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  • Aura Farming on the Cross

    Aura Farming on the Cross
    Aug 15 2025
    folks, we got a bit of a split episode today. we start with talking about the state of the world in the cold open before moving to a discussion about periodization and efforts to move away from western conceptions and why it's really hard to make broad, accurate periods sometimes. then, we turn to the world of modern Christianity and talk about all the baffling and insane things people are cooking up these days, why we're not so different from our predecessors, and then, why we are somewhat different from them.

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    1 Std. und 33 Min.
  • August Mailbag

    August Mailbag
    Aug 6 2025
    folks, in our neverending struggle to defeat the overflowing mailbag of patron questions, we've started doing one mail episode a month and here we are for August. this time we answer questions about which Simpson family member corresponds to the Medieval humors, the tradition of smoking and curing meats, Medieval automatons, everyone's favorite biblical glup shitto Simon Magus, and what Medieval event we'd go back in time to watch! check it out!
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    45 Min.
  • Medieval BDSM

    Medieval BDSM
    Jul 30 2025
    NSFW, just saying.

    folks, some people might try to tell you that humans only started engaging in BDSM in the 1960s, like it's a very recent invention. but, we're here to tell you that's wrong as people have been engaging in such practices since before the advent of writing! so we go deep on the subject, talking about some ancient BDSM practices before talking about how it was done in the Middle Ages. we talk about Abelard and Heloise, Guibert of Nogent, Saints Sebastian and Martha, and more!
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    1 Std. und 17 Min.
  • Patreon Ep Unlocked: The Decameron 1

    Patreon Ep Unlocked: The Decameron 1
    Jul 23 2025
    the Book Club series is back and we're here to introduce you to the Italian peninsula in 1348 or, as they might have called it: the end of the fucking world. the Black Death hit the densely-populated boot like a nuke, killing millions in just a few months. why are we talking about something so depressing and that we've already covered extensively? well, frankly, that's the backdrop of The Decameron and how Boccaccio introduces it. the plague sets the stage for the widespread breakdown of social and cultural norms and the decaying relationship between the laity and the Church, a central theme for Boccaccio. so, we start with the horror of the plague and what it unleashed, then move on to talk about the author, the metatextual aspects of the book, and introduce the setting and characters. we're going to have a great time with this one but in order to get to all the intrigue, sex, and anti-clericalism, we first have to introduce it all.
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    1 Std. und 2 Min.
  • Oops, All Cold Open

    Oops, All Cold Open
    Jul 16 2025
    folks, we kinda got carried away talking about current events and, whoops, wouldn't you know it, we just decided to do a whole current events episode. we will dive back into the Middle Ages next time but this week we're more concerned with the contemporary politics of the failed states of America and England as the two old friends compete to see who can fuck up and kill the golden goose the fastest. while things are bleak, they are also darkly and undeniably funny, so there's that!
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    1 Std. und 13 Min.
  • Early Medieval Bohemia

    Early Medieval Bohemia
    Jul 10 2025
    folks, our 2025 quest to visit places in the Medieval world we haven't tackle yet takes us to Bohemia. now, before you pillory me because we've spent so much time there already, we're going back to the old Bohemia, the Bohemia before it was famous as a center of religious heterodoxy and throwing guys out windows. the Bohemia back before it became a kingdom and got Daddy's Specialist Boy status from the Holy Roman Empire. that's right, we're talk Bohemia from the start of the Middle Ages to the end of the Premyslid Dynasty c. 1305. we talk about the real paucity of sources we have before the 860s, the great Slav migrations, Christianization of the region, Great Moravia, Old Church Slavonic, the rise of the Premyslids, Prague becoming a big deal, and how this place morphed from a total backwater to one of the most important regions in the entire world in under 500 years.
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    1 Std. und 26 Min.
  • July Mailbag

    July Mailbag
    Jul 2 2025
    folks, we're back with more patron questions, this time for the month of July. we talk everything from which weapon we'd want in a Medieval battle, Hanseatic League piracy, Medieval Futurism, the connections between Lollards and Hussites, throat singing, and more!
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    57 Min.
  • June Mailbag

    June Mailbag
    Jun 25 2025
    folks, we're back in our ongoing quest to catch up on Patron questions and so we've got 10 more to discuss for the month of June. we talk about what Medieval people smelled like, bi kings, Medieval footwear, gambling, animal welfare, and the King Asleep in the Mountain trope! it's so much fun, check it out!
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    1 Std. und 7 Min.