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Thank You!
As the year draws to a close, we just want to thank you all for being here and supporting our show! We're working hard to bring you a lot of great content in 2019, with hopefully a lot more extras coming your way to show our appreciation.In January, our longform bonus episode will be on the Pope...
Punchy Old Saint Nicholas
Saint Nicholas of Myra, the original inspiration for Santa Claus, was not on his best behaviour at the Council of Nicaea. In this episode, we won't look at why he's Santa Claus, but we will explore the dubious tales of his life, and what sort of lasting impression he made at the first ecumen...
Antipope 2. Novatian
Following in the footsteps of his predecessor, Novatian embraces moral rigorism and being too orthodox for the church. He fought a war of words and slander, developed a schism that would harass the church for centuries after his own lifetime, and maybe spent a season with Satan.
Christmas Bonus Input!
Hello Poperinos,Its just about that time where I'm going to be preparing for our Christmas bonus episode, and I'd love your input for what you'd like to hear about! Let me know if you have a special idea :)- Bry
Antipope 1. Hippolytus
We're kicking off our anti-popes with a heavy hitter! Hippolytus is one of the most important theologians from the third century, and did a very solid job harassing and criticizing the popes of the era. He spilled a lot of tea, and now its our turn to take a critical look at his life, and see ho...
Updates!
Hello patrons We just hit another goal and we are blown away! Thank you all so much for being here! We are going to be releasing our first antipope this month, but we got a little behind due to Fry getting rather sick and losing her voice. It will be recorded this week,and may be out by our intend...
Holyween!?
Are you as obsessed with Halloween as we are? In this episode, we discuss the history of Halloween, papal attitudes towards the holiday, catholic alternatives, potential papal exorcisms, and babies dressed as popes. Show notes:Jonathan Coulton, "First of May": https://www.jonathancoulton.com...
RSS Feeds are enabled!
As of this morning, now that we put out our first bonus episode last night, we've gone in and enabled the RSS feeds.You can find your unique RSS feed on our front page, on the upper right. It will only display the feed associated with your pledge tier.Copy that and paste it in the podcast app of...
Raindrops On Roses and Whiskers on Kittens...
In our inaugural bonus episode, we discuss Pope Francis's favourite things. We'll cover his favourite movies, music, art, foods and more, and we will ask the very important question -- is there any leftover ravioli?
Concerning August/September
Hello, everyone! Fry here!Due to when our Patreon went live and the nature of how Patreon charges everyone, we're going to make sure that September has double the content.Our first official Patreon bonus episode will be us talking about Pope Francis's favorite things from delicious food to w...
Hello Patrons!
We are absolutely blown away by your amazing support - we never could have imagined seeing so many shiny new faces here, especially on the first day!We're already busy at work to develop the first bonus episode for you, and over time hopefully we'll be able to bring more and more goodies to ...
