Everybody loves a martyr - but did you know that martyrdom has more to do with cool woodcuts and Greek philosophers than it does with Jesus? In this episode, Vika tells Meg about how everybody in the 1600s considered everybody else the Antichrist and how the very anti-Catholic roots of martyrdom influence American culture today, from the origins of ancient Christian to Henry VIII, the Salem Witch trials, the Civil War, and the Columbine massacre. This episode features a plot twist that we will be thinking about for the rest of our lives and digressions on Bloody Mary and Animal Crossing noises.

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