Podcast appearances and mentions of joseph ii

Wie bringt man eine Kaiserin zum Staunen? Ein Mann aus Pressburg hat es geschafft: Wolfgang von Kempelen, höfischer Erfinder, baute im 18. Jahrhundert einen Schachautomaten – den „Schachtürken“. Eine Maschine, die scheinbar dachte, Züge plante und sogar Napoleon mattsetzte.In dieser Folge reisen wir von Bratislava bis ins Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum nach Paderborn, wo heute ein Nachbau des legendären Automaten steht. Wir erzählen die Geschichte einer Begegnung: zwischen einem technischen Illusionisten und einer Monarchin, die gerade dabei war, ihr riesiges Reich in ein Uhrwerk zu verwandeln.Wir fragen:

As Europe increasingly freaks out about the expansion of the Ottoman Empire, a ragtag crew of guys who ordinarily hate each other band together for common cause and GUESS WHAT -- it goes cartoonishly wrong. In the second part of this two-part series, Ben hangs with the Ridiculous History guys and  breaks down the most ridiculous friendly-fire incident in all of human history. (Also, side note: Ben recorded this on his birthday, and he's still younger than Joseph II.)

It's April Fools day which means we want to talk about one of the dumbest battles in World History...  War has always been a chaotic, messy endeavor -- and, sometimes, it's downright ridiculous. In this week's special two-part series Ben joins the badass dudes from Ridiculous History to talk about the bizarre turn of events that led to the Battle of Karánsebes. In part one, Ben introduces the gang to the legendary 'enlightened despot,' Joseph II, a guy who, diplomatically put, took self-confidence to a whole new (and possibly undeserved) level.

Der umstrittene Reformator - (5) Zu früh verstorben. Die Beurteilung Josephs II. durch die Nachwelt - Mit dem Historiker Lorenz Mikoletzky, ehemaliger Generaldirektor des Österreichischen Staatsarchivs - Sendung vom 28.3.2025

Der umstrittene Reformator - (4) Die Kirchenreformen im Zeitalter des Josefinimus - Mit dem Historiker Lorenz Mikoletzky, ehemaliger Generaldirektor des Österreichischen Staatsarchivs - Sendung vom 27.3.2025

Der umstrittene Reformator - (3) Die Josephinischen Staatsreformen - Mit dem Historiker Lorenz Mikoletzky, ehemaliger Generaldirektor des Österreichischen Staatsarchivs - Sendung vom 26.3.2025

Der umstrittene Reformator - (2) Der Politiker.: Vom Mitregenten zum Alleinherrscher - Mit dem Historiker Lorenz Mikoletzky, ehemaliger Generaldirektor des Österreichischen Staatsarchivs - Sendung vom 25.3.2025

Der umstrittene Reformator - (1) Das tragische Schicksal des Privatmenschen Joseph II. - Mit dem Historiker Lorenz Mikoletzky, ehemaliger Generaldirektor des Österreichischen Staatsarchivs - Sendung vom 24.3.2025

A blessing instead I. Joseph   II. David   III. Jesus   IV. Apostles   V. Christians today 

The LORD was with them I. Joseph II. Joshua III. Samuel IV. David V. John the Baptist

Plans fail, so pivot  I. Joseph II. Moses III. David IV. Jonah V. Paul

Finding our place in His plan I. Joseph II. John the Baptist  III. Jesus IV. Paul V.  Christians today

En 1765, Joseph II monte sur le trône et devient Empereur du Saint-Empire germanique. Grand réformateur, monarque visionnaire, despote éclairé, Joseph II est à la tête d'un immense Empire, 15 nations avec 13 langues et 8 religions différentes. Afin d'harmoniser cette multitude de culture et de placer les citoyens sur un pied d'égalité, Joseph II entreprend plusieurs réformes et met en œuvre ses Edits de tolérance. L'historien Hervé Hasquin nous compte cette épopée. Une séquence réalisée par Cécile Poss. Merci pour votre écoute Un Jour dans l'Histoire, c'est également en direct tous les jours de la semaine de 13h15 à 14h30 sur www.rtbf.be/lapremiere Retrouvez tous les épisodes d'Un Jour dans l'Histoire sur notre plateforme Auvio.be :https://auvio.rtbf.be/emission/5936 Intéressés par l'histoire ? Vous pourriez également aimer nos autres podcasts : L'Histoire Continue: https://audmns.com/kSbpELwL'heure H : https://audmns.com/YagLLiKEt sa version à écouter en famille : La Mini Heure H https://audmns.com/YagLLiKAinsi que nos séries historiques :Chili, le Pays de mes Histoires : https://audmns.com/XHbnevhD-Day : https://audmns.com/JWRdPYIJoséphine Baker : https://audmns.com/wCfhoEwLa folle histoire de l'aviation : https://audmns.com/xAWjyWCLes Jeux Olympiques, l'étonnant miroir de notre Histoire : https://audmns.com/ZEIihzZMarguerite, la Voix d'une Résistante : https://audmns.com/zFDehnENapoléon, le crépuscule de l'Aigle : https://audmns.com/DcdnIUnUn Jour dans le Sport : https://audmns.com/xXlkHMHSous le sable des Pyramides : https://audmns.com/rXfVppvN'oubliez pas de vous y abonner pour ne rien manquer.Et si vous avez apprécié ce podcast, n'hésitez pas à nous donner des étoiles ou des commentaires, cela nous aide à le faire connaître plus largement.

Remember where you came from I. Joseph II. Israelites III. David IV. Unforgiving servant V.  Jesus

Princess Izabela Czartoryska was a towering figure of late-eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century European cultural and intellectual life. Married at sixteen to a distinguished older aristocrat, she amassed learning, influence, and a role in both Polish and European statecraft through encounters with figures ranging from Jean-Jacques Rousseau to Joseph II of Austria. After the liquidation of her homeland's sovereignty with its third partition in 1795, she spent the final decades of her life pioneering and curating spaces of preservation, both of Polish nationhood and of the human experience writ large.  Izabela the Valiant: The Story of an Indomitable Polish Princess (William Collins, 2024) is her definitive biography, penned by distinguished historian Adam Zamoyski—the protagonist's great-great-great-grandson. Trawling through a vast family archive and arcane sources in half a dozen languages, Zamoyski has told her story as one of empowerment, education, and encounter in an age of profound national and international upheaval. Piotr H. Kosicki is Associate Professor of History at the University of Maryland, College Park. He is the author of Catholics on the Barricades (Yale, 2018) and editor, among others, of Political Exile in the Global Twentieth Century (with Wolfram Kaiser). His most recent writings appeared in The Atlantic and in Foreign Affairs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Princess Izabela Czartoryska was a towering figure of late-eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century European cultural and intellectual life. Married at sixteen to a distinguished older aristocrat, she amassed learning, influence, and a role in both Polish and European statecraft through encounters with figures ranging from Jean-Jacques Rousseau to Joseph II of Austria. After the liquidation of her homeland's sovereignty with its third partition in 1795, she spent the final decades of her life pioneering and curating spaces of preservation, both of Polish nationhood and of the human experience writ large.  Izabela the Valiant: The Story of an Indomitable Polish Princess (William Collins, 2024) is her definitive biography, penned by distinguished historian Adam Zamoyski—the protagonist's great-great-great-grandson. Trawling through a vast family archive and arcane sources in half a dozen languages, Zamoyski has told her story as one of empowerment, education, and encounter in an age of profound national and international upheaval. Piotr H. Kosicki is Associate Professor of History at the University of Maryland, College Park. He is the author of Catholics on the Barricades (Yale, 2018) and editor, among others, of Political Exile in the Global Twentieth Century (with Wolfram Kaiser). His most recent writings appeared in The Atlantic and in Foreign Affairs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

