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In this episode we will go back to a time before the songs of Anglo Saxons and Vikings, Alexander the Great and Darius III or Frank Herbert’s Dune. Ace pilots, tail gunners, commandos and submariners. 

We’re going back before all that to the middle of the punk explosion. Playing the toughest East London pubs, Iron Maiden had to work blue.  

The songs were about sex pests, sex workers, spending the night in jail and the Opera.

According to legend, Steve Harris formed Iron Maiden on Christmas Day 1975 and that is where our story will begin.

This epic tale will feature guest appearances and name drops like Ash Mountain (don’t worry, you’ll know who that is by the end of the episode) Metallica, Black Sabbath, Everett interpretation of quantum mechanics, medieval torture devices, longswords, longbows, crossbows, chain mail, Punk’d, Togo Navy, Spaceward Studios, Paul Di’Anno, Dave Murray, The Bandwagon, The Soundhouse Tapes, E.M.I., Wishbone Ash, Martin Birch, Guy Edwards, Andy Scott, Wil Malone, Martin Levan, Kingsway Studios, Prowler, Remember Tomorrow, Running Free, Phantom of the Opera, Lars Ulrich, Fade to Black, Sanitarium, Transylvania, Strange World, Charlotte the Harlot, Paul Mario Day, Bruce Dickinson, Eddie, Derek Riggs, Electric Matthew Says Hello, Top of the Pops, YouTube, Clive Burr, Dennis Stratton, Adrian Smith, Urchin, Taipei, Kiss, The Eagles, Tears for Fears, Motely Crue, Hawkwind, Miss Universe Beauty Pageant.

Up the irons!

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In this episode we dive back into the madness that is the Christian Bible and fart gag our way through the second chapter of the Book of Revelation. 

John of Patmos is having a psychological breakdown/writing a letter to seven churches in modern day Turkey, claiming this letter may be in John’s handwriting but the content comes directly from the mouth of the lord Jesus Christ himself.

John will explain to the church of Ephesus just how much the ultimate creator god of the entire universe is upset about a wife swapping cult of Nicolaitanes. 

John explains quantum physics to the church in Smyrna and proves once and for all Jesus is Schrodinger’s Cat.

John doxes Satan’s home in Pergamon.

And among the church in Thyatira, we finally meet, Jezebel! And she does not disappoint. She repented not!

Is this book prophecy of a future still to come?

Is this book a coded message of rebellion for the early Chri$tian freedom fighters in their struggle with the Roman Empire?

Is this book xenophobic propaganda to stop Hellenising?

Who cares? It’s got Hell, Armageddon, Antipas, the brazen bull, Zeus, Balaam, Balac, the children of Israel, Canaanites, angels, a talking donkey, fornication, Motorhead and Lemmy!

Grab your popcorn people. John is just getting started.

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Is unconditional love a real or an idealized fantasy? This episode of Truth, Lies, Shenanigans explores the complexities of love that knows no bounds, diving deep into its biological roots, cultural influences, and societal expectations. Therapist Ciara Simonson joins us to unravel the layers of unconditional love across romantic partnerships, parent-child bonds, and deep friendships.

Uncover the:

• Science behind unconditional love: Explore the biological and neurological factors that influence our capacity for deep connection.
• Cultural baggage: Examine how societal expectations shape our understanding of love and set unrealistic standards.
• Pitfalls and triumphs: Navigate the potential disappointments and celebrate the true power of unconditional love.
• Authenticity in relationships: Learn how to cultivate healthy love that embraces both flaws and strengths.

Join us and discover:

• Is unconditional love truly attainable?
• How can we navigate its challenges and reap its rewards?
• What does genuine love look like in today's world?

Perfect for anyone who's ever questioned the very nature of love and its place in our lives.

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In this episode we travel south of heaven where Hell awaits to spend seasons in the abyss and reign in blood with our undisputed attitude that God hates us all in the Chri$t illusion. Without divine intervention we see a world painted blood in repentless diabolus musica and tell the story of Slayer’s debut album, Show No Mercy.

