy, a very strange, enchanted boy - both his prototypical hippie lifestyle, long before the summer of love - and the ethereal song he left us in 1947 have fascinated me endlessly since first reading his Tale. Today, we discuss eden ahbez, and how the song Nature Boy came to be.  Patreon episodes will start next episode, to help me make the show please show some love here!   Read the blog post of this episode here. Please leave a like. Follow the show. Share the channel – it helps Tales grow. I post a new episode every fortnight, Wednesday night New Zealand time. Follow Tales of History and Imagination on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest. I also write a weekly Wordpress Blog. Support the show on Patreon for exclusive, extra content.    Music, writing, narration, mixing all yours truly. I normally write the music - this week I’m just vamping over a couple of phrases taken from ahbez’ song Nature Boy. Hear Nat King Cole’s version here!    Main texts: I don’t know… I think I got this story from a Vanity Fair article. Of course I consulted the LA Times, as I often do first with anything based in Los Angeles. Andrew Hickey’s podcast ‘A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs’ tuned me in to the Petrillo strikes. I cannot recommend Andrew’s show too highly, go check it out.   About the Author: Simone Whitlow is an academic, competitive quizzer, songwriter and musician.  Transgender, she uses she/her pronouns.