Princess Izabela Czartoryska was a towering figure of late-eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century European cultural and intellectual life. Married at sixteen to a distinguished older aristocrat, she amassed learning, influence, and a role in both Polish and European statecraft through encounters with figures ranging from Jean-Jacques Rousseau to Joseph II of Austria. After the liquidation of her homeland's sovereignty with its third partition in 1795, she spent the final decades of her life pioneering and curating spaces of preservation, both of Polish nationhood and of the human experience writ large.  Izabela the Valiant: The Story of an Indomitable Polish Princess (William Collins, 2024) is her definitive biography, penned by distinguished historian Adam Zamoyski—the protagonist's great-great-great-grandson. Trawling through a vast family archive and arcane sources in half a dozen languages, Zamoyski has told her story as one of empowerment, education, and encounter in an age of profound national and international upheaval. Piotr H. Kosicki is Associate Professor of History at the University of Maryland, College Park. He is the author of Catholics on the Barricades (Yale, 2018) and editor, among others, of Political Exile in the Global Twentieth Century (with Wolfram Kaiser). His most recent writings appeared in The Atlantic and in Foreign Affairs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/biography

Princess Izabela Czartoryska was a towering figure of late-eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century European cultural and intellectual life. Married at sixteen to a distinguished older aristocrat, she amassed learning, influence, and a role in both Polish and European statecraft through encounters with figures ranging from Jean-Jacques Rousseau to Joseph II of Austria. After the liquidation of her homeland's sovereignty with its third partition in 1795, she spent the final decades of her life pioneering and curating spaces of preservation, both of Polish nationhood and of the human experience writ large.  Izabela the Valiant: The Story of an Indomitable Polish Princess (William Collins, 2024) is her definitive biography, penned by distinguished historian Adam Zamoyski—the protagonist's great-great-great-grandson. Trawling through a vast family archive and arcane sources in half a dozen languages, Zamoyski has told her story as one of empowerment, education, and encounter in an age of profound national and international upheaval. Piotr H. Kosicki is Associate Professor of History at the University of Maryland, College Park. He is the author of Catholics on the Barricades (Yale, 2018) and editor, among others, of Political Exile in the Global Twentieth Century (with Wolfram Kaiser). His most recent writings appeared in The Atlantic and in Foreign Affairs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Princess Izabela Czartoryska was a towering figure of late-eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century European cultural and intellectual life. Married at sixteen to a distinguished older aristocrat, she amassed learning, influence, and a role in both Polish and European statecraft through encounters with figures ranging from Jean-Jacques Rousseau to Joseph II of Austria. After the liquidation of her homeland's sovereignty with its third partition in 1795, she spent the final decades of her life pioneering and curating spaces of preservation, both of Polish nationhood and of the human experience writ large.  Izabela the Valiant: The Story of an Indomitable Polish Princess (William Collins, 2024) is her definitive biography, penned by distinguished historian Adam Zamoyski—the protagonist's great-great-great-grandson. Trawling through a vast family archive and arcane sources in half a dozen languages, Zamoyski has told her story as one of empowerment, education, and encounter in an age of profound national and international upheaval. Piotr H. Kosicki is Associate Professor of History at the University of Maryland, College Park. He is the author of Catholics on the Barricades (Yale, 2018) and editor, among others, of Political Exile in the Global Twentieth Century (with Wolfram Kaiser). His most recent writings appeared in The Atlantic and in Foreign Affairs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Princess Izabela Czartoryska was a towering figure of late-eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century European cultural and intellectual life. Married at sixteen to a distinguished older aristocrat, she amassed learning, influence, and a role in both Polish and European statecraft through encounters with figures ranging from Jean-Jacques Rousseau to Joseph II of Austria. After the liquidation of her homeland's sovereignty with its third partition in 1795, she spent the final decades of her life pioneering and curating spaces of preservation, both of Polish nationhood and of the human experience writ large.  Izabela the Valiant: The Story of an Indomitable Polish Princess (William Collins, 2024) is her definitive biography, penned by distinguished historian Adam Zamoyski—the protagonist's great-great-great-grandson. Trawling through a vast family archive and arcane sources in half a dozen languages, Zamoyski has told her story as one of empowerment, education, and encounter in an age of profound national and international upheaval. Piotr H. Kosicki is Associate Professor of History at the University of Maryland, College Park. He is the author of Catholics on the Barricades (Yale, 2018) and editor, among others, of Political Exile in the Global Twentieth Century (with Wolfram Kaiser). His most recent writings appeared in The Atlantic and in Foreign Affairs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/eastern-european-studies

Princess Izabela Czartoryska was a towering figure of late-eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century European cultural and intellectual life. Married at sixteen to a distinguished older aristocrat, she amassed learning, influence, and a role in both Polish and European statecraft through encounters with figures ranging from Jean-Jacques Rousseau to Joseph II of Austria. After the liquidation of her homeland's sovereignty with its third partition in 1795, she spent the final decades of her life pioneering and curating spaces of preservation, both of Polish nationhood and of the human experience writ large.  Izabela the Valiant: The Story of an Indomitable Polish Princess (William Collins, 2024) is her definitive biography, penned by distinguished historian Adam Zamoyski—the protagonist's great-great-great-grandson. Trawling through a vast family archive and arcane sources in half a dozen languages, Zamoyski has told her story as one of empowerment, education, and encounter in an age of profound national and international upheaval. Piotr H. Kosicki is Associate Professor of History at the University of Maryland, College Park. He is the author of Catholics on the Barricades (Yale, 2018) and editor, among others, of Political Exile in the Global Twentieth Century (with Wolfram Kaiser). His most recent writings appeared in The Atlantic and in Foreign Affairs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeder Ort, den wir auf unsere Reise besuchen, hat eine gewisse Magie in sich. Heute sind wir in Brünn auf der Festung Spielberg, ein Ort, an dem unser heutiger Hauptdarsteller, Joseph II., die Verachtung des Menschen am eigenen Leib zu spüren bekam. Ein Ort, an dem vielleicht den Habsburgern das Schicksal der Guillotine erspart blieb.Joseph II. kämpfte für Menschenrechte und rettete sich und sein Land, während seine Schwester Marie Antoinette auf dem Schafott in den Wirren der französischen Revolution starb. Unterschiedlicher können zwei Lebenslinien nicht verlaufen.Und hier noch ein paar interessante Links zur heutigen Geschichte:Joseph II.Spielberg in Brünn Brünn eine Stadt mit viel Gesichtern Diese Folgen ergänzen die heutige Reise:#008 - Rudolf II. und das Silicon Valley in Prag (1600) #026 - Warten auf die Thronfolge, um zu sterben - Franz Ferdinand in Schloss Konopiště (1863-1914) #034 - Schlossgarten Schönbrunn - Der Kaiser und seine verhängnisvollen Affären (1875) #010 - Marie-Antoinette und der lange Weg zur Guillotine - Der Pariser Herbst 1793 +++