In 1981 Huntington Park California guitarists Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman met at an audition and realised they were into the same stuff. Living only just around the corner was like-minded bass player and singer Tom Araya. All they needed to create the loudest, heaviest, fastest and most satany band ever was a double kickarse drummer. Then suddenly there was a knock at Kerry King’s door. 16 year old Dave Lombardo had been told there was another long haired disreputable type in the area. So the plucky, pizza delivery man went and introduced himself. The original, the classic and the most persistent line up was complete.

We will pick up the story there and tell you how that debut album came to be. There will be cameo guest star appearances from Bitch, Metal Blade Records, Iron Maiden, Phantom of the Opera. Aggressive Perfector,  Metal Blade, Tracks Studio, Evil has no Boundaries, Gene Hoglan,  Dark Angel, Death, Testament, Devin Townsend, Strapping Young Lad, Fear Factory, Genghis Kahn, New Wave of British Heavy Metal, NWoBHM, Venom, Welcome to Hell, Minotaur, Lawrence R. Reed, Al Gore, Tipper Gore, The Parents Music Resource Center, Camaro,  Doug Goodman, Smashing Pumpkins, Ben Folds Five, Jewel, Steve Earle, Beck, Green Day, Johnny Araya,  Thine Eyes Bleed, Black Sabbath, Metal Forces Magazine, Bernard Doe, System of a Down, Daron Malakian, Iraq

Sauces

http://www.metalupdate.com/interviewmetalblade.html

https://haggisbuffet.blogspot.com/search/label/Tour%20Manager%20Doug

http://www.espguitars.com/news/news_tomchat.html

https://loudwire.com/slayer-show-no-mercy-album-anniversary/

http://www.decibelmagazine.com/features_detail.aspx?id=4566

https://www.wearethepit.com/2023/01/dave-lombardo-regrets-his-performance-on-slayers-show-no-mercy/

https://www.metalforcesmagazine.com/site/album-review-slayer-show-no-mercy/

https://www.revolvermag.com/music/system-downs-daron-malakian-why-i-love-slayers-show-no-mercy

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In this episode we look back on favourite sketches of 2023, as chosen Tee Tease. You are about to have the most fun you've ever had. By the end of this episode you will realise you've only been imitating fun your whole life. If I were you, I would take off my pants. You’re about to shit yourself. 

There are sketches from Highway to Hell, the tale of ACDC’s first taste of global success. 

In Cross Road Blues, the story behind the Ralph Macchio vehicle of the same name and some Robert Johnson guy, we did a sketch featuring cultural icon Bob Dylan. 

Judas Iscariot: True Hero of Easter, featured some classic white guy rapping. We call that wrapping. And ‘The Duke’ John Wayne makes an appearance.

We gave Charles Manson a starring role in Helter Skelter and let spoon bending grifter Uri Gellar in Pokémon.

Our episode about Motley Crue’s Shout at the Devil came with monkey poo.

We almost let Benny sing in Benny Hinn: He Touched Me.

We had Sympathy For The Devil AND Artificial Intelligence but we left behind Kirk Cameron and Kevin Sorbo.

Welcome to Hell featured all the best names, Judas Priest, Venom, Jesus Chri$t, Mantas, Titans, Gaia, Father Sky, Cronos, Abbadon and Alan Winston.

Michael Aquino and Anton LaVey found themselves in an H.P. Lovecraft nightmare.

In Black Sabbath, Toni Iommi and Geezer Butler discussed the song writing process.

The Book of Revelation had a water skiing joke.

The Witches of Shakespeare got Elizabeth I swearing like Witchfinder General Mathew Hopkins.

We learn the very best evidence is forced confession in The Salem Witch Trials and Cotton Mather.

Lexi’s performance as a drunk Ursula from The Little Mermaid in Disney Witches is hilarious.

In Jesus Christ Superstar we learn what helps the poo go down. Information we could have used back in the Shout at the Devil episode.

Genshin Impact featured therapy.

We have some white woman rapping. We call that wrapping also because cultural appropriation does not recognize gender boundaries.

And it couldn’t be considered a best of anything without Marjorie Taylor Greene so we let her on to swear at us.

