{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Middle of Culture","title":"The Rest is History, the Movies are not","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/e3a3a1d4\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3952,"description":"Peter and Eden catch up after the UK trip — The Rest Is History Festival at Hampton Court Palace, Westminster Abbey, Hadestown, and why walking London at night feels safer than any US city. Then the pop culture blitz: Peter power-watched Fast 8–10 and Tron: Ares on the plane (he has Opinions). Eden brings new music (Rebecca Black, Blackpink with Chris Martin), K-pop supergroup collabs, two weird indie games, and a defense of the new Masters of the Universe movie.Show NotesRest is History Festival: Peter attended the inaugural festival at Hampton Court Palace with historians Mary Beard, Tracy Borman, and medieval combat demonstrations.London at night feels safer: Walking a mile from the theater district at 10:30 PM felt natural — dramatically different from any major US city Peter's experienced.America's shallow history: Westminster Abbey (Darwin, Handel, coronation chair used for a millennium) drove home how new the US is. Eden clarifies: referring to the dominant white culture, not the land itself.Renaissance babies are terrifying: Painters used adult proportions shrunk down instead of babies' actual big-head, short-limb proportions.Hadestown and La Bohème: Peter saw Hadestown (\"good gut punch of a tragedy\") and La Bohème at the Royal Opera House — the Mimi performer had the most stunning voice he's ever heard in person.Warning — Rituals of Shame: First album in 20 years from the British doom band. Classic mournful doom metal.Junius — Sotera: Boston post-metal band's first album in 9 years. \"Depeche Mode if they wanted to be a post-metal band.\" LinkPrince of Failure: Daniel Tompkins (TesseracT) and Paul Ortiz (Chimp Spanner) collab via Kscope. Didn't stick past the first listen.Eden's K-pop: Blackpink's \"Go\" (co-written by Chris Martin, \"way better than anything Coldplay ever did\"), Meovv's \"Hit Em,\" and a three-group collab (Illit, Le Sserafim, Katseye) on \"Iconic by Mistake.\"How Do We Relationship?: Eden's favorite romance manga is getting a live-action series...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/3-7NX9uIL8RD1xA_7xTb80V-108Lf3xuEMQhLzvEbRA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9lZGY0/NzA4M2FmM2Q3Yjg4/NDczMzkzMTA2NTJk/NmQ1ZS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}