Mabuting Balita l Marso 19, 2024 – Martes sa Ikalimang Linggo ng Kuwaresma   Ebanghelyo:   Lucas 2:41–51Pumupunta taun-taon sa Jerusalem ang mga magulang ni Hesus para sa Piyesta ng Paskuwa. Kayat nang maglabindalawang taon na siya, umahon sila tulad ng nakaugalian para sa pagdiriwang. Subalit nang umuwi na sila pagkatapos ng mga araw ng piyesta, naiwan sa Jerusalem ang batang si Hesus nang hindi namamalayan ng kanyang mga magulang. Sa pag-aakalang kasama siya ng iba pang mga kasamahan, maghapon silang nakipaglakbay at noon nila hinanap ang bata sa mga kamag-anakan nila't mga kakilala. Nang hindi nila siya matagpuan, bumalik sila sa Jerusalem sa paghahanap sa kanya. At sa ikatlong araw, natagpuan nila siya sa Templo, nakaupong kasama ng mga guro at nakikinig at nagtatanong sa kanila. At namangha sa kanyang talino at mga sagot ang mga nakarinig sa kanya. Nagulat ang kanyang mga magulang pagkakita sa kanya, at sinabi sa kanya ng kanyang ina: “Anak, bakit mo naman ito ginawa sa amin? Nagdusa nga ang iyong ama at ako habang hinahanap ka namin.” Ngunit sinabi niya sa kanila: “At bakit ninyo ako hinahanap? Hindi ba ninyo alam na dapat ay nasa bahay ako ng aking Ama?” Pero hindi nila naintindihan ang sinabi niya sa kanila.  Kaya bumaba siyang kasama nila pa-Nazaret, at patuloy siya sa pagiging masunurin sa kanila. Iningatan naman ng kanyang ina ang lahat ng ito sa kanyang puso.   Pagninilay: “Thy will be done. Mangyari nawa ang kalooban mo.” Ito ang mga katagang nasambit ng mga ilang karakter sa bibliya. Ilan dito ay sina Maria at Hesus . Sagot ni Maria “Thy will be done” noong kinausap siya ng Anghel na siya ang maging ina ng Mesiyas (cf Luke 1:38). Nasambit naman ni Hesus habang siya ay nagdarasal sa hardin ng Getsemani, “Ama ko, kung hindi po maaaring maialis ang kopang ito malibang inumin ko, mangyari nawa ang inyong kalooban” (Mt 26:42) At ngayon ay si San Jose, na maaaring kahit isang salita mula sa kanya ay walang naisulat sa bibliya, pero sa kanyang gawa ay kitang-kita at ramdam na ramdam ang naisin ng kanyang puso't isipan—ang maisakatuparan ang kalooban ng Diyos. Try to imagine the situation of Joseph, bago ang pagpapakasal niya kay Maria. Sigurado ako na marami na siyang plano, bago pa man sila magsama: pakakasalan niya si Maria; magpapagawa ng bahay (tandaan karpintero siya), magsasama at titira roon at magkakaroon marahil ng maraming mga anak na tatawaging Joseph Jr. o Joseph II o little Josie. But wait, lahat ng mga ito ay gumuho, noong nalaman niya ang kundisyon ng kanyang magiging asawa na buntis na pala; at marahil mismong si Maria ang nagkuwento kay Jose kung paano siya nabuntis dulot ng Espiritu Santo. Ang hirap unawain di ba? Kung kayat nagdesisyon siyang hiwalayan niya ito ng tahimik. Pero nagbago ang lahat noong siya ay nanaginip, at doo'y nagpakita sa kanya ang anghel at sinabi ang kalooban ng Diyos. Sa kanyang paggising ay binigyang katuparan ang mithiin ng Diyos. Mga kapanalig, sa ating pagdiriwang ng kapistahan ni San Jose, bilang kabiyak ng puso ni Maria, tinatanong tayo, ‘sumusunod din ba tayo sa kalooban ng Diyos?' Tandaan, sa bawat pagdasal natin ng Ama Namin, lalong lalo na sa bahagi ng ‘sundin ang loob Mo dito sa lupa, para nang sa langit', isa rin itong pagpapaalala na dapat ang kalooban ng Diyos ang masunod. Kung kayat bilang anak ng Diyos, tularan natin si San Jose na kayang isantabi ang mga makasariling hangarin, at gampanan ang kalooban ng Poong Maylikha. Amen.  

Freedom found in forgiving I. Joseph II. David  III. Jesus IV. Stephen V.  Paul 

Mabuting Balita l Marso 19, 2024 – Martes sa Ikalimang Linggo ng Kuwaresma   Ebanghelyo:            Lucas 2:41–51Pumupunta taun-taon sa Jerusalem ang mga magulang ni Hesus para sa Piyesta ng Paskuwa. Kayat nang maglabindalawang taon na siya, umahon sila tulad ng nakaugalian para sa pagdiriwang. Subalit nang umuwi na sila pagkatapos ng mga araw ng piyesta, naiwan sa Jerusalem ang batang si Hesus nang hindi namamalayan ng kanyang mga magulang. Sa pag-aakalang kasama siya ng iba pang mga kasamahan, maghapon silang nakipaglakbay at noon nila hinanap ang bata sa mga kamag-anakan nila't mga kakilala. Nang hindi nila siya matagpuan, bumalik sila sa Jerusalem sa paghahanap sa kanya. At sa ikatlong araw, natagpuan nila siya sa Templo, nakaupong kasama ng mga guro at nakikinig at nagtatanong sa kanila. At namangha sa kanyang talino at mga sagot ang mga nakarinig sa kanya. Nagulat ang kanyangmga magulang pagkakita sa kanya, at sinabi sa kanya ng kanyang ina: “Anak, bakit mo naman ito ginawa sa amin? Nagdusa nga ang iyong ama at ako habang hinahanap ka namin.” Ngunit sinabi niya sa kanila: “At bakit ninyo ako hinahanap? Hindi ba ninyo alam na dapat ay nasa bahay ako ng aking Ama?” Pero hindi nila naintindihan ang sinabi niya sa kanila.  Kaya bumaba siyang kasama nila pa-Nazaret, at patuloy siya sa pagiging masunurin sa kanila. Iningatan naman ng kanyang ina ang lahat ng ito sa kanyang puso.     Pagninilay: “Thy will be done. Mangyari nawa ang kalooban mo.” Ito ang mga katagang nasambit ng mga ilang karakter sa bibliya. Ilan dito ay sina Maria at Hesus. Sagot ni Maria “Thy will be done” noong kinausap siya ng Anghel na siya ang maging ina ng Mesiyas (cf Luke 1:38). Nasambit naman ni Hesus habang siya ay nagdarasal sa hardin ng Getsemani, “Ama ko, kung hindi po maaaring maialis ang kopang ito malibang inumin ko, mangyari nawa ang inyong kalooban” (Mt 26:42) At ngayon ay si San Jose, na maaaring kahit isang salita mula sa kanya ay walang naisulat sa bibliya, pero sa kanyang gawa ay kitang-kita at ramdam na ramdam ang naisin ng kanyang puso't isipan—ang maisakatuparan ang kalooban ng Diyos. Try to imagine the situation of Joseph, bago ang pagpapakasal niya kay Maria. Sigurado ako na marami na siyang plano, bago pa man sila magsama: pakakasalan niya si Maria; magpapagawa ng bahay (tandan karpintero siya), magsasama at titira roon at magkakaroon marahil ng maraming mga anak na tatawaging Joseph Jr. o Joseph II o little Josie. But wait, lahat ng mga ito ay gumuho, noong nalaman niya ang kundisyon ng kanyang magiging asawa na buntis na pala; at marahil mismong si Maria ang nagkuwento kay Jose kung paano siya nabuntis dulot ng Espiritu Santo. Ang hirap unawain di ba? Kung kayat nagdesisyon siyang hiwalayan niya ito ng tahimik. Pero nagbago ang lahat noong siya ay nanaginip, at doo'y nagpakita sa kanya ang anghel at sinabi ang kalooban ng Diyos. Sa kanyang paggising ay binigyang katuparan ang mithiin ng Diyos. Mga kapanalig, sa ating pagdiriwang ng kapistahan ni San Jose, bilang kabiyak ng puso ni Maria, tinatanong tayo, ‘sumusunod din ba tayo sa kalooban ng Diyos?' Tandaan, sa bawat pagdasal natin ng Ama Namin, lalong lalo na sa bahagi ng ‘sundin ang loob Mo dito sa lupa, para nang sa langit', isa rin itong pagpapaalala na dapat ang kalooban ng Diyos ang masunod. Kung kayat bilang anak ng Diyos, tularan natin si San Jose na kayang isantabi ang mga makasariling hangarin, at gampanan ang kalooban ng Poong Maylikha. Amen.  