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In this episode we will finish 2023 in exactly the same way we ended 2022. Huddled in a corner crying. It couldn’t possibly get any worse. Right?

We’ll check in with credulous former intelligence official David Grusch testifying to a congressional hearing into, Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena. #UAP

Grusch claims he was told things he would not talk about by people he could not name.

So the internet lit up with the headline, Aliens exist!

Also this year, the Barbie movie was released and a tiny little piece of Jesus died. We’ll hear what hate preachers and 1950s haircut enthusiasts Kent Christmas and Ivan Tuttle told their congregations.

We wonder out loud, ‘What would Margot Robbie do?’

We get an update on the latest in the world of autism from Rick Morrow. It’s not good.

#neurodivergent 

How can we not talk about the Hamas attack on Israel in October and the end times?

The head of the Harvest Chri$tian Fellowship in California, Greg Laurie will keep us up to date with the latest in geopolitics.

And we examine some prophecies from Kat Kerr. You’ll be surprised to hear what Kat has been told by the Holy Ghost.

And we’ll round out the year with a Satanic Temple display in the Iowa State Capitol building in Des Moines. 

We faced many existential threats in 2023. Alien invasion, autistic invasion, LGBTQ+ invasion, along with a plastic dolls that come to life and don’t like the patriarchy invasion, and maybe Kathy Barnette’s Jesus saved us from all of them. 

You’ll have to listen to find out.

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Sauces

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/barbie-demonic-faith-leaders-say-children-risk-kevin-baris

https://www.kansascity.com/news/state/missouri/article279280609.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12616631/Fasten-seatbelts-California-pastor-suggests-Hamas-terror-attack-Israel-predicted-2-500-YEARS-AGO-Scripture-End-Time-events-circling-Jerusalem.html

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/11/christian-prophetess-made-up-the-wackiest-theory-about-why-some-people-are-lgbtq/

https://www.revealingheaven.com/about-the-author/

https://who13.com/news/iowa-satanic-temple-display-at-capitol-sparks-mixed-emotions/

In this episode we wrap up the first half of 2023 with a look at the times an ancient Middle Eastern demon entered our 21st century news cycle. Through the lens of sketch comedy and the occasional song we laugh our way through the ‘current events’ of 2023 and try to figure out why the devil is still a thing.

Through the magic of audio illusions we will transport you to the annual Passion Conference in Atlanta Georgia. We’ll observe a celebration of the love of Jesus with thousands of evangelical university students. We’ll meet ex lesbian, drug abuser who grew up confused about her gender and was addicted to pornography turned Chri$tian author, rapper and poet Jackie Hill Perry and hear her thoughts about the reality of demons.

Sit back and relax as self-proclaimed Gender Queer Non Binary Gay English singer Sam Smith takes to the Grammy Awards stage with openly transgender German woman Kim Petras to perform their hit song, ‘Unholy’. I wonder if anyone will get upset?

And in completely unrelated news we’ll meet Conservative podcaster Liz Wheeler, Republican senator Ted Cruz,  failed republican candidate for Tennessee’s 5th Congressional District and former music video director, Robby Starbuck Newsom and crazy person Marjorie Taylor Greene.

It can’t all be as much fun as Sam Smith and Kim Patras, we’ll also have a hilarious peek into the Morbid Angel tragedy at the Apollo Theatre in Belvidere Illinois that took the life of Fred Livingston Jr. I wonder if anyone tried to exploit that for personal gain?

In unrelated news this episode will also feature a cameo appearance from Artificial Intelligence 2: Electric Boogaloo star Leo Zagami.

But then it’s straight back into atheists making Chri$tians look dumb with The Satanic Temple’s Satancon in Boston. 

And related to my use of the word ‘dumb’ in the sentence above, we will meet MAGA Christo-Fascist and permed hair enthusiast Sean Feucht.

Then it’s on to Chri$tians scaring the rest of us again with a trip to the Chri$tian nationalist event ReAwaken America at Miami’s Trump National Doral Hotel. Where just two weeks before the release of the live action version of Disney’s The Little Mermaid, hate preacher Amanda Grace gives us the skinny on technologically advanced mermaids working for Satan.

