# spite (podcasts) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover spite. Page: Feed: --- ## Episode 46: The Voynich Manuscript _2026-06-28 · Stuff about Things: An Art History Podcast_ Ciphers, cosmology, cryptology — oh my! This long-awaited episode delves into the pages and the mystery of what some have called the most mysterious manuscript in the world: the Voynich Manuscript, now in the collection of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University. Come for the discussion of a medieval plumbing fantasy, stay in spite of the limp vellum and the parts where… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/2627175/episodes/19415273-episode-46-the-voynich-manuscript.mp3) ## Minisode 9: Isabella Stewart Gardner _2026-02-19 · Stuff about Things: An Art History Podcast_ Come to learn about the life of Isabella Stewart Gardner and her museum, stay in spite of the purring and the ludicrous number of chimneys. C’est mon plaisir. See images and sources over at StuffAboutThingsPodcast.com. And if you're feeling spicy, you can buy Lindsay (that's me) a coffee at buymeacoffee.com/stuffaboutthingspodcast. All contributions are deeply appreciated and go towards the… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/2627175/episodes/19415275-minisode-9-isabella-stewart-gardner.mp3) ## Episode 45: The Gardner Heist, Part II _2025-10-31 · Stuff about Things: An Art History Podcast_ \*\*busts through wall\*\* SHE’S BACK WITH A HALLOWEEN TREAT! That is, if you’re into 3.5-hour podcast episodes about stolen art. It’s the gift that keeps on giving, mostly because it never ends. This episode covers all 13 works stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in March 1990. Come for rarely shared information about 13 fascinating works of art and glace plombier, stay in spite of the… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/2627175/episodes/19415654-episode-45-the-gardner-heist-part-ii.mp3) ## Episode 44: The Gardner Heist, Part I _2025-07-29 · Stuff about Things: An Art History Podcast_ \*\*PART II is still coming! It'll be worth the wait. Should be up by late September-ish\*\* IT’S HAPPENING. That’s right. I’m (finally) doing it. You asked, and I have answered. Put on your cop costumes, stick on that wax mustache, and buzz that buzzer. We’ve got some heistin’ to do. Except not, because we care about art and museums and, y’know, the law. Please join me for my longest episode ever.… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/2627175/episodes/19415655-episode-44-the-gardner-heist-part-i.mp3) ## Minisode 8: The Portrait of Anne of Cleves by Hans Holbein _2025-05-08 · Stuff about Things: An Art History Podcast_ Anne of Cleves or Anne of Catfish? This minisode pays homage to Anne of Cleves, wifey #4 to King Henry VIII—namely the portrait of her by Hans Holbein the Younger. Was Anne really the most unattractive of Henry’s wives? Did Holbein really pull one over on his murdery boss by engaging in too much Renaissance face-tuning? How many people died as a result? Come for the thumb ring, stay in spite of… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/2627175/episodes/19415656-minisode-8-the-portrait-of-anne-of-cleves-by-hans-holbein.mp3) ## Episode 43: The Execution of Lady Jane Grey _2025-03-28 · Stuff about Things: An Art History Podcast_ THE QUEEN IS DEAD! LONG LIVE THE QUEEN! This episode is a deep dive into one of the few oil paintings that can claim TikTok fame: the Execution of Lady Jane Grey by Paul Delaroche, which has been a beloved fixture of the National Gallery in London for decades. Come for the so-called Nine Days’ Queen, stay in spite of the 15-minute tangent about the Third Act of Succession. Music credits: "Success… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/2627175/episodes/19415657-episode-43-the-execution-of-lady-jane-grey.mp3) ## Episode 42: The San Jose Galleon _2024-12-21 · Stuff about Things: An Art History Podcast_ This episode is a deep dive into the so-called “Holy Grail of Shipwrecks”: the San Jose Galleon. Come for the Dutch gin bottles and hypothetical emeralds, stay in spite of the monster demon fish (dolphins) and my meltdown over dodgy research methodologies. Music credits: "Success Dream" (Hooksounds.com) "Enigmatic and Alluring" by Universfield (Freesound) "Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G, Movement… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/2627175/episodes/19415658-episode-42-the-san-jose-galleon.mp3)