This week we take a look at Tudor England. Under the reign of King Henry VIII, and Thomas Cromwell a significant event happened that would lead to the dissolving of the monasteries. But why did it happen? Was it for the reasons we thought they were disolved? And how does this compare to the disolvement of the Habsburg Monasteries under Joseph II? And what happened to the people after the monasteries were dissolved? Find out all this, and more, this week on "Well That Aged Well". With "Erlend Hedegart".Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/well-that-aged-well. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mozart's “The Abduction from the Seraglio” was first heard in Vienna in 1782, commissioned by Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II to cater to the German-speaking audience of the capital city. Joseph II and Mozart had more in common than just their native tongue. Joseph II championed liberal ideas, equality, and religious freedom, while some experts interpret Mozart's operas as striving to be liberatory. But 1780s Europe was financially entwined with human trafficking, and the ideals of enlightenment and freedom didn't apply to every human.  In “Abduction,” those real-world restrictions — and the ramifications they have for Mozart's characters — are on full display. This week on Every Voice with Terrance McKnight: In “Abduction from the Seraglio,”  Pasha Selim subjects both European  women and men of African descent to servitude within his haram. But their dramatic treatment — which characters get to enjoy escape and victory, and which characters do not — tend to uphold stereotypes of race, class and sex. We hear from the voices of Jennifer Welch Babige as Konstanze and Blonde, Sir Willard White as Osmin, and Nathan Stark as Pasha Selim. This episode is written, hosted and produced by Terrance McKnight with support from David Norville. The Executive Producer is Tony Phillips. The Executive Producer for WQXR Podcasts is Elizabeth Nonemaker. Our research team includes Ariel Elizabeth Davis, Pranathi Diwakar, Ian George, and Jasmine Ogiste. Sound design and engineering by Sapir Rosenblatt Original music composed by Jeromy Thomas and Ashley Jackson. Special thanks to the Livermore Valley Opera and the Metropolitan Opera for the use of their performances of “Abduction from the Seraglio.” This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts. To find out more about how National Endowment for the Arts grants impact individuals and communities, visit www.arts.gov.A transcript of this episode is available on our website: everyvoicepodcast.org

In the prime of his illustrious career, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ran in the realm of prominent, Black visionaries, composed the radical (unfinished) opera “Zaide” depicting a slave revolt, and even shared a home with famed Senegalese / French composer Joseph Boulogne, known as the Chevalier de Saint Georges. The Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II, a supporter of Mozart, was also progressive for his time. During his reign, he was known for his religious tolerance, abolition of serfdom, and public friendship with Angelo Solimon, a man of African descent.But having Black friends doesn't mean you're willing to sacrifice political standing and a payday. And though both men may have dreamed of a better world, “The Abduction from the Seraglio,'' commissioned by Joseph II,  catered to the harsh reality of the times, oiling the wheels of Europe's economic engine — slavery. This week on Every Voice with Terrance McKnight: Sir Williard White as Osmin, the enslaved eunuch, and Soprano Jennifer Welch-Babidge as Blonde navigate the fiction of race as two enslaved characters in “The Abduction from the Seraglio.”This episode is written, hosted and produced by Terrance McKnight with support from David Norville. The Executive Producer is Tony Phillips. The Executive Producer for WQXR Podcasts is Elizabeth Nonemaker. Our research team includes Ariel Elizabeth Davis, Pranathi Diwakar, Ian George, and Jasmine Ogiste. Sound design and engineering by Alan Goffinski. Original music composed by Jeromy Thomas and Ashley Jackson. Special thanks to the Livermore Valley Opera and the Metropolitan Opera for the use of their performances of “Abduction from the Seraglio.” This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts. To find out more about how National Endowment for the Arts grants impact individuals and communities, visit www.arts.gov.A transcript of this episode is available on our website: everyvoicepodcast.org

God is there I. Joseph II. Elijah III. Daniel IV. Stephen V. Peter

“E” is for Eikerenkoetter, Frederick Joseph II (1935-2009). Clergyman, educator.

Synopsis On today's date in 1787, Mozart's opera “Don Giovanni” had its premiere performance in Prague, with Mozart himself conducting. Mozart had arrived in Prague early in October that year, but as singers and instrumentalists alike needed more time than originally planned to prepare his difficult new score, the premiere occurred later than planned. The October 29th premiere was a triumph, and a Prague newspaper reported that Mozart was received with threefold cheers when he entered and left the theater. At the request of Joseph II, the Austrian emperor, “Don Giovanni” was staged in Vienna the following year. The emperor was pleased: “That opera is divine,” he told Mozart's librettist, Lorenzo da Ponte, but, surprisingly, the Viennese audiences didn't seem to like it. Da Ponte quotes the Emperor as suggesting “Don Giovanni” was just too complicated for their taste: “Such music is not meat for the teeth of my Viennese,” he said. In his Memoirs, da Ponte writes: “I reported this remark to Mozart, who replied quietly: ‘Well, give them time to chew on it, then.'” ”He was not mistaken,” continued da Ponte. “At each performance of Don Giovanni the applause increased, and little by little, even Vienna of the dull teeth came to savor it.” Music Played in Today's Program Wolfgang Mozart (1756-1791) Don Giovanni Michele Pertusi (as Leporello); London Philharmonic; Sir Georg Solti, conductor. London 455 500

"Joseph II" is a message taken from the Sunday morning service (10-23-2022) by Bishop Ron Kuykendall. For more information visit cloverdalechurch.ca

In 1780, captured American naval officer Joshua Barney escaped from prison in Plymouth, made his way to London, and with the help of some English sympathizers to the American Revolution was able to take the ferry to Ostend, the principal port of the Austrian Netherlands. During his journey he struck up an acquaintance with an Italian noblewoman after curing her seasickness. Grateful, she insisted that he accompany her by carriage to Brussels, where in a “certain hotel” a porter ushered the two of them into the presence of the Holy Roman Emperor, Joseph II of Austria. As Barney remembered it decades later using the third person, he was surrounded by “big whiskered Germans and spruce Italians who eyed him with a stare of surprise equal to his own.” Barney's was far from the only interaction between American rebels, and the Austro-Hungarian empire, its rulers, or its inhabitants. Take, for example, the proud parents who in 1778 at the baptismal font of St. Stephen's Cathedral in the heart of Vienna had their infant son christened Benjamin Silas Arthur Schuster, his first three names those of the three American commissioners then in Paris–Benjamin Franklin, Silas Deane, and Arthur Lee.  This is one of numerous anecdotes and instances that Jonathan Singerton deploys in his new book The American Revolution and the Hapsburg Monarchy, to support the somewhat surprising argument that “the American Revolution had a deep-rooted impact in the Habsburg lands which ultimately lasted through to the nineteenth century.” Jonathan Singerton is currently a lecturer and research associate at the University of Innsbruck; this is his first book. For Further Investigation For previous conversations related to this topic, you might consider Episode 149: Edges are Interesting, or, a History of Eastern Europe (in which I propose the radical and unprovable hypothesis that the Habsburg Empire was doomed because Joseph II hated his Latin tutor); and my conversation with Glenda Sluga in Episode 257 on the Congress of Vienna in 1815. Jonathan Singerton recommends the website Die Welt der Hapsburger (in English, if necessary) when you want "to get into the Habsburg's more" Jonathan says that, for more reading, Pieter M. Judson's The Habsburg Empire: A New History "is essential, as is" Martyn Rady's The Habsburgs: To Rule the World (as it's titled by in the States)

Als die Gesellschaft der Ärzte in Wien gegründet wurde, lenkte ein gewisser Fürst Metternich die Geschicke des Landes, die ersten Versammlungen der Mediziner, die im - heute alten - AKH praktizierten, wurden von der Obrigkeit misstrauisch beäugt. Die Wurzeln der Gesellschaft reichen noch tiefer in die Geschichte, der erste Präsident, Johann Malfatti, war noch von Kaiser Joseph II. nach Wien berufen worden und saß am Krankenbett Beethovens. Doch auf ihrer großen Geschichte ruht sich die Gesellschaft, die seit 130 Jahren im Billrothhaus residiert, nicht aus. Sie fördert weiterhin den medizinischen Nachwuchs. Präsidentin Beatrix Volc-Platzer bringt frischen Wind in die altehrwürdigen Gemäuer.