If you were wondering what did MTG tell that Turning Point USA's Young Women's Leadership Conference? We’ve got you covered. It’s about the devil and reproductive rights and it’s brilliant. It’s MTG. What else is it going to be?

SAUCES

https://www.christianpost.com/news/jackie-hill-perry-enemy-trying-to-destroy-an-entire-generation.html

https://www.foxnews.com/us/christian-evangelists-bostons-satancon-claim-about-100-people-converted-were-in-battle

https://pagesix.com/2023/02/06/sam-smith-grammys-2023-performance-slammed-as-satantic/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2023/02/10/sam-smiths-grammys-performance-criticized-by-conservatives-and-satanists/?sh=268b2d0a30b1

https://leozagami.com/2023/04/02/roof-collapses-while-satanic-band-morbid-angel-is-playing/

https://www.nme.com/en_au/news/music/morbid-angel-issue-statement-after-storm-collapses-roof-at-illinois-show-killing-one-and-injuring-40-3424705

https://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/with-a-maga-speaker-advocating-for-hand-to-hand-combat-against-mermaids-will-theaters-be-safe-when-the-little-mermaid-premieres/?utm_source=ground.news&utm_medium=referral

https://www.alternet.org/marjorie-taylor-greene-satan-women/?utm_source=ground.news&utm_medium=referral

Dans cet épisode, nous allons revenir sur un événement qui s'est avéré important dans la lutte internationale contre la désinformation, le Forum de Paris sur la paix, auquel nos trois invités ont participé. Durant l'édition 2023, qui a eu lieu les 10 et 11 novembre, plusieurs thématiques liées à la lutte contre la désinformation ont été discutées, comme la polarisation grandissante des sociétés, mais aussi la recherche de solutions pour garantir l'intégrité de l'information et bien sûr l'intelligence artificielle et sa facette IA générative, qui comporte des risques dans la création automatisée de désinformation.

Invités : 

• Carole Alsharabati, directrice de recherche chez Siren Associates et en charge du projet Dalil, une plateforme automatisée de vérification de faits dans la région Afrique du Nord et Moyen-Orient.
• Bertrand Levant, chef de projet Lutte contre la désinformation au sein de l'Organisation internationale de la francophonie.
• Sandra Petrovic, associée de projet au Centre pour le Dialogue Humanitaire. Basée en Suisse, cette organisation à but non lucratif œuvre à la résolution des conflits armés dans le monde par la voie de la médiation et de la diplomatie discrète.

Liens : 

• Siren associates  
• Plateforme DALIL 
• Forum de Paris sur la Paix 
• Centre pour le Dialogue Humanitaire (CDH)
• Page de l'OIF dédiée au programme phare Lutte contre la désinformation 
• Digital Services Act 
• Six accords pour les réseaux sociaux avec les acteurs clés politiques du CDH 
• ODIL, notre plateforme des initiatives de lutte contre la désinformation 
• Atelier de valorisation des initiatives de jumelages francophones dans la lutte contre la désinformation de l'OIF 
• Perspectives croisées sur l'Éducation aux Médias et à l'information d'ODIL Le Podcast (saison 2) 
• Rapport de l'OIF « La lutte contre la désinformation dans les politiques publiques francophones, état des lieux comparatif » 
• Article de BBC Afrique « La technologie de clonage vocal émerge dans la guerre civile au Soudan » 
• L'executive order de Joe Biden sur l'intelligence artificielle
• Adoption des principes de gouvernance des plateformes numériques de l'UNESCO
• Code de conduite des Nations Unies pour l'intégrité de l'information sur les plateformes 
• Enquête Facebook Hustles de Check First sur les fausses publicités sur le réseau social, reproduisant les visuels et l'identité de grands médias comme la BBC ou Le Monde dans le but de tromper les utilisateurs 

In this episode we dip back into the world of Asian video games. That’s right another episode suggested and researched by my kids. Luckily for us these games do tend to have a penchant for upsetting good honest narrow minded white chri$tians just trying to get through their day without experiencing anything new. If you’re old enough to remember Carly Rae Jepsen, you might just be wondering, what is a Genshin Impact? 

