{"id":8950,"date":"2015-08-03T21:56:15","date_gmt":"2015-08-04T01:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=8950"},"modified":"2015-08-17T19:37:06","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T23:37:06","slug":"episode-128-impecunious-nobles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-128-impecunious-nobles","title":{"rendered":"Episode 128 &#8211; Impecunious Nobles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_128_-_Impecunious_Nobles.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Virtual Memories Show #128:<br \/>\nRhonda K. Garelick &#8211; Impecunious Nobles<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3864\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-8950-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_128_-_Impecunious_Nobles.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_128_-_Impecunious_Nobles.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_128_-_Impecunious_Nobles.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_128_-_Impecunious_Nobles.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?powerpress_pinw=8950-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_128_-_Impecunious_Nobles.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Episode_128_-_Impecunious_Nobles.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4itPQhel9GzH3WK2iXr4Zw\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Interviews\/The-Virtual-Memories-Show-p1091071\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Chanel was trying to gift herself to women, and give them something that would lend them an allure that would be useful.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rhondagarelick.com\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8952\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-128-impecunious-nobles\/mademoiselle335\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/mademoiselle335.jpg?fit=335%2C499\" data-orig-size=\"335,499\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"mademoiselle335\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/mademoiselle335.jpg?fit=335%2C499\" class=\"alignright wp-image-8952\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/mademoiselle335.jpg?resize=200%2C298\" alt=\"mademoiselle335\" width=\"200\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/mademoiselle335.jpg?resize=295%2C440 295w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/mademoiselle335.jpg?w=335 335w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/rhondagarelick.com\" target=\"_blank\">Rhonda K. Garelick<\/a>, author of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0812981855\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0812981855&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkId=OOKUPD2WDV6O7KTG\">Mademoiselle: Coco Chanel and the Pulse of History<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0812981855\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>,\u00a0joins the show to talk about Chanel&#8217;s impact on women&#8217;s fashion and French national identity, how she managed not to get tried for collaboration after the war, the one figure from our age who compares to Chanel, what it&#8217;s like teaching the accordion-and-beret crowd, and more! <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_128_-_Impecunious_Nobles.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Give it a listen!<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I remain certain that there is no one else who has had this sort of aesthetic influence.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We also talk about Chanel&#8217;s pleasure in hiring fallen royalty to work in her boutiques and factories, the need for myth-making in fashion, the challenges of getting Chanel&#8217;s associates to talk to her, the psychological similarities of fashion and fascism, and the decision to structure <em>Mademoiselle<\/em> around Chanel&#8217;s relationships. Also, I make the major mistake of letting Rhonda ask me a question, which sends the conversation utterly off the rails.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3865\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-8950-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_128_-_Impecunious_Nobles.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_128_-_Impecunious_Nobles.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_128_-_Impecunious_Nobles.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_128_-_Impecunious_Nobles.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?powerpress_pinw=8950-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_128_-_Impecunious_Nobles.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Episode_128_-_Impecunious_Nobles.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4itPQhel9GzH3WK2iXr4Zw\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Interviews\/The-Virtual-Memories-Show-p1091071\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We talk about a couple of books in this episode. Here&#8217;s a list of &#8217;em <em>(Note: if I ever go to a Patreon crowdfunding model for the show, this is the first thing that goes subscriber-only)<\/em>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0812981855\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0812981855&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkId=FM4FAEX7RRZGXHG5\">Mademoiselle: Coco Chanel and the Pulse of History<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0812981855\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> &#8211; Rhonda K. Garelick<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1451648537\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1451648537&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkId=HZVPWR4TALCHE3PJ\">Steve Jobs<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1451648537\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> &#8211; Walter Isaacson<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0812993543\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0812993543&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkId=IW5JVMUPLOFYFVKR\">Between the World and Me<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0812993543\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> &#8211; Ta-Nehisi Coates<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/022617171X\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=022617171X&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkId=UU44ZFY5JD6BYKHG\">The Hoarders: Material Deviance in Modern American Culture<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=022617171X\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> &#8211; Scott Herring<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0823251330\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0823251330&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkId=URAFWTKT2RISJ772\">Private Lives, Public Deaths: Antigone and the Invention of Individuality<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0823251330\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> &#8211; Jonathan Strauss<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_128_-_Impecunious_Nobles.