Episode 163: A History of Witches
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Hello and welcome to History for Weirdos.
We're your hosts, Andrew and Stephanie. And each week, we're going to take you on a journey into the strange, obscure, and relentlessly entertaining corners of human history.
Now listen up, friends, because it's about to get weird.
Weirdos, welcome back to another episode of History for Weirdos. This is a really exciting episode because there are two main things I want to talk about just straight out of the bat, straight out of the gate, out of the bat, who am I? Number one, more importantly, We have huge news. First of all, if you don't follow us on Instagram, then you're really missing out because if you do, you already know this. But if you haven't been following us, drum roll, please. Stephanie is pregnant.
Yay.
Stephanie is going to be a mom. I'm going to be a dad. We'll have a little weirdo baby.
Yeah, we're expecting a little weirdo baby.
So excited, honestly.
And we shared a few weeks ago now, maybe almost almost two months ago.
Two months ago?
Yeah, almost two months ago now, or like a month ago.
Maybe a month ago, yeah.
Yeah, we shared on Instagram, and we wanted to say thank you so much for everyone on there who just was so excited for us.
Yeah, you guys really... made us feel very special. And we really thank you for that.
Yeah. It's so nice to know, like we're obviously very excited. Yeah.
How did the hosts introduce the episode and share personal news at the start?
Um, but it's so nice to know that so many other people are like rooting for you when you're entering a new chapter, especially a very like intimidating chapter.
Yes. Very intimidating. It is our first child. Uh, We have a dog. It's the closest thing. And it's not close at all to having a child. So we are a little bit nervous, but also very excited. It's funny. We were talking about how it's not even really necessarily the next chapter. It's like a whole new book.
Yeah.
It's a new era.
Like life is going to be different from now on.
Yeah. I feel like our lives up until this point have been like one book. And this is the start of the second book.
Yeah. So we're starting a new book. We're so excited to share that with you all today. I'm 20 weeks pregnant as we record this.
Yeah. So halfway.
Halfway there. We just found out before we started recording this that she, oh, it's a girl. It's a girl, yes. Well, that's what the DNA test said. And then we have the 20-week scan on Monday, and they'll confirm the sex of the baby and hopefully confirm that everything continues to be good and healthy. But we found out that she is now the size of a sweet potato.
You heard it here first.
You heard it here first.
So that's obviously huge news.
Huge.
We're going to be parents. It still boggles my mind. And we found out months ago.
Yes. We found out before your birthday.
Yeah, right before my birthday.
Why is Stephanie's pregnancy and the podcast ending important context for this episode?
The first people I think we announced it to in person was at my birthday party, funny enough.
No, it was my parents.
Oh, your parents. Sorry. Okay. The first friends we announced it to. I'm going to tell them that you forgot. Yeah. Oops. Sorry. Sorry. Also, so the second thing is this. As you all know, we are wrapping up the podcast and this is Stephanie's last normal episode. And it is a topic that I think we've been flirting with for quite a long time. And I'm actually really excited to hear about this.
Yeah, this is the penultimate episode.
The penultimate.
Of History for Weirdos, my last episode, because your last episode was the Julius Caesar episode.
Exactly.
And that's the one that the fans had been demanding from you.
Demanding. And I get it. He's one of my favorite, if not my favorite historical figure of all time. So it seemed to be that episode was well received. So I really appreciate it, you guys, especially it being quite a long episode.
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Chapters
5 chapters
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–2:17
2
How did the hosts introduce the episode and share personal news at the start?
2:17–3:49
3
Why is Stephanie's pregnancy and the podcast ending important context for this episode?
3:49–31:27
4
Who was Anna Göldi and why is her story used as an example of witch persecution?
31:27–53:45
5
How did ancient Mediterranean attitudes treat magic, healers, and ritual before persecution?
53:45–1:00:25
Speakers
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