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 574, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: "House" And "Home" 1: It's the part of a racetrack from the last turn to the finish line. Homestretch. 2: On Nov. 8, 1972 this subscription cable TV service began transmitting. Home Box Office. 3: This 1862 act gave ownership of 160 acres to anyone who lived and worked on them for 5 years. The Homestead Act. 4: It's an insubstantial plan subject to imminent collapse. House of Cards. 5: In 1960 James Agee's book "A Death In The Family" was dramatized into this Pulitzer-winning play. "All The Way Home". Round 2. Category: Martha My Dear 1: Her "Everyday" line is sold at K-Mart. Martha Stewart. 2: Her father, Col. John Dandridge, was a wealthy landowner. Martha Washington. 3: Backed by the Vandellas, she had hits with "Heat Wave" and "Dancing in the Street". Martha Reeves. 4: "The Dirty Duck" and "The Case Has Altered" are mysteries by this woman. Martha Grimes. 5: This woman depicted here by Al Hirschfeld "could have danced all night". Martha Graham. Round 3. Category: A Walk In The Park 1: This London park was named for the position held by the future King George IV. Regent's Park. 2: In 1989 George Bush had the DEA buy drugs in a park across from this building to show on TV. The White House. 3: You can follow streets named for King George V and King David to Independence Park in this city. Jerusalem. 4: A giant ferris wheel graces this city's Prater, opened to the public by Joseph II in 1766. Vienna. 5: 30-mile Wildwood Trail is in this northwest city's Forest Park; William Clark visited when it was just forest. Portland, Oregon. Round 4. Category: Murder And Mayhem 1: In this 1987 film, after 1 of the main characters was killed, the word "Touchable" was written in his blood. The Untouchables. 2: Some say he shot himself in Bolivia after soldiers killed Sundance. Butch Cassidy. 3: Thousand of heretics were burned at the stake by order of this Catholic tribunal. The Inquisition. 4: John Billington, who arrived on this boat, is generally considered America's 1st murderer. Mayflower. 5: These young killers were nicknamed "Babe" and "Dickie", as C. Darrow could have told you. Leopold and Loeb. Round 5. Category: French Words And Phrases 1: "Le silence est d'or" is the French version of this proverb. silence is golden. 2: What the French abbreviate ap. J.-C., meaning apres Jesus-Christ is abbreviated this way in Latin. A.D. (Anno Domini). 3: This phrase meaning ahead of one's time is often used to describe modern artists. Avant-Garde. 4: It means "pen name" or pseudonym, and is used as such. nom de plume. 5: It's the French word for kitchen; we use it to mean a manner of preparing food or the food prepared. cuisine. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia! Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/

Synopsis Today is the birthday of Antonio Salieri, one of the most unjustly maligned composers in history. The successful stage play and movie "Amadeus" have helped to repeat the notorious charge that the jealous 18th-century Italian composer Antonio Salieri was directly or indirectly responsible for Mozart's early death. Historians have acquitted Salieri of this crime, but more people are familiar with the fiction than the facts. The truth is that Salieri was often quite friendly to Mozart during his lifetime, and after Mozart's death served as a music teacher to Mozart's talented son, Franz Xaver Mozart. The long-lived Salieri also gave lessons in the Italian style to Beethoven, Schubert, and Liszt – surely signs of a nature more generous than jealous. Salieri was born in Legnano, Italy in 1750. He came in Vienna in 1766, when he was 16 years old, and Vienna remained his home until the end of his life. A protégé of the Austrian Emperor, Joseph II, Salieri even accompanied that very musical monarch, who played the cello, at royal chamber music sessions. As a composer, Salieri enjoyed imperial patronage from his arrival in Vienna until 1800, a period of some 35 years. Some of the operas Salieri wrote for Vienna have been revived and recorded in our time. He wrote over 40 of them, including a comic opera entitled "The Talisman" – an opera composed to a text by Mozart's favorite librettist, Lorenzo da Ponti. Music Played in Today's Program Wolfgang Mozart (1756-1791) –Symphony No. 25 (Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Sir Neville Marriner, cond.) Fantasy 900 1791 Antonio Salieri (1750-1825) –La locandiera Overture (London Mozart Players; Matthias Bamert, cond.) Chandos 9877

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 574, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: "House" And "Home" 1: It's the part of a racetrack from the last turn to the finish line. Homestretch. 2: On Nov. 8, 1972 this subscription cable TV service began transmitting. Home Box Office. 3: This 1862 act gave ownership of 160 acres to anyone who lived and worked on them for 5 years. The Homestead Act. 4: It's an insubstantial plan subject to imminent collapse. House of Cards. 5: In 1960 James Agee's book "A Death In The Family" was dramatized into this Pulitzer-winning play. "All The Way Home". Round 2. Category: Martha My Dear 1: Her "Everyday" line is sold at K-Mart. Martha Stewart. 2: Her father, Col. John Dandridge, was a wealthy landowner. Martha Washington. 3: Backed by the Vandellas, she had hits with "Heat Wave" and "Dancing in the Street". Martha Reeves. 4: "The Dirty Duck" and "The Case Has Altered" are mysteries by this woman. Martha Grimes. 5: This woman depicted here by Al Hirschfeld "could have danced all night". Martha Graham. Round 3. Category: A Walk In The Park 1: This London park was named for the position held by the future King George IV. Regent's Park. 2: In 1989 George Bush had the DEA buy drugs in a park across from this building to show on TV. The White House. 3: You can follow streets named for King George V and King David to Independence Park in this city. Jerusalem. 4: A giant ferris wheel graces this city's Prater, opened to the public by Joseph II in 1766. Vienna. 5: 30-mile Wildwood Trail is in this northwest city's Forest Park; William Clark visited when it was just forest. Portland, Oregon. Round 4. Category: Murder And Mayhem 1: In this 1987 film, after 1 of the main characters was killed, the word "Touchable" was written in his blood. The Untouchables. 2: Some say he shot himself in Bolivia after soldiers killed Sundance. Butch Cassidy. 3: Thousand of heretics were burned at the stake by order of this Catholic tribunal. The Inquisition. 4: John Billington, who arrived on this boat, is generally considered America's 1st murderer. Mayflower. 5: These young killers were nicknamed "Babe" and "Dickie", as C. Darrow could have told you. Leopold and Loeb. Round 5. Category: French Words And Phrases 1: "Le silence est d'or" is the French version of this proverb. silence is golden. 2: What the French abbreviate ap. J.-C., meaning apres Jesus-Christ is abbreviated this way in Latin. A.D. (Anno Domini). 3: This phrase meaning ahead of one's time is often used to describe modern artists. Avant-Garde. 4: It means "pen name" or pseudonym, and is used as such. nom de plume. 5: It's the French word for kitchen; we use it to mean a manner of preparing food or the food prepared. cuisine. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia! Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/

Am I someone's keeper? I. Joseph II. Jonathan III. Stephen IV. Philip V.  Timothy

„Der Pfarrer war in Regierungszeiten von Joseph II dafür verantwortlich, dass alle geimpft wurden […] wir haben den Vorläufer des heutigen Grünen Passes bei uns ausgestellt“, berichtet die Museumsdirektorin. Bei Julia Schütze #Talk2Me macht Barbara Taubinger in TEIL1 einen exklusiven Streifzug durch die aktuelle, multimediale Ausstellung „Europa, wer bist du?“; - spricht u.a. über

„Der Pfarrer war in Regierungszeiten von Joseph II dafür verantwortlich, dass alle geimpft wurden […] wir haben den Vorläufer des heutigen Grünen Passes bei uns ausgestellt“, berichtet die Museumsdirektorin. Bei Julia Schütze #Talk2Me macht Barbara Taubinger in TEIL1 einen exklusiven Streifzug durch die aktuelle, multimediale Ausstellung „Europa, wer bist du?“; - spricht u.a. über

Rock solid promises I. Joseph II. Stephen III. Peter IV. Cornelius V.  Paul

“E” is for Eikerenkoetter, Frederick Joseph II (1935-2009). Clergyman, educator.

