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The Court Jester

The Court Jester

Von: Kleio Pethainou
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The Court Jester is a storytelling podcast that dives into the sauciest, funniest, and most outrageous stories of the Middle Ages. Hosted by medievalist and humour scholar Kleio Pethainou, each episode brings you a real tale from medieval literature—fabliaux, fables, legends, and more—featuring scandal, fart jokes, sex, tricksters, and chaotic peasant drama.

Think rude jokes, wild mishaps and the messiest love triangles you’ve never heard of (but absolutely should).

⚔️ Based on real medieval texts

📜 Translated and adapted with historical context

🎭 Told with flair, irreverence, and dark humour


If you're into medieval history, historical comedy, uncensored storytelling, or want to laugh at the weirdest things humans used to do—this one’s for you.

🔔 New episodes every other week.

Support the show on Patreon for bonus content and medieval mischief.

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  • Sir Cleges and the Christmas Cherries

    Sir Cleges and the Christmas Cherries
    Dec 25 2025

    A knight ruined by his own kindness. A king who has forgotten him. One impossible Christmas gift that might change everything.


    In this festive episode of The Court Jester, I bring you the story of Sir Cleges, a medieval knight whose reckless generosity collides bad gatekeepers and a Christmas miracle. A Middle English Christmas tale with feasting, cherries, and a payoff that is far more satisfying than pious.


    🎵 Title music: “Celebration” by Alexander Nakarada

    📲 Updates & other things: @kpethainou.bsky.social | @thecourtjesterpodcast on Facebook

    🃏 Bonus content: patreon.com/CourtJesterPodcast

    ☕Buy me a coffee https://ko-fi.com/thecourtjesterpodcast

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    13 Min.
  • The Ballad of a Dead Brother — Halloween Special

    The Ballad of a Dead Brother — Halloween Special
    Oct 29 2025

    Happy Halloween, friends of the Jester.

    This year’s special comes from deep in the shadowed corners of the Balkans — a 9th-century ballad known in Greece as The Song of the Dead Brother, with haunting cousins in Serbia and Bulgaria. Nothing sets the Halloween mood quite like Balkan folklore — mournful, gothic, and just a little too close to the bone. It isn’t funny. It isn’t light.

    It’s a tale about oaths and the ruin they bring, and how a mother’s grief can shake the dead.

    This is also the first ever Court Jester episode told entirely on video. You can watch it on YouTube or Patreon.

    If you like your medieval tales with a touch of the macabre, this one’s for you.

    Happy haunting!

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    10 Min.
  • The Chaplain’s Goose: Holy Appetite, Saucy Trickery

    The Chaplain’s Goose: Holy Appetite, Saucy Trickery
    Sep 29 2025


    And we're back to naughty priest territory!

    In this fabliau from the banks of the Sèvres, a fat goose becomes the prize in a battle of wits, appetites, and shameless audacity. Expect blasphemous pranks, roasted birds, and a reminder that medieval comedy loved nothing more than making the clergy look foolish.


    📜 Text: Translation by Nathaniel E. Dubin

    🎵 Title music: “Celebration” by Alexander Nakarada

    📲 Updates & mischief: @kpethainou.bsky.social | @thecourtjesterpodcast on Facebook

    🃏 Bonus content: patreon.com/CourtJesterPodcast

    ☕Buy me a coffee https://ko-fi.com/thecourtjesterpodcast

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    7 Min.
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