Episodes

  • Episode 28: No Foolin’

    Episode 28: No Foolin’
    Nov 2 2021
    In this episode we delve into the portrait of Don Juan de Calabazas in the Cleveland Museum of Art! Allyson talks jesters, fools, disability history,…
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    36 mins
  • Episode 27: The Incredible Flying Kris

    Episode 27: The Incredible Flying Kris
    Aug 9 2021
    The podcast returns as sharp as ever with a discussion of an example of a Malaysian blade called a kris! Allyson talks about the transition…
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    33 mins
  • Episode 26: The Case of Ingapirca

    Episode 26: The Case of Ingapirca
    Feb 22 2021
    Allyson returns refreshed after a quarantine-induced slump to tell you all about Ingapirca, an Inka archaeological site whose function has been obscured by time and…
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    26 mins
  • Episode 25: Aboriginal Glyph

    Episode 25: Aboriginal Glyph
    Aug 31 2020
    AH4A is back with an examination of Margaret Preston’s 1958 work Aboriginal Glyph, and lots of thoughts about what it means for a white woman…
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    25 mins
  • Episode 24: A Place to Rest

    Episode 24: A Place to Rest
    Jun 8 2020
    Lots of food for thought in this episode as Allyson discusses a Shona headrest from Zimbabwe in the Met’s collection: how do such objects come…
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    26 mins
  • #podcastblackout

    #podcastblackout
    Jun 1 2020
    In protest of the epidemic of racism and police brutality that affects Black people in America daily, this episode is part of #podcastblackout, a movement…
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    2 mins
  • Episode 23: Rock Steady

    Episode 23: Rock Steady
    Mar 9 2020
    AH4A is back with an episode that ROCKS! Allyson discusses the rock art at Serra da Capivara National Park, Piauí, Brazil, and what its story…
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    24 mins
  • Episode 22: Gilded Gingerbread

    Episode 22: Gilded Gingerbread
    Dec 24 2019
    An icon of the head of John the Baptist (c. 1680) from Yaroslavl is the focus of this last episode of 2019, prompting a discussion of how Russia has been viewed across history.
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    27 mins