From incorruptible saints of the Catholic Church to Diogenes the Cynic, Christiana and Matthew discuss the question that has been debated for centuries: Do the bodies of the dead matter?
*Warning: Frank discussion of corpses and dead bodies.
Links to things discussed in the podcast or *used in their research:
- Sister Wilhelmina
- St. Anthