Blythe Terrell
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Podcast Appearances
And this church is led by a very powerful dude called Patriarch Ilya II, right?
He's not like, he's not quite Pope level, but he's like a big deal in this church.
It's so unprecedented how much this guy is beloved.
So Patriarch Ilya II, he sees this fertility thing in Georgia.
He thinks these fertility rates are too low and decides he's going to do something about it.
Okay, so kid number one, kid number two, you're out of luck.
Kid number three, you're blessed by the patriarch of the church.
Yeah, you're doing air quotes, godfather.
So that's the...
Intervention.
That's what he decides to do.
He's like, okay, we're not having enough kids.
I'm going to baptize kids three plus.
That's what Neha's team wanted to find out.
So several years later, they did this huge analysis to see what happened.