Ask a Medievalist
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Episodes (101)
Episode 51: The Relic (not the 1997 Creature Feature set in the Field Museum in...
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Episode 50: The Heretical Hussites (feat. Martin Luther)
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Episode 49: Where’s Waldensians?
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Episode #48: Meet the Cathars
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Episode 47: There’s GNO Business Like Show Business
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Episode 46: The Well-Tempered Podcast
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Episode 45: Fool Me Twice
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Episode 44: Upside Down and Inside Out
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Episode 43: Our Bagpipes Go to Eleven
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Episode 42: Candy Is Dandy
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Episode 41: I’ll Get You, My Pretty
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Episode 40: To Be Played at Maximum Volume
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Episode 39: Où est la bibliothèque?
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Episode 38: Take a Look, It’s in a Book (or a scroll, or a tablet, or…)
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Episode 37: Child’s Play
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Episode 36: Sweet Child of Mine
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Episode 35: The Extremely Risky Behavior Literally All of Your Ancestors Engaged...
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Episode #34: Gaudeamus Itigur–Universities and Academics
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Episode 33: Ooh, Crafty Lady
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Episode 32: You Better Work, Beeyatch
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Episode 31: May Day, May Day!
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Episode 30: Felis Catus Is Your Taxonomic Nomenclature
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Episode 29: D’You Like Dags?
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Episode 28: Food
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Episode 27: Drinks
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Episode #26: Valentine’s Day
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Episode 25: Jews on Stage
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Episode 24: Stages in the Middle Ages
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Episode 23: Christmas Time Is Here, By Golly
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Episode 22: The Strong Voice of Gandersheim
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Episode 21: Watch Out for That Banana Peel
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Episode 20: Vampires, Ghosts, and Other Things That Go Bump in the Night
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Episode 19: A Few Good Werewolves
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Episode 18: Halloween: A Not-So-Spooky History
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Episode 17: Dance Like Nobody’s Watching
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Episode 16: Much Ado About Puppets
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Episode 15: The Not-Evolution of Theatre
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Episode 14: Decolonization and Asia
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Episode 13: Decolonizing Africa
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Episode 12: The Americas Before Colonization
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Episode 11: Decolonization: Theory and Practice
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Episode 10: Icons and Iconography
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Episode 9: Heretics and Saints
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Episode 8: Hell and Damnation
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Episode 7: Love and Hell
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Episode 6: Mysticism and Motherhood
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Episode 5: Hermits and Anchoresses
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Episode 4: Passover and Easter, pt. 2
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Episode 3: Passover and Easter, part 1
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Episode 2: Plague
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