It’s only the fastest money making video game of all time. Released in 2020 by Chinese games company miHoYo, Genshin Impact is an action role play anime game set in an open world.

But why do we care on Satan is my Superhero?

Well it’s full of gods named after ‘real life’ demons carrying out all types of witchcraft, sorcery, divination, necromancy and there’s even a good helping of idol worshipping, so yeah, it’s blasphemy central and some Chri$tian gamers have raised concerns.

The game has also been drawn into a transphobic witch hunt, so that’s a good sign it’s worth checking out.

This episode also includes guest appearances from Pokémon, Phil Arms, Barbatos, Morax, Bue, Paimon, Ba’al, Beelzebub, Adam, Eve, Gabriel, Evelyn Gonzales, Michigan, Grant Middle School, Xiao, Guizhong, Liyue, Katelyn Thompson, Danielle Beight, Tracy Hargreaves, Kotaku, Sisi Jiang.

Sauces

https://kotaku.com/genshin-impact-xiao-demonic-mural-satanic-1849687277

https://www.wzzm13.com/article/news/local/mural-at-grant-middle-school-leaves-parents-outraged-over-transgender-flag-and-symbols-deemed-witchcraft/69-3f685912-a38c-410d-b78f-f54a15a3045f

https://www.today.com/parents/parents/mural-painted-student-grant-michigan-sparks-controversy-rcna52243

https://gamerant.com/genshin-impact-seven-archons-facts/

https://www.quora.com/There-is-this-game-called-Genshin-Impact-and-you-can-worship-statues-to-get-stamina-is-it-Haram-to-do-so-just-for-the-stamina

https://www.quora.com/Is-it-a-sin-to-play-Genshin-Impact-The-game-has-some-features-such-as-worshipping-a-statue-for-stamina-and-it-s-against-my-religion-to-worship-other-gods-Some-characters-are-also-named-after-demons-Would-it-be

https://www.reddit.com/r/Genshin_Impact/comments/la0rii/genshin_references_quite_a_lot_of_oddly_satanic/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

In this episode we will tell the story of a long haired hippy with a dream to do something spectacular. With the help of his talented friends and against the powers of the land he made that dream into a reality. Then thousands of years later 2 middle class British toffs turned that story into a multi hundred million dollar enterprise with a Hollywood film, a lavish stage show and the epitome of 70s culture the concept double album.

How did a 24 year old Tim Rice, an assistant producer in the record industry and 21 year old composer Andrew Lloyd Webber end up with a hit single, hit album, hit stage show and hit movie?

And how was this potentially blasphemous production received by the Chri$tian world?

This episode features special guest star appearances from Olympic Studios, London, The Rolling Stones, Sympathy for the Devil, MCA, The Likes of Us, Joseph and the Amazing Technocolour Dreamcoat, Bob Dylan, With God on Our Side, Judas Iscariot, Roman Empire, Rome, Romans, Roman Emperor, Billy Graham, Samuel L. Gaber, Anti-Defamation League of the B’nai B’rith, Mary Magdalene, Faith Free Presbyterian Church, South Carolina, Ted Neeley, Norman Jewison, Pope Paul VI, Vatican, New York Times, Curtis Bill Pepper, Pope Francis, Newtownabbey Free Presbyterian Church, Newtownabbey Independent Christian School, Pastor Brian McClung, Irvin Himmel, The Gospel Guardian, Got Questions Ministries, Richard Hollerman, Graham Russell, Russel Hitchcock, Air Supply, Love and Other Bruises, Lost in Love, All Out of Love, The One That You Love, Young Love, Making Love Out of Nothing at All, The Power of Love, Faith in Love, Richard O’Brien, Sylvester Stallone, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Irene Cara, John Legend, Mel C, Rik Mayall, Indigo Girls, Tim Minchin, Gary Cherone, Roger Daltrey, Corey Glover, Ian Gillan, Alice Cooper, Sebastian Bach, Burger King, Johnny Rotten, John Lydon, Graves Hollow.

