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October 15, 2025 91 mins

This week the story of the Astor Place riot continues with the Bowery Boys gang further fueling the divide between English and American theatre styles and the fearsome Mongolian Warrior Khutulun, who refused to marry a man who couldn’t beat her in wrestling. A listener mail tells us all about rejection sensitivity dysphoria.


Episode Tabs:

THE MOST FASCINATING RIOT YOU’VE NEVER HEARD OF

https://theoutline.com/post/8659/the-astor-place-opera-house-riot-of-1849-was-lit

The Mongolian Princess Who Challenged Her Suitors to a Wrestling Match—and Always Won

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/560956/mongolian-princess-who-challenged-her-suitors-wrestling-match-and-always-won


Listener Tabs:

Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria - RSD

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/24099-rejection-sensitive-dysphoria-rsd

The Theory of The Four Humors by Hippocrates

https://psychologyfor.com/the-theory-of-the-four-humors-by-hippocrates/


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