Deep Dive: 1517, TV Authorship, and Parisian Lightning Hats: A Deep Dive - October 31, 2025
Lena Harper and Sophia Mitchell unpack Martin Luther’s 1517 provocation and its cultural ripple effects, celebrate the birthdays of Michael Landon, John Candy, and Peter Jackson with a focused look at Landon’s authorship in TV, and share a curious 1778 fashion fact about Parisian women wearing lightning rods on hats.
In this Deep Dive episode, our hosts discuss the ripple effects of public ideas, television authorship, and a striking historical fashion fact.
- 📜 On this day in 1517: Lena and Sophia examine Martin Luther "making his revolutionary ideas public," how a single communicative act sparked debate and long-term religious and social transformation, and how cultural systems reorganize in response.
- 🎂 Birthday spotlight: The hosts mark the birthdays of Michael Landon (1936), John Candy (1950), and Peter Jackson (1961), with a deeper look at Landon’s career as actor, director, and moral storyteller who shaped intimate staging and family drama on mid-century American television.
- 💡 Fact of the day: In 1778, fashionable Parisian women reportedly fastened lightning rods to their hats when going out in blustery weather — a vivid example of fashion as practical cultural practice.
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