To crown the monarch of the United Kingdom, you need a 336-pound block of sandstone. But who really owns that big chunk of stone, and who was the thief who stole it from its rightful place?
This week on the podcast, we’re all about literature. We’ll be exploring the varieties of poetry and prose that have…
This week, we take a step away from politics to talk about two crucial subjects. First, we have the evolution…
If you’re going to accuse a gang of spirit mediums of practicing a banned religion on the down low, you have to prove they’re actually members of that religion. But what if your only understanding of how this religious group worships comes from stories about outrageous magical villains?
This week in the Revised History of Japan: in a bid to strengthen the power of the imperial family, Emperor…
Apologies for the delayed publication! This week on the podcast: the Nara Period! Japan has a new capital, and surely…
A group of spirit mediums found a way to use their psychic prowess to get rich in the physical realm. But when an investigator started looking into a suspiciously successful prosperity scheme, he uncovered a case of divine fraud.
Part four of our Revised Introduction to Japanese History is all about the Taika Reforms of 645 CE: what drove…
Part 3 of our Revised Introduction to Japanese History: the emergence of recorded history in Japan brings with it some…
Let’s dive into the dangerous, divine, and occasionally kinky history of trying to figure out who’s telling the truth.