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Browsing around the clove: Episode X „Saccharin“
Click here to listen to the episode Sonntag, 23. Juni 2019 ab 16 Uhr (WH am Mittwoch 26.06. ab 18:30 Uhr): With the feat already completed, in this last episode called saccharin, we talk about the geopolitics of the trip, and how the world was changed (for better or for worse), until our days: How…
Browsing around the clove: Episode IX „Cinnamon“
Click here to listen to the episode Sonntag, 9. Juni 2019 ab 16 Uhr (WH am Mittwoch 12.06. ab 18:30 Uhr): After a failed incursion in Cape Verde to try to get some food, and after a thousand fatigues and after countless problems and deaths, they finally make it, they complete the first circumnavigation of…
Browsing around the clove: Episode VIII „Saffron“
Click here to listen to the episode Sonntag, 26. Mai 2019 ab 16 Uhr (WH am Mittwoch 29.05. ab 18:30 Uhr): Saffron is made up of threads, filaments that separate, as do the Victoria and the Trinidad in the Spice Islands. While the Trinidad, piloted by Gonzalo Gómez de Espinosa will try to return to…
Browsing around the clove: Episode VII „Clove“
Click here to listen to the episode Sonntag, 12. Mai 2019 ab 16 Uhr (WH am Mittwoch 16.05. ab 18:30 Uhr) Seven is the number. Finally clove is here. The most precious spice that pushed this trip to be accomplished will not be easy to get. Magellan, immersed in an excess of confidence, will face…
Browsing around the clove: Episode VI „Star Anise“
Click here to listen to the episode Sonntag, 28. April 2019 ab 16 Uhr (WH am Mittwoch 02.05. ab 18:30 Uhr) Known by its unmistakable aroma and its unique shape, the sixth episode of “Browsing around the clove” is baptized as star anise. The Armada de Molucca will arrive to The Philippines, (A.K.A Maharlika) They…
Browsing around the clove: Episode V „Nutmeg“
Episode V „Nutmeg“ Click here to listen to the episode Sonntag, 14. April 2019 ab 16 Uhr (WH am Mittwoch 18.04. ab 18:30 Uhr) Nutmeg is the name of the fifth episode of “Browsing around the clove”. This ground spice has, like all the other spices, many benefits, but if consumed in excessive amounts, the nutmeg…
Browsing around the clove: Episode IV „Ginger“
Click here to listen to the episode Sonntag, 24. März 2019 ab 16 Uhr (WH am Mittwoch 27.03. ab 18:30 Uhr): Ginger is the name of the fourth episode of „Browsing around the clove“. Navigating through Patagonia, the crew will face some friendly „giants“. Later on, half of the crew organizes a mutiny against Magellan…
Browsing around the clove: Episode III „Cardamom“
Click here to listen to the episode Sonntag, 10. März 2019 ab 16 Uhr: In this third episode called “Cardamom”, Magellan’s crew will reach the American Continent, also known as Abya Yala. In the Brazilian coast, they faced its indigenous peoples, their behaviors and traditions as Stefan Zweig pointed out: „Kaum daß die Landungsboote sich…
Browsing around the clove: Episode II „Mustard“
Episode II “Mustard” Click here to listen to the episode Sonntag, 24. Februar 2019 ab 16 Uhr: „Mit Pfeffergewicht setzten manche Fürsten und Städte ihre Zölle fest, und wenn man im Mittelalter einen Mann als schwerreich bezeichnen wollte, so schimpfte man ihn einen Pfeffersack. Auf Gold- und Apothekerwaagen wiederum wurden Ingwer und Zimt, Chinarinde und…
Browsing around the clove: Episode I „Vanilla“
Browsing around the clove: Episode I „Vanilla“ Click here to listen to the episode Sonntag, 10. Februar 2019 ab 16 Uhr: “Im Anfang war das Gewürz”, In the beginning was the spice, that’s how the author Stefan Zweig starts his book called Magellan. Spices, these tiny ingredients revolutionized the way we eat, and they are…
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Browsing around the clove: Episode X “Saccharin”
With the feat already completed, in this last episode called saccharin, we talk about the geopolitics of the trip, and how the world was changed (for better or for worse), until our days:
How the world was governed from that moment on by a Eurocentric vision. How the diversity of…Browsing around the clove: Episode IX “Cinnamon”
After a failed incursion in Cape Verde to try to get some food, and after a thousand fatigues and after countless problems and deaths, they finally make it, they complete the first circumnavigation of the world. Elcano and the survivors are received by the Emperor himself. The people of San Lucar have never seen…
Browsing around the clove: Episode VIII “Saffron”
Saffron is made up of threads, filaments that separate, as do the Victoria and the Trinidad in the Spice Islands. While the Trinidad, piloted by Gonzalo Gómez de Espinosa will try to return to the American continent in order to reach Europe again, the Victoria…
Browsing around the clove: Episode VII “Clove”
Seven is the number. Finally, Clove is here. The most precious spice that pushed this trip to be accomplished will not be easy to get. Magellan, immersed in an excess of confidence, will face the local chief Lapu-Lapu, in a battle where he pays with his life. So says Stefan…
Browsing around the clove: Episode VI “Star Anise”
Known by its unmistakable aroma and its unique shape, the sixth episode of “Browsing around the clove” is baptized as star anise.
The Armada de Molucca will arrive to The Philippines, (A.K.A Maharlika) They will be greeted by the Rajah Humabon. Magellan will seal an…
