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Viennese ideas saturate the modern world. From California architecture to Hollywood Westerns, modern advertising to shopping malls, orgasms to gender confirmation surgery, nuclear fission to fitted kitchens—every aspect of our history, science, and culture is in some way shaped by Vienna. Richard Cockett gives us the entirety of an extraordinary story of how one city made the modern world—and how we all remain inescapably Viennese.

On June 22, 1936, the philosopher Moritz Schlick was on his way to deliver a lecture at the University of Vienna when Johann Nelböck, a deranged former student of Schlick's, shot him dead on the university steps. Some Austrian newspapers defended the madman, while Nelböck himself argued in court that his onetime teacher had promoted a treacherous Jewish philosophy. David Edmonds traces the rise and fall of the Vienna Circle - an influential group of brilliant thinkers led by Schlick.

A brilliant book by Nobel Prize winner Eric R. Kandel, The Age of Insight takes us to Vienna 1900, where leaders in science, medicine, and art began a revolution that changed forever how we think about the human mind - our conscious and unconscious thoughts and emotions - and how mind and brain relate to art.

In autumn 1942, Anna Goldenberg's great-grandparents and one of their sons are deported to the Theresienstadt concentration camp. Hans, their elder son, survives by hiding in an apartment in the middle of Nazi-controlled Vienna. But this is no Anne Frank-like existence; teenage Hans passes time in the municipal library and buys standing-room tickets to the Vienna State Opera. Hans never sees his family again. Goldenberg reconstructs this unique story in magnificent reportage.

The Vienna Vibe (working title) is a podcast hosted by Jim Leach and Drew Edgar, discussing happenings both current and historical in the Mid Ohio Valley, including Parkersburg, Vienna, WIlliamstown, Marietta, and beyond.

Dive into the depths of Vienna's history with 'Vienna Past and Present'! Join Carmen and Stephen on a journey through the centuries as they unearth lesser-known tales from Vienna's past. From Habsburg jaws to guilded halls, each episode brings to light a new facet of the city's rich tapestry and links it to sites that you can visit in the present day. Whether you're a history buff or a curious listener, 'Vienna Past and Present' has something for everyone. So, pour yourself a Grüner Veltliner and tune in for stories and friendly banter about the world's most livable city.

Du wirst nicht glauben, womit man in Wien sein Geld verdienen konnte! Begib dich mit Jascha Novak und Simone Schedl auf eine Entdeckungsreise in längst vergangene Arbeitswelten. Erfahre von kuriosen Berufen, die es so nicht mehr (oft) gibt und lege mit uns ein unbekanntes Stück Wiener Stadtgeschichte frei. Wir sprechen mit langgedienten HüterInnen althergebrachten Handwerks, mit jungen UnternehmerInnen, die fast verlorene Traditionen wiederbeleben und entdecken mystische Arbeitsstätten.

Thunder at Twilight is a landmark historical vision, drawing on hitherto untapped sources to illuminate two crucial years in the life of the extraordinary city of Vienna—and in the life of the twentieth century. It was during the carnival of 1913 that a young Stalin arrived in Vienna on a...

Entdecken Sie Wien mit Martha Tretter von artemezzo Slow Tours Vienna. Immer mit einer spannenden Geschichte, Zeit zum Genießen und Erleben. Im Podcast hören Sie Wien-Geschichten und Anekdoten, Erstaunliches und Amüsantes über historische und lebende Persönlichkeiten. Außerdem gibt Martha Einblick in die Entstehung einzelner Stadtführungen und Insider-Tipps für Ihren Wien-Besuch.

Die Faszination, die das "Manifest" (K. Marx, F. Engels 1848) bis heute ausübt, machte es zum bedeutendsten Text der modernen Arbeiter- und emanzipatorischen Bewegung, der in fast alle Sprachen der Welt übersetzt und in Millionenauflagen verbreitet wurde.