Johnny Gerund, America's Favorite Language Detective

Tiffany Lamps at M.S. Rau in New Orleans

The subtle lighting at this dealer’s shop and museum feature these glass lamps marvelously, demonstrating an exquisite taste. The camera captures the color very well, but not the hushed atmosphere of the darkened room, illuminated only by the light that travels through Tiffany's glass. M.S. Rau & Co., New Orleans https://rauantiques.com/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit birthofvenus.substack.com [https://birthofvenus.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Johnny Gerund, America's Favorite Language Detective

Episode 19 (January 23, 1950. Starring Bob Bailey’s best friend. Distributed by the Mutual Universal American Radio Relay Network. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit birthofvenus.substack.com [https://birthofvenus.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Biśzsćjyiętzcl!

I find this fascinating. I have discovered an early post-War paper tape (!) - pre-dating magnetic plastic tape — on which is preserved a rare specimen of the East Ruritanian State Radio Overseas Service. As you can plainly hear from the sample, The Great Leader’s Happiness Corps leads the villagers and factory workers in a “Song of Utter Contentment,” in praise of the prune rations distributed to all party members. Certainly historical and perhaps meant to be hysterical. We have no written records, sadly, to indicate the names of the speakers or if they survived the program. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit birthofvenus.substack.com [https://birthofvenus.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

The Principle(s) of Essay Writing

This is the audio version of the essay, first published on The Birth of Venus (birthofvenus.substack.com). This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit birthofvenus.substack.com [https://birthofvenus.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

The Purple Cow of 1895

Gellette Burgess and his Purple Cow poem. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit birthofvenus.substack.com [https://birthofvenus.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]