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Ye Olde CrimeJulie d’Aubigny: France’s Sword-Wielding Opera SingerLindsay and Madison discuss Julie d’Aubigny, as well as how to get a death sentence in absentia, that being a badass can be a good AND a bad thing, and how to live your best life in the 17th century.Information pulled from the following sources:
2022 All That’s Interesting article by Genevieve Carlton
2022 Culture Trip article by Jade Cuttle
2022 Historic Mysteries article by Lauren Dillon
2019 Story of a City article by Laura Moore
2017 Los Angeles Public Library article by Alan Westby
2015 The Rake article by David Smiedt
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Encyclopedia
Kelly Gardiner
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2023-06-2851 min
The Content ByteMaking a successful living in magazines, with comedy writer David SmiedtMaking the bulk of your living from magazine commissions is a rarity for most freelancers these days, with many of us mixing it up with content marketing, copywriting and corporate work. But writer and author David Smiedt still works mainly for magazines and other media outlets. He's currently contributing editor at GQ Australia, list editor at escape.com.au and a columnist at The Rake and Home Beautiful. Plus, he's a stand-up comic! In this episode, we talk to David about: How he started out in his career - and the request that saw him writing...
2021-08-0225 min
A Rational FearThe Battle of Punchbowl — Nat Tran, David Smiedt, Dan Ilic, Lewis Hobba🤑 CHIP IN TO OUR PATREON https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear📨 SUBSCRIBE TO OUR EMAIL LIST: http://www.arationalfear.com/👕 BUY OUR MERCH HEREOn this week's podcast we invade the suburbs of South West Sydney, Dissect Channel Seven's Olympics Coverage, find a missing lotto ticket and interview Alan Jones after he's been kicked out of News Corps Newspapers.Guest Fearmongers:Nat TranDavid Smiedt — Chris Obrien LifehouseLewis Hobbaand Dan IlicThanks for listening — if you enjoy the show please chip in to our Patreon so we can affo...
2021-07-3029 min
The Daily Home EditIn conversation with: Illustrator and author Matt CosgroveHome Beautiful's managing editor Katrina O'Brien catches up with one of HB's favourite contributors, illustrator, artist and author Matt Cosgrove. Each month, Matt comes up with an illustration for HB's iconic Unsung Icons column, written by comedian David Smiedt. Matt is also a best-selling children’s book author and illustrator and the creator of Macca the Alpaca, Matt’s most beloved children's book character. He is the author of the Epic Fail Tale series and recently illustrated comedian Celeste Barber's first children's book "Celeste the giraffe loves to laugh". Matt talks about how he got into illustrating, his passion for...
2019-11-2100 min
Crowd Work CastEpisode 18 - David SmiedtThis week I popped into the trendy inner west of Sydney to visit journalist, author and comedian, David Smiedt. We chat about the state of journalism, growing up in South Africa and transitioning from being funny on the page to being funny on the stage. Dave also explains how he became a style guru. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2017-01-231h 08
Mark Williamson Chat ShowEpisode 005: David Smiedt and Brent Thorpe No Fairies, No Magic
Live from EDGE HQ, MW sits down and talks to David Smiedt and Brent Thorpe.
Joining them are EDGE Tech guru and sometime contributor Dave Keeshan
Strap in and join the guys as they cover every thing from writing books, heels, manzilians, the Hemsworth clan, Drag Queens, “I will survive”, Vajazzling, disco balls, Xtube and glory holes.
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2012-10-0830 min