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Enjoy the conversation!<\/a>\u00a0Then check out\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-archive\" target=\"_blank\">the archives<\/a>\u00a0for more great episodes! You might like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-glamour-profession\" target=\"_blank\">Virginia Postrel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-the-war-poet\" target=\"_blank\">Jonathan Rose<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-123-the-hidden-wish-of-words\" target=\"_blank\">Langdon Hammer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-112-remainder\" target=\"_blank\">Clive James<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-may-god-remember\" target=\"_blank\">Daniel Goldhagen<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Follow <em>The Virtual Memories Show<\/em> on <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-virtual-memories-show\/id531173075\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/vmspod\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VirtualMemoriesShow\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemoriespodcast.tumblr.com\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemories.libsyn.com\/rss\" target=\"_blank\">RSS<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>About our Guest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/rhonda250.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8954\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-128-impecunious-nobles\/rhonda250\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/rhonda250.jpg?fit=250%2C375\" data-orig-size=\"250,375\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark III&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1402345245&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;85&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"rhonda250\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/rhonda250.jpg?fit=250%2C375\" class=\"alignright wp-image-8954\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/rhonda250.jpg?resize=200%2C300\" alt=\"rhonda250\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/rhondagarelick.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rhonda K. Garelick<\/a> writes on fashion, design, performance, art, literature and cultural politics. Her books include <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/069104869X\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=069104869X&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkId=KO6WQWH25V4BVUZG\">Rising Star: Dandyism, Gender, and Performance in the Fin de Si\u00e8cle<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=069104869X\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> (Princeton University Press, winner of the Kayden Award for outstanding manuscript in the humanities), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0691141096\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0691141096&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkId=QDENGZY27PP7Z4ET\">Electric Salome: Loie Fuller&#8217;s Performance of Modernism<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0691141096\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> (Princeton), and, as co-editor, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0803234759\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0803234759&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkId=CZWAAJURMTFMYJT5\">Fabulous Harlequin: ORLAN and the Patchwork Self<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0803234759\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> (University of Nebraska Press, winner of the 2011 award for book design from the American Alliance of Museums). Her new book is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0812981855\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0812981855&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkId=FM4FAEX7RRZGXHG5\">Mademoiselle: Coco Chanel and the Pulse of History<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0812981855\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>. Her work has also appeared in <em>The New York Times, New York Newsday, International Herald Tribune<\/em>, and <em>The Sydney Morning Herald<\/em>, and numerous journals and museum catalogs in the United States and Europe.<\/p>\n<p>She is a Guggenheim fellow and has also received awards from the NEA, the NEH, the Getty Research Institute, the Dedalus Foundation, the American Association of University Women, the Whiting Foundation, and the American Council of Learned Societies. Prof. Garelick received her B.A. and Ph.D. in comparative literature and French from Yale University. She splits her time between Lincoln, Nebraska and her hometown of New York City.<\/p>\n<p>At the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, she is Professor of Fine and Performing Arts and English, as well as the founder and director of the Interdisciplinary Arts Symposium. For the academic year 2015-2016, Rhonda will be the Stanley Kelly, Jr. Visiting Professor of Distinguished Teaching in Comparative Literature at Princeton University. Garelick has also had a long career as an international business consultant, specializing in the fields of fashion, media, and journalism.<\/p>\n<p><em>Credits: This episode\u2019s music is <\/em>Cri de Coeur<em>\u00a0by Edith Piaf. The conversation was recorded at an undisclosed location on a pair of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B002SQJLA4\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B002SQJLA4&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkId=64RDM7RI2SABXGPL\">Blue enCORE 200 microphones<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B002SQJLA4\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> feeding into a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00KCXMBES\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00KCXMBES&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkId=DRHR6463DEQ4TO3N\">Zoom H5<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B00KCXMBES\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> digital recorder. I recorded the intro and outro on a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B002VA464S\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B002VA464S&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing\">Blue Yeti USB Microphone<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B002VA464S\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>. Processing was done in Audacity and Logic Pro. Photo of Prof. Garelick by Agaton Strom.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virtual Memories Show #128: Rhonda K. Garelick &#8211; Impecunious Nobles &#8220;Chanel was trying to gift herself to women, and give them something that would lend them an allure that would be useful.&#8221; Rhonda K. 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