Sauces

https://religionnews.com/2018/03/29/the-splainer-the-stormy-surprising-history-of-jesus-christ-superstar/

https://www.nytimes.com/1971/10/31/archives/they-wrote-it-and-theyre-glad-they-wrote-superstar.html

http://www.freepres.org/pamphlet_details.asp?superstar

https://www.villagevoice.com/2003/11/04/mel-gibsons-jesus-christ-pose/

https://www.npr.org/2021/11/24/1058935783/michael-jackson-jacket-capitol-rioter-jan-6-actor-james-beeks-oath-keepers

https://www.songfacts.com/blog/writing/jesus-christ-superstar-ted-neeley-tells-the-inside-story

http://newlinetheatre.com/jcschapter.html

THE MUSICAL ‘JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR’ IS A BLASPHEMY OF CHRIST!

Pastor Brian McClung 

https://michaeljeshurun.wordpress.com/tag/jesus-christ-superstar-opera/

https://www.wordsfitlyspoken.org/gospel_guardian/v22/v22n38p9-10.html

https://www.gotquestions.org/Jesus-Christ-Superstar.html

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/501993/facts-about-jesus-christ-superstar-andrew-lloyd-webber-tim-rice

http://www.archivioradiovaticana.va/storico/2014/05/15/vatican_radio_welcomes_%E2%80%9Cjesus_christ_superstar%E2%80%9D/en-1100657

Battell, James. "The Year of Three Popes." Ex-Catholics For Christ. ETC Ministry, Apr. 2005. Web. 29 Mar. 2016.

Martina Hejcovä The Rock Opera Jesus Christ Superstar - Analysis of the Critical Reception Over the Decades Bachelor's Diploma Thesis

https://www.nytimes.com/1977/04/10/archives/a-day-in-the-life-of-the-pope-pope-paul-vi.html

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/jesus-christ-superstar-rockers/

In this episode we look at how an evil 1st century apocalyptic blood cult that secretly and not so secretly controls much of our lives with its over represented influence on media and politics is terrified of Disney. 

After the spooky month we’ve had it's time for a fun family friendly palate cleanser. 

If you look for lists of Disney witches you will find there is somewhere in the region of 140 of them. 

Disney had already created an impressive catalogue of witches by the time the company embarked on its first feature length film, so it came as no surprise their first feature length film antagonist would be a witch.

Which is where we start our list of cameo special guest stars like The Evil Queen, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Magic mirror on the wall, American Film Institute, Hannibal Lector from Silence of the Lambs, Barbie, Regan MacNeil from The Exorcist, The Wicked Witch of the West from The Wizard of Oz, Lucille La Verne, Babes in the Woods, Hansel and Gretel, Brother’s Grimm, Ursula, the Sea Witch from The Little Mermaid, Ariel, Eve, Garden of Eden, Bea Arthur, Rosanne Barr, Elaine Stritch, Pat Carroll, Shakespeare, Devine, Deborah Bunting, The Owl House, Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, American Family Association, One Million Moms, Jamie Gooch, Ron Desantis, Vanessa Hudgens, Dead Hot: Season of the Witch, GG Magree, Salem, Bounding Into Comics, Jacob Smith, High School Musical and Kevin Sorbo on the comeback trail.

Sauces

https://www.ksla.com/2022/10/05/you-unleash-hell-your-kids-central-texas-mom-warns-parents-about-hocus-pocus-2/

https://www2.cbn.com/news/news/warning-parents-new-disney-cartoon-teaches-kids-how-be-witches-using-demon-do-so

https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/vanessa-hudgens-gg-magree-dead-hot-witchcraft-film-1235572456/

https://boundingintocomics.com/2023/04/18/former-disney-star-vanessa-hudgens-promotes-satanic-witchcraft-with-her-tubi-film-dead-hot/

