Feb 7, 2025
Hey, was The Magnus Archives named in reference to Magnus Hirschfeld and the Institute of Sexual Science in Berlin? I feel like you've addressed this before but I can't find it.
The Magnus Archives is named for my favourite M.R. James ghost story "Count Magnus". Not every historical person named Magnus is a podcast reference :p
To be fair, while I was vaguely aware of the Berlin institute I actually didn't know much about Magnus Hirschfeld himself until during TMA's run, when the excellent podcast "Bad Gays" started running. Hirschfeld isn't one of the titular bad gays, but as a lot of the early seasons are covering late 19th and early 20th century figures he comes up a lot.