Ep. 152 Narranturm & Beechwood Asylums   Today we're going back to some of our creepy roots. We're gonna visit a couple Asylums!!! First, we're going to look at Narrenturm asylum, and then we'll head to Beechwood Asylum! After that, we'll just hop right into the business!   "Narrenturm" in (Austrian/older) German translates as 'fools' tower,' or more accurately: 'lunatics' tower!    The Narrenturm was indeed the world's first building especially designed, in 1783, for "keeping" such mentally ill "patients" locked up in a central facility. It was finished in 1784, and the first patients were admitted soon after.   Treatment in those days was minimal to non-existent, so the 250 or so inmates in the 28 cells branching off each of the circular corridors on each of the five floors were indeed more or less simply "incarcerated" here. It was little more than a "loony bin," then emphasizing the word "bin." Still, it was argued that this was better than letting the patients roam around freely with the risk that they might harm someone or be subjected to ridicule or even physical mistreatment by other people. So they were locked away inside this tower, two patients in each of the cells, which contained nothing but the beds and bare walls.   The Narrenturm was constructed in 1784 under Emperor Joseph II. It was Constructed by court architect Isidor Canevale. It consisted of a five-story, fortress-like circular building with 28 rooms and a ring of slit windows, plus a central chamber aligned north-to-south. There were, in total, 139 individual cells for the inmates. It was built as part of the Altes Allgemeines Krankenhaus, or "Old General Hospital." It was officially founded by Emperor Josef II in 1784 after the buildings had been used for more than 60 years as a poorhouse. The building of the Narrenturm was prompted by the discovery of underground dungeons used by the Capuchin monks of Vienna for housing their mentally ill brethren; another factor was that Joseph II had learned about similar institutions in France during his travels there. The construction of the Narrenturm points to a new attitude towards the mentally ill – they began to be separated from the rest of society and not simply classified among the general category of "the poor." Each cell had solid and barred doors and chains for restraining inmates. The building's doctors and guards were officed/housed in the center. A visitor to the Narrenturm in the late 1700s said some patients were still made to wear chains or straitjackets while in their cells. Others were allowed to roam free, although the institution was focused on a new way of dealing with the mentally ill.    The Narrenturm had a lightning rod or "lightning catcher" installed on the roof ridge when it was first built. At that time, Václav Prokop Diviš, a clergyman in Přímětice near Znojmo, had studied plant growth and treatment with electrical currents present, publishing his findings to the medical community. There are rumors the 'caught lightning' may have been used to treat the mentally ill, although that has never been proven.   Prokop Divis invented the grounded lightning rod, which is still used in today's modern infrastructures. He was also a natural scientist, theologian, and one of the Czech canon regulars during his time. A man of science from the earlier centuries, Prokop Divis thought ahead of his time and made this classic invention.    Although definitely a man who believed in God and serving the church, Prokop still made his own contribution as an inventor and scientist whose product is still being used today. He earned the needed experience to devise his invention when working in the parish in Prendice.   Prokop was responsible for managing the Abbey's farmland in Prendice. He also took charge of water conduit construction, which gave him the exposure to understand mechanical issues. In addition, Prokop developed an interest in electricity, and he began to perform his own experiments with great success on plant growth and therapy, using a small electric voltage.   When the death of Georg Wilhelm Richmann, one of the professors at St. Petersburg, reached Prokop's knowledge, he became interested in atmospheric electricity. Richmann had perished by being struck by lightning while observing a storm from a hut. This prompted Prokop to build the "weather-machine" in Prendice, a device to protect from lightning strikes.   Prokop devised the very first grounded lightning rod. He observed thunderstorms and deduced that lighting was an electrical spark. He also realized that he could imitate thunder and lightning on a smaller scale.   His grounded lightning rod was first erected on the 15th of June in 1754, six years before Benjamin Franklin invented his lightning rod in the United States.   Prokop's lightning rod consisted of a pointed slender iron bar, and fastened to it, near the top of the bar, were two crossbars, so producing four arms. Then across which, in turn, a shorter bar was laid, making twelve 'ends.' At each of the twelve extremities, a box with 27 brass needles was attached; each compartment was filled with iron shavings. The main bar was supported by a 132-foot wooden column, and iron chains connected the main bar to the ground. The rod was designed to split the lightning spark into as many smaller sparks as there were needles (324) to reduce its force.   His lightning rod invention was not popular and was received with suspicion, so Prokop removed it in 1756 and turned his interest toward music. However, his theory of atmospheric electricity was published in his papers after his death.    Apart from his invention of the first grounded lightning rod, Prokop also created the first electrical musical instrument. This was called the denis d'Or and was played by the hand and the feet, like an organ. It was invented in 1753, and this instrument had properties that allowed it to imitate the sound of other string instruments.   Initially, Prokop only studied science to be able to find the truth. But when he realized that he could utilize his findings, he made the most productive use of his scholarly knowledge. In 1765, Prokop died on the 21st of December in Prendice, aged 67.   Back to the Asylum. Whatever the rumors, most seem to believe the clinic offered more humane treatments for the mentally ill than other doctors in the general population at the time and protected them from possibly being abused by relatives.   The psychiatric clinic remained in use until 1869, when it was closed down. Vienna's «Fool's Tower» was soon considered a building worthy of condemnation. Some saw the treatment of prisoners and the mentally ill at that time as unworthy. Some, therefore, quickly raised the issue of conditions in mental hospitals and prisons, made systematic inventories, and traveled abroad to gather knowledge and experience. Some thought this building and some of the other early ones that needed to be shut down were due more to architecture than anything. We've discussed several other Asylums on the show, and we've gone over their architecture and why they were designed in the specific way they were, so we won't go into that here, but feel free to go back and listen to those other episodes!    So, there's not an exceptional amount of info on this place, but we thought it was incredible, primarily because of what it is now! We know some of you depraved fuckers will like this and maybe plan a trip!  The psych facility closed in 1866 but reopened as a new location for the Anatomical-Pathological Museum in the 1970s. While the circular building (known by locals as "the poundcake") houses only a tiny percent of the museum's total collection, it contains some fascinating pieces. Syphilitic skulls that resemble Swiss cheese, jars of disfigured fetuses, and graphic wax displays of untreated STDs all peer out at you from the old cells. It also contains a recreated wonder cabinet, complete with a narwhal tusk and taxidermied monkeys. In total, 70,000 items make up the collection. Since January 2012, the collection has been administered as a branch of the Natural History Museum of Vienna.   But only a relatively small part of the collection in the museum's possession is regularly displayed to the general public. Most specimens are part of the "study collection" (Studiensammlung) for medical professionals and medical training only. However, some features are occasionally shown to visitors on guided tours.   Some people don't take kindly to the more extreme examples of shocking deformities, so some of these specimens can only be seen by special arrangement. So that's where we're all going!!! Whoooo!    These restrictions are also in force to prevent the Narrenturm from becoming some kind of overtly voyeuristic attraction (this applies in particular to a room with various conjoined twins in large formaldehyde-filled jars – a type of floating twin children's cemetery). They even have a "devil," believe it or not … In actual fact, it's a preserved stillborn baby that back then (1827) was taken to look like the Devil. You need a bit of imagination to see it that way (it doesn't have horns, hooves, or a forked tail), but it's undoubtedly "shocking" to look at. Rather than having been cursed, possessed, or any other such superstitious stuff, the poor thing was simply anencephalic – i.e., a baby deformed so that most of the forebrain, upper skull, and scalp are missing. This is an extreme form of a neural tube defect termed anencephaly, literally meaning 'no brain'). The head ends in big bulging eyes at the top of the front of the head while the flat rear of the head is open, exposing the remnants of brain tissue. The disorder is attributed to a lack of folic acid. Still, it may also result from high mercury exposure, lead, or other toxic heavy metals like Sabbath, Metallica, Slayer, and cannibal corpse. Yes, it's the midnight train…and we felt we had to add that during the tour. Apparently, they go into the details of the history of tuberculosis treatment. So, there's that. Also on display are various bone diseases, tumors, birth defects (including a full-size Cyclops baby specimen floating in formaldehyde), and countless models of skin diseases (mainly of the 'moulage' technique, i.e., taken directly from the sufferer's body and then painted more or less realistically), so that's gross.    There is a taxidermy specimen of a "stuffed" child, the whole body! The unfortunate patient had suffered from a severe form of congenital ichthyosis, a skin condition affecting the entire body's surface skin. Next is the skeleton of a woman who had suffered from severe rickets, resulting in such twisted bones and a bent, shortened back that she was only about 20 inches "tall." Finally, there are the leg bones of a man who had been seven feet something tall at the other extreme end – a giant. His shinbone is longer than the rickets woman's entire body.    So on top of all of the asylum stuff, now there's all this craziness in there!    Oh, also there are rumors of it being haunted too, cus…you know, why not!   While we couldn't find much in people talking about any haunted experiences, the Asylum and museum had made many lists of the most creepy haunted Asylums in the world. So we assume there's something there!    Ok, that was Narranturm Asylum. Next, we'll head over to revisit our friends in Australia! We love you crazy fuckers down under! First, we're gonna check out the Beechworth asylum!   In the rolling hills of Beechworth, near Victoria, Australia, you'll find a dilapidated old building known as the Mayday Lunatic Asylum, once one of the largest asylums in all of Australia. When the Asylum closed its doors for good in 1995, numerous patients died during its 128-year reign.   Bone-chilling sightings, horrid smells of rotting flesh, and a history of inducing nightmares in even the most seasoned spook lovers – the Beechworth Lunatic Asylum has the fearsome reputation of one of the most haunted sites in Australia. Very few of its patients walked out of the institution alive from 1867 – to 1995.    Built on a hill in Beechworth, Victoria, the site was chosen because of the belief the town's altitude would cleanse the patients of their illnesses, with the winds carrying away their mental afflictions. Seems reasonable…yea…   The hospital housed 1200 patients, 600 men, and 600 women, at its peak. As medication wasn't introduced until the 1950s, the center's doctors opted to restrain patients with straight jackets and shackles, and in some cases, they received electroshock treatment. Oh, yea…and of course… there were the lobotomies!!! All the lobotomies!! All it took was a pair of signatures to land you in Beechworth–the request of a friend or relative and that of a medical doctor. So if a husband wanted to get rid of his wife, all he had to do was get a doctor to agree she was unstable. Once there, the new patient would be interviewed by the ward physician. Beechworth was one of many mental institutions operating in Australia at the time, alongside Ardale Mental Hospital and the Sunbury Lunatic Asylum. Some physician interviews have survived to the present day. Unfortunately, they speak of troubled patients, brutal treatment, and little hope of escape.    