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-burk-maleficent-disney-20140613-story.html

https://www.afa.net/the-stand/culture/2020/08/the-owl-house-is-worse-than-1mm-thought/

https://www2.cbn.com/news/us/ex-witchs-warning-about-new-disney-show-its-not-joke-realm-very-real

https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2014/may-web-only/maleficent.html

https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/The_Evil_Queen

https://www.afi.com/afis-100-years-100-heroes-villians/

In this episode we return to a former subject of this podcast, Cotton Mather and tear another chapter from his life story. We first met Cotton in the episode, A Pox to You, where Cotton was the voice of reason, the man of science who stood up to superstitious misgivings and disinformation. He was, not to put too finer point on it, the hero of that story. So how does our man of science and reasoning acquit himself at the Salem Witch Trials?

Spoiler alert. Not good.

This episode features special guest star appearances from Richard Mather, John Cotton, Harvard University, Doogie Howser, Anne ‘Goody’ Glover, Martha Goodwin, Thomas Oakes, Abigail Williams, Elizabeth Parris, Massachusetts, Ann Putnam Jr, Arthur Miller, The Crucible, Susanna Wallcott, Doctor Griggs, George Burroughs, Robert Calef, William Phips, Dorothy Good, Sarah Good, Margret Atwood, Handmaid’s Tale, Peter Miller, Samuel Sewell and Danvers.

Sauces

https://salem.lib.virginia.edu/people/c_mather.html

https://famous-trials.com/salem/2037-sal-bmat

https://famous-trials.com/salem/2075-asal-ch

https://thehistoryjunkie.com/cotton-mather-and-the-salem-witch-trials/

https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A50139.0001.001/1:1?rgn=div1;view=fulltext

https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A70086.0001.001/1:9.1?rgn=div2;view=fulltext

https://salem.lib.virginia.edu/letters/to_richards1.html

Comment automatiser la lutte contre la désinformation ? Est-ce même possible ? Nous verrons comment robots et outils d’intelligence artificielle peuvent offrir des perspectives en matière de vérification des fausses informations. Chaque invité a présenté une initiative innovante : un robot conversationnel pour parler avec les lecteurs-auditeurs au Québec, un robot utilisant les techniques de traitement automatique du langage naturel pour vérifier des fausses nouvelles en Haïti et enfin des initiatives alliant technologie et vérification humaine au Mali.

Invités :

Ludwy René Jean Paul, président de la commission Recherche et Développement du Réseau des Blogueurs d'Haïti, pour le projet Thomas
Alexis De Lancer, journaliste, animateur des Décrypteurs sur Radio-Canada
Tidiani Togola, fondateur et dirigeant de Tuwindi, une organisation de droit malien à but non lucratif spécialisée dans les civic tech, dont l'objectif est de soutenir le développement socio-économique par l'éthique.

Liens : 

• Réseau des blogueurs d'Haïti
• Thomas.ht
• Les Décrypteurs 
• Le bot Méfiez-vous des robots des Décrypteurs
• Tuwindi
• Xensa, une plateforme de contrôle citoyen de l’action gouvernementale et parlementaire 

In this true crime special episode we delve into the sickening tale of one of the U.K’s most successful serial killers, Matthew Hopkins the self-proclaimed Witchfinder General. Between 1644 and 1646 Hopkins may have murdered as many as three hundred people under the guise of doing the lord’s work. Hopkins is a fascinating individual and hundreds of historians have written thousands of pages about him. Just go online and there is a plethora of information about him and his life before, during and after his one and half year reign of terror. But he hasn’t had the Satan is my Superhero treatment yet!

This episode contains special guest star appearances from Manningtree, The Chelmsford Witch Trials, John Stearne, Edward Parsley, Frances Mills, Mary Phillips, John Gaule, John Lowes, Kenneth Copeland, Graves Hollow and their debut album Thrones of Decay.

Sauces

http://www.nzlii.org/nz/journals/AukULawRw/2003/3.html

https://www.history.co.uk/articles/the-life-of-matthew-hopkins-the-opportunistic-witchfinder-general

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/z3jb3j6/revision/6

https://www.gcsehistory.com/faq/matthewhopkins.html

https://www.controverscial.com/Matthew%20Hopkins.htm

https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/14015/pg14015-images.html 

In this episode we will finally get to the WITCHES of Shakespeare’s Macbeth!

Because of course, let us not forget it is our Spooky Month Special!

The witches are in fact the very first characters to appear onstage. Act 1, Scene 1, A Desert Place. The trio speak in a different rhythm to everyone else in the play. This allows their vocal performance to sell their otherworldliness. Described by Shakespeare as weyward sisters in the first folio, refer to my excellent description of what the first folio is, in the last episode. These ladies are from the Upside Down. They’re from Bizarro World. They come from a place where evil is good and good is evil. Despite all the evidence I provided in the last episode, I can still legitimately argue these weyward sisters are witches complete with withered in wild attire and facial hair! 

In this episode we dig around in the garage to find the plastic storage tub filled with Halloween decorations and cover the house in them for the next 31 day of our Spooky month special.

It’s witches bitches!

That's right for the next 5 Tuesdays in a row we will be delving into the wicked world of witchcraft.

We kick spooky month off as we mean to go on and dive right into the witches of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Shakespeare never calls the 3 sisters in Macbeth, witches. The source material that inspired him to write the play never calls them witches. They might not be witches. So if Shakespeare didn't call them witches, what did he call them and where does that leave us?

Of the many plays he wrote Macbeth is one of the most famous. The Tragedie of Macbeth was first performed in 1606. While the play is based on real historical people, Duncan, Macbeth and Malcolm really were kings of the Scots. The play does not necessarily follow the actual events.

Shakespeare uses the plot of Macbeth to create a cautionary tale for any would be usurper looking to dethrone any rightful monarch. Oh and coincidentally, Shakespeare’s employer/patron at the time WAS the ‘rightful’ monarch of England. This employer was also massively into the hunting and killing of witches. So yeah.

Episode features cameos from John Heminge, Henry Condell, The First Folio, Holinshed’s Chronicles is a comprehensive history of England, Scotland and Ireland, Simon Forman, The Globe Theatre, London and Macbeth.

Alors que la rentrée scolaire a déjà eu lieu dans de nombreux pays, nous verrons comment l'éducation aux médias et l'information peut être insérée dans un programme de cours, notamment avec l'exemple de la Finlande. Et puis, en amont de la semaine mondiale de l'EMI, qui se tiendra le mois prochain, fin octobre, nous aurons également l'occasion de parler d'autres initiatives d'EMI au Québec et en République démocratique du Congo avec nos invités.

Invités :

• Kari Kivinen, responsable du développement de l’éducation aux medias à Faktabaari et maître d’œuvre du Digital Information Literacy Guide
• Line Pagé, présidente du Centre québécois d'éducation aux médias et à l'information et journaliste depuis près de 40 ans.
• Sammy Mupfuni, directeur général de CongoCheck depuis 2018, mais aussi journaliste indépendant et fact-checker congolais, pour CongoCheck Academy

Liens :

• CongoCheck Academy
• Le CQEMI
• Faktabaari
• Les chiffres de l'OSCE sur l'EMI en Finlande
• Le sondage selon lequel près de 9 personnes sur 10 ont déjà cru en une fausse information
• L'enquête du PISA sur la capacité des jeunes à distinguer les faits de l'opinion
• L'enquête Eurobaromètre selon laquelle 80% des européens estiment que la désinformation est un danger pour la démocratie

In this episode we examine chapter one of the Book of Revelation! The antichrist, conspiracy theorists, heavy metal, zombie movies, evangelicals, all my favourite things have been influenced by this book. And it has a half-naked sexually liberated temptress riding a dragon! 

Did you know you are blessed just to read it or hear it read? Did you now this book is a cornerstone of conspiracy theories like Flat Earth Theory and the Holy Trinity? Does it allude to the Holy Ghost or the Archangels? What’s the deal with John and the number seven? Will we see the saviour coming in the clouds? Will he or won’t he have a two edged sword in his mouth? Will he sound like a fart or diarrhoea? Did you know it gives you a description including but not limited to Christ’s breasts? And why does John mansplain away his poetic metaphors?