This week we learn about the fascinating life of Russian inventor Leon Theremin, whose eponymous instrument led to the birth of electronic music and how San Francisco happily obliged a formerly successful South African businessman after he delcared himself Emperor of the United States. A listener mail tells us about the real birthplace of Captain Kirk.

Kaveh's Shop:

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Cat People

https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/hannah-hillam/cat-people/9780762486083/?lens=running-press

Episode Tabs:

Theremin, an Electric Odyssey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqAhSEbBHJA

Emperor Norton

https://www.foundsf.org/Emperor_Norton

Listener Tabs:

Riverside, Iowa

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riverside,_Iowa

Flight of the Blackbird

https://www.la-barraca.be/azyriab.pdf

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