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Sep 19, 2026
Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus (Edition 1831)-Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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11:19Thomas CopelandNARRATOR
Perhaps a corpse would be reanimated.
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11:22Thomas CopelandNARRATOR
Galvanism had given token of such things.
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11:25Thomas CopelandNARRATOR
Perhaps the component parts of a creature might be manufactured, brought together, and imbued with vital warmth.
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11:32Thomas CopelandNARRATOR
Night waned upon this talk, and even the witching hour had gone by before we retired to rest.
Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus (Edition 1831)-Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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10:37Thomas CopelandNARRATOR
Perhaps a corpse would be reanimated.
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10:40Thomas CopelandNARRATOR
Galvanism had given token of such things.
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10:43Thomas CopelandNARRATOR
Perhaps the component parts of a creature might be manufactured, brought together, and imbued with vital warmth.
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10:50Thomas CopelandNARRATOR
Night waned upon this talk, and even the witching hour had gone by before we retired to rest.
Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus (Edition 1831)-Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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10:52Thomas CopelandNARRATOR
Perhaps a corpse would be reanimated.
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10:54Thomas CopelandNARRATOR
Galvanism had given token of such things.
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10:58Thomas CopelandNARRATOR
Perhaps the component parts of a creature might be manufactured, brought together, and imbued with vital warmth.
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11:04Thomas CopelandNARRATOR
Night waned upon this talk, and even the witching hour had gone by before we retired to rest.
EPISODE 14: September 1992
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16:37Dexter FletcherSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
You're a genius, Mary.
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16:39Dexter FletcherSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Galvanism, the Promethean fire.
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16:42Dexter FletcherSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The mind can make substance and people, planets of its own.
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16:45Benjamin ZephaniahSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
You're all ruddy mental.
Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus (Edition 1831)-Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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12:20Thomas CopelandNARRATOR
Perhaps a corpse would be reanimated.
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12:23Thomas CopelandNARRATOR
Galvanism had given token of such things.
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12:26Thomas CopelandNARRATOR
Perhaps the component parts of a creature might be manufactured, brought together, and imbued with vital warmth.
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12:33Thomas CopelandNARRATOR
Night waned upon this talk, and even the witching hour had gone by before we retired to rest.
Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus (Edition 1831)-Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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11:51Thomas CopelandNARRATOR
Perhaps a corpse would be reanimated.
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11:54Thomas CopelandNARRATOR
Galvanism had given token of such things.
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11:57Thomas CopelandNARRATOR
Perhaps the component parts of a creature might be manufactured, brought together, and imbued with vital warmth.
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12:04Thomas CopelandNARRATOR
Night waned upon this talk, and even the witching hour had gone by before we retired to rest.
Mary Shelley's birthday.
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5:23Mark EllisonHOST
What term for electrically stimulating muscles inspired Frankenstein? Answer.
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5:28Mark EllisonHOST
Galvanism.
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5:29Mark EllisonHOST
Named after Luigi Galvani, galvanism involved applying electric currents to animal and human tissue.
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5:35Mark EllisonHOST
Public demonstrations by Galvani's nephew Giovanni Aldini thrilled and unsettled audiences across Europe.