Episode 98: The Aztec Death Whistle!
Today, we’re talking about how we tell history, and specifically, how the media treats indigenous cultures. We are diving into the recent cultural history of the so-called Aztec Death Whistle. I’ve wanted to look into this topic for a while, but a recent horror movie about the whistle prompted a discussion on the Aztlantis discord, so I felt the time was right to dive into it. The main question at hand is how and why did the whistle enter popular culture?
That indeed is an interesting question. Of all the things attributed to the Aztecs that people would gravitate towards, a whistle…
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