What happens when the Cardinals take nearly 3 years to elect a Pope? You get conclave chaos, a roofless meeting hall, and a man named Teobaldo Visconti summoned home from Crusade to become Pope Gregory X. In this offbeat episode, I read from Archibald Bower’s vivid 1750 account of how one Pope cleaned up the mess with a decree that still governs papal elections today.⛪🗳️📜🌧️✉️
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Nudie Reads Aesop's Fables [S3E32]
Aesop’s Fables are timeless very short tales packed with wit, wisdom, and morals that still matter. Don't count your chickens before they hatch. Look before you leap. They've been educating and bringing joy for over 2600 years. Whether you're new to Aesop or grew up on these stories, there's something here for every curious mind.🐢🦊🐺🐸🦁
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Nudie Reads St Valentine's Day Massacre [S3E31]
Gritty, operatic, great writing from the underworld of Prohibition-era Chicago 1929. A vivid newspaper report on the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, one of the most infamous gangland slaughters in American history. 🍸🗞️🔫💔❄️🕵️♂️
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Nudie Reads Shakespeare Quality of Mercy [S3E30]
Shakespeare debuts on Nudie Reads! The Merchant of Venice (1596) delivers high drama in Act 4’s courtroom scene, with Portia’s “quality of mercy” speech and a cunning legal twist. Mercy, justice, and contracts collide in one of the many of the Bard’s timeless works. 🎭📜 ⚖️💧
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Nudie Reads St George & The Dragon [S3E29]
The story of St George is a corker. Slays a dragon, saves of princess, survives dreadful torture. Where does it come from? A rather odd English translation by publisher William Caxton of the 13th C classic collection The Golden Legend captured the weirdness. 🐉⚔️📖
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