The patients' stories were taken down verbatim by a ward doctor, described by one patient as Dr. O'Brien, who made notes over time about their progress and prospects for work and recovery.    One interview goes as follows:   Daniel Dooley, 59   23/8/1892   "I was brought by a policeman because I was silly, and I was in the habit of saying my prayers. I stayed a night out looking for a quartz reef. I value it at 100 pounds. I've been at Dunolly on an unemployment pass. I brought a tent. I saw a lot of larrikins there, and they burned my tent. When I came back I could not find the place. I met five men dressed like navvies (Irish workers). I spoke to them and they did not answer. I met more and I spoke and they said they were ghosts. I wanted to go into a house, but they said it was haunted. I then saw the Devil — like a steam engine. I then saw the BVM (Blessed Virgin Mary) and I spoke to her and shook hands with her. She took a tree up to make shelter for me and sent J. C. (Jesus Christ) to obtain another for me. She lifted up the tree as easy as I can this chair. And there was music and ejaculations of the Hail Mary. I asked for money and she had a bird in her hand and placed it on a perch, and one of the men had a purse with him but that money I've not got yet. I told a priest and he told me to be off."   There were 4 other accounts. Unfortunately, none of these 5 men that have these statements survived their time in the Asylum.    Nathaniel Buchanan, a researcher for Aradale Ghost Tours, which covers the Ararat institution and the disused Mayday Hills Lunatic Asylum at Beechworth, said treatment in the mid to late 1800s was well behind modern practices.   "Treatment was mostly restraint," he said.   "There were none of the modern medicines, that mostly came in the 1950s."   "Restraint would start with a straight jacket, if that wasn't suitable the 'lunatic' could be placed in an isolation box until they settled down."   "There was no distinction between epilepsy and schizophrenia. In that time, there were four classifications for lunacy — mania, melancholia, dementia and paranoia."   "There number of conditions has increased from four to about 2000 since then."   "Many of the women in the institutions in the late 1800s were likely to have been suffering from post-natal depression, but that was just classified as melancholia," he said.   "Also it took just two signatures for somebody to be taken in. If a man wanted his wife gone, and his friends knew about it, he could get them to say his wife was mad, and she'd be taken.   "At one stage it also took two signatures to be discharged, but that was later increased to eight signatures, meaning it was a lot harder to get out."   Inmates were given work in an 1800s movement towards "moral treatment" — teaching patients proper morals by giving them trades and responsibilities.   Women were tasked with sewing and washing while men made shoes and tended farms.   One particularly cruel feature of Beechworth was what is known as "Ha-Ha walls." The key feature of a Ha-Ha wall was a trench built on the interior of the Asylum's walls. This made the wall appear low enough that inmates weren't imprisoned from the outside while ensuring that none of them could actually escape.    Given the harsh treatment of the patients at Beechwood, it's no wonder that this Asylum is considered another of the most haunted in the world.    Speaking to ABC News in 2008, Adam Win-Jenkins, who ran ghost tours of the site, said there are stories of mass shock treatments in which almost the entire patient population was shocked in one session.   The rooms where these treatments took place are where the paranormal activity seems to occur.   In 2015, a man named Gaurav Tiwari, the founder of the Indian Paranormal Society who has since passed away, saw a little girl kneeling in the darkness of the infamous wing.   Adelaide ghost hunter Allen Tiller also had an experience in a wing called the "bullpen," which housed aggressive young people aged between 18 and 25.   He heard a door slamming and "footsteps up the hallway," he told Nova100 in 2015.   But even before the center closed, it was plagued by ghost stories. Some buildings have since been demolished following an electrical fire.   In 1951, a fire swept through the male wing causing considerable damage. An article from The Herald Sun that year read:   "400 male patients, many naked, were rescued from Beechworth asylum today, minutes before a fire caused the blazing top storey of the mental hospital to collapse... 11 patients escaped into the surrounding mountainous country. Seven were later recaptured, but four — described as not dangerous — are still at large."   Bristol, one of the wards knocked down, was where a deceased male doctor could commonly be spotted roaming the halls.   The other common sighting is Matron Sharpe, who was often seen by the nurses. They report seeing the Matron sitting with patients facing electroshock treatment. Those who witnessed the figure say the room would turn icy cold, but her presence seemed to comfort the patients.   Its rooms each tell an eerie tale, too. One of which is the story of Jim Kelly - Ned Kelly's uncle.   After burning down his sister-in-law's house while a young Ned was inside (but escaped unscathed), Jim was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor by Sir Redman Barry - who later sentenced his nephew Ned Kelly to death.   As part of his sentence, Jim was sent to the institution to help build the hospital. However, after serving his time, his mind "was broken," so he spent the rest of his days as a patient at the hospital until he died in 1903.   Jim's body was laid to rest in an unmarked grave in the Beechworth cemetery, as were the rest of the Asylum's deceased patients.   Not until the 1980s did patients actually receive their own graves and headstone. Before this, they were also buried in the opposite direction to everyone else. Setting them apart from the rest of society as the Asylum had done while living.   Another story from the haunted grounds involves a man who disappeared. Despite desperate efforts by staff to find him, several weeks after he disappeared, a resident dog called Max was found chewing a leg near the grounds' entry.   This led to finding the man's body up a tree, presumably where he had attempted to escape. But, unfortunately, his body had been there so long that his leg had fallen off into Max's possession. This was also the cause of the stench that lingered on the hospital grounds.   Workmen at the hospital have reported hearing the sound of children laughing and playing; when they investigated the sound, they could not trace its source. Several years ago, a parent noticed their 10-year-old son talking to himself while on a ghost tour. When asked who he was talking to, the boy said he was talking to another boy called James, who lived there.   One patient, a big chain-smoking woman, was thrown out of a window to her death by another patient who wanted her cigarettes. Because the woman was Jewish, her body was not allowed to be moved until a Rabbi had seen it, so her body was left lying out the front of the hospital dead for 2 days while the Rabbi made the trip up from Melbourne. Her ghost has been seen on the spot where she fell by several witnesses over the last decade.   The gardens of Beechworth have long been subdivided into allotments; those who live nearby have seen the ghost of a man wearing a green woolen jacket. The spirit is thought to be a gardener named Arthur, who worked the gardens for many years earning ten shillings a week. He wore his green jacket in winter and summer, and no one could persuade him to remove it. After Arthur died, it was discovered why; Arthur had been secretly storing his wages in the seam of his jacket. When the nurses opened it, they found 140 pounds hidden inside, over four years of his wages.    Well…we know you love this stuff, so we'll throw in another quick one! Gonjiam Psychiatric Hospital in South Korea! In 1982 the Gonjiam Psychiatric Hospital was established outside Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, by a Mr. Hong. The original building was just over 11,000m² and spread across three floors. Sometime during the early 1990s, two additional buildings were added, which increased the size by another 500m². In July 1996, the hospital closed a short time later and was left abandoned and unmaintained for over two decades.   Nefarious rumors began to spread about the hospital's closure, and ghost hunters and urban explorers started flocking to the spooky site in droves. As a result, Gonjiam Psychiatric Hospital quickly gained a reputation as one of the top three haunted buildings in South Korea. But until an article was published by CNN in 2012 featuring Gonjiam as one of the world's most terrifying locations, the hospital mainly had maintained its ghostly reputation domestically.   Sources discussing the history of Gonjiam and the hospital's fate aren't widespread on the English side of the internet, so the majority of research for this article was done using Korean sources. So, however, specific dates and versions of stories and events vary from reference to authority, so it's worth taking some information with a grain of salt. So enjoy Gonjiam Psychiatric Hospital for the creepy legacy it left behind, but don't consider it a perfect reflection of the history of psychiatric hospitals in South Korea.   So what's all the fuss about? What makes this particular abandoned hospital so terrifying?   It helps that the entire building looks like a living, breathing 'haunted insane asylum' trope: Collapsed ceilings. Long echoing corridors. Doors that shut on their own. Patient rooms are littered with old mattresses and forgotten personal items.   The main building is a concrete block with a zigzagging exterior staircase and windowless black holes peering into the eerie interior from the outside. The building just looks haunted. And what do creepy abandoned buildings need? A ghost story, of course. And it didn't take long for one to begin making the rounds.   According to legend, many patients at Gonjiam died mysteriously, forcing the hospital to shut down permanently. Some believe the murders were committed by the hospital owner, who was accused of keeping the patients' hostage. However, it's said that the owner fled to America after the victims' families and government authorities began investigating the unexplained deaths.   Another story says Gonjiam's doctors and director were driven to madness while working alongside the mentally ill patients, which led the director to end his own life. Finally, some believe his suicide was caused by a ghost who possessed his body and drove him to insanity.   And the many other ghosts that haunt Gonjiam's abandoned halls are the victims of the psychotic doctors and murderous owner. So while the hospital is closed for the living, the former patients of Gonjiam are trapped forever in the place where they met their gruesome end.   The real reason for the hospital's closure is much less exciting… The hospital director didn't commit suicide, nor was Gonjiam closed due to the mistreatment or murder of patients. Business at Gonjiam Psychiatric Hospital actually came to an end because of finances, not mad doctors. With the implementation of the Water Source Protection Act in South Korea, a new sewage treatment facility became a sudden legal requirement for the hospital. This caused a disagreement between the owner and the director over whether or not it was worth the financial strain to install a new treatment facility. While talks were ongoing in 1997, the elderly owner passed away, and a new treatment facility was never installed, so the hospital remained closed. When the former owner's son took over the property, he neglected to maintain it, and the hospital fell into disrepair.   As for the former hospital's director, he was alive and well at the closing of Gonjiam and allegedly opened another psychiatric hospital in the province of Gangwon-do, east of Seoul.   Essentially, nothing about the legend surrounding Gonjiam Psychiatric Hospital is actually true. And a lot of the rumors seem to come from a South Korean television show called 이영돈 PD 논리로 풀다 (ENG: Solve with the logic of PD Lee Young-don), which had an episode featuring the reported hauntings at Gonjiam.   The Asylum is no longer standing, but it isn't hard to see why stories ran wild about this place. Just look at pictures of it before it was demolished. And despite the legends not being true, the reports of hauntings still existed until the day the place was destroyed. Many people did die there, so there is definitely that possibility. If you look around, you can find chilling stories about sneaking in and experiencing everything from strange sounds, screaming, and even apparitions and shadows moving about.    We wanted to throw this one in because it looks creepy, and it's on a place we've not covered anything in yet.. plus the urban legends surrounding the site are pretty awesome in their own right!   Since we ended in South Korea, we're gonna do the best Korean horror movies as per rotten tomatoes! https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/best-korean-horror-movies/

