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Saints are all around us from names of people we know to song lyrics, names of cities, titles of films, and more! Saint Podcast explores the roots of saints' legends and how they've changed through time. If you like Medieval legends, Gothic tales, art history, pagan lore, feminist stories, queer stories, and multicultural traditions from around the world, you'll love Saint Podcast.
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Episode six in the Mystics series is about a Spanish priest who founded the powerful Order of Preachers in the year 1216. He’s the patron saint of astronomers, the natural sciences, and the Archdioceses of Fuzhou in China. He’s credited for the mystical Rosary prayer and portrayed today as a supporter of the Inquisition, a violent campaign to eradicate all deviation, both religious and political, from the Christianity preached in Rome. According to legend, his birth was predicted by a vision of a dog leaping out of his mother’s womb carrying a lit torch in his mouth. This is the story of Saint Dominic the Hound of the Lord.
3 Feb 2025
Bonus Episode - Saint Valentine the Ersatz Patron of Love
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This bonus episode for Patreon supporters and Spotify/Anchor subscribers is about a saint whose holy day is also a secular holiday, a day in which couples around the world buy each other flowers, chocolates, and other tokens of love. Facebook statistics suggest something else is brewing beneath the romantic dinners, something darker. The two weeks immediately before and after the feast day record the highest changes in relationship status from DATING to SINGLE. The irony perhaps makes sense because the original hagiography of this Ancient Roman martyr has nothing to do with romantic love. This is the story of Saint Valentine the Ersatz Patron of Love.
22 Feb 2024
Special Episode - I Am Milk
This is I Am Milk, a special episode inspired by an exhibition at the Wellcome Collection in London entitled, Milk (https://wellcomecollection.org/exhibitions/Y8VNbhEAAPJM-oki?gclid=CjwKCAjw2K6lBhBXEiwA5RjtCUXtB4hrac0bNiW22n6RhOFA41g1oCWf7m5035HjKs4RwwSvIo1ZmBoCyrsQAvD_BwE). It explores our relationship with milk and its place in politics, society, and culture. Judaeo-Christian legends are filled to the brim with stories about milk from lactating saints to a promised land of milk and honey and a Christian morality that developed around the symbolism of the white liquid. I Am Milk is a special Saint Podcast episode that delves into the link between saints’ legends and milk, featuring co-curators from the Wellcome Collection, Honor Beddard and Marianne Templeton.
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