Pod Only Knows #037 – What really happened at Salem – with Kathleen M. Brown
Historian Kathleen M. Brown joins Kelly and John to shine a light on the facts and fictions of the Salem Witch Trials
Historian Kathleen M. Brown joins Kelly and John to shine a light on the facts and fictions of the Salem Witch Trials
Jason Bivins returns to the show to talk trauma, fear, and horror in George Ratliff’s 2001 documentary “Hell House”.
Journalist Sarah Posner returns to the show to talk about “They’re Eating the Dogs”, Blood Libel, and the role mockery has to play in combatting fascism.
Kelly and John welcome historian Thomas Lecaque to talk about the religious right’s unending obsession with the Crusades and other disastrous, losing enterprises.
Megan Goodwin returns to discuss Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady’s 2006 Academy Award-nominated documentary “Jesus Camp”
John and Kelly take a look at the event that gave us Stockholm syndrome and discuss why it probably doesn’t exist (and what that tells us)