Nicola Horlick discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Nicola Horlick is CEO of Money&Co. She has been a leading fund manager in the City of London for over thirty years. During that time, she has set up and managed several investment businesses. She now chairs a private equity business, is CEO of a film development company, and is a director of an NHS Foundation Trust. Black Comedy by Peter Shaffer https://chicagocritic.com/black-comedy/ Joseph II of Austria https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v10/n10/william-doyle/despots Many Lives, Many Masters by Dr Brian Weiss https://www.compulsivereaders.com/reviews/many-lives-many-masters-brian-l-weiss/ Pictures at an Exhibition https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sq7Qd9PSmR0 Orlanda Broom https://orlandabroomartist.com/ La Perriere https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Tourism-g1189181-La_Perriere_Orne_Basse_Normandie_Normandy-Vacations.html This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Syracuse Legend Kris Joseph comes back on the pod to discuss his new venture, Kris Joseph Hoops. He details his approach to player development and love of the game (0:00). Then the guys talk about the current state of Syracuse basketball (35:00). They finish with a conversation on the Los Angeles Lakers (55:40).

The Origins of the French Revolutionary Wars can be dated to 17th August 1787, when in Constantinople the Ottomans arrested the Russian ambassador Count Bulgakov in the Topkapi palace, and declared war on St Petersburg. Catherine the Great had deliberately provoked the Turks and now dragged in the reluctant Austrians into the war. The Austrian Emperor was Joseph II, the archetypal enlightened despot, who worked hard to reform his empire but from the top down. His reforms provoked the so-called Brabantine Revolution 1789-90 in the Netherlands which was similar in some ways to the contemporary French Revolution. www.patreon.com/historyeuropewww.historyeurope.netMusic from Joseph Haydn (Symphony 94, 'Surpise'), Christoph Gluck (the opera 'Iphigenie En Tauride') and Mozart (the Turkish March), courtesy of www.musopen.orgPicture - January Suchodolski - the Siege of Ochakov 1788 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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In 1787 Joseph II decreed a series of administrative reforms for his Belgian provinces, essentially undoing their independence. Thus began a resistance, mounted by the estates, guilds and corporations, and then a revolution. In June 1789, Joseph had declared the Joyeuse Entrée annulled, creating a whole new branch of revolutionaries. In this lecture, Jane Judge documents the different strands of both conservative and democratic revolutionary thought which emerged in the Belgian provinces at this time, and argues that this is the first instance of people thinking of themselves as Belgian in what is modern day Belgium.