The Popecast: A History of the Papacy Podcast
1) History Lessons with a Medievalist Memelord | Dr. Matt Ponesse
Dr. Matt Ponesse – or @medievalistmatt as he's known by so many – is a medieval history professor by day and a world-class memelord over on Instagram by…earlier in the day, as you'll learn in this epi...Show More
2) Interviewing the Pope | Elise Ann Allen
A very special guest indeed on this week’s show. I’m joined by Elise Ann Allen, Senior Correspondent for Crux in Rome, who recently conducted the first exclusive, extensive papal interviews of Pope Le...Show More
3) Can You Ask the Pope to Sign a Baseball? (w/ Fr. Rich Kunst)
Our favorite fellow papal history buff is back with us this week, Fr. Richard Kunst from the Diocese of Duluth Minnesota, here to talk about meeting Pope Leo XIV, his huge upcoming exhibit at the Mall...Show More
4) The Pope Who Put a Corpse on Trial (Stephen VI)
Imagine: A corpse that’s nine months dead is propped on a throne in full papal vestments, and placed on trial for various alleged offenses. A teenage deacon is assigned to answer questions on its beha...Show More
5) When the Normans Defeated the Pope at Civitate | w/ Memory Medieval
Special guest Michael Lentz of Memory Medieval joins the show this week to discuss the landmark Norman victory over papal forces at the Battle of Civitate in 1053. --MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE - Norman ...Show More
6) Charlemagne's Pope (St. Leo III)
Our pope this week bears a familiar name to us in the present day, was one half of a powerful alliance between a pope and one of the greatest Western kings to ever live, and even had something in comm...Show More
7) A Front Row Seat to the Papal Funeral and Conclave (feat. Anthony Johnson of EWTN)
FROM THE EPISODE: - Apply to the EWTN Summer Academy- Anthony's website: https://www.anthonyspqr.com- Follow Anthony on Instagram @anthonyspqr.com--Where to find The Popecast: PAID SUPPORT + NEWSLETTE...Show More
A Front Row Seat to the Papal Funeral and Conclave (feat. Anthony Johnson of EWTN)
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8) Bringing Ancient Texts Back to Life (w/ Dr. D.P. Curtin, Founder of the Scriptorium Project)
This one is easily one of the most unique topics we’ve covered on the show thus far. Our guest is Dr. D.P. Curtin, and he is the founder and editor of The Scriptorium Project, an initiative of collect...Show More
9) The Pope Who Predicted the Future (Pope St. Paul VI)
The guy we’re covering this week was nothing short of a prophet. He called out society’s future ills decades before they actually happened, and reigned as pope through the assassination of an American...Show More
10) The Original Pope Leo (St. Leo the Great)
Since there's a Pope Leo in the Vatican for the first time in over a century, we thought it might be nice to learn about the ORIGINAL Leo, who came to power at one of Catholicism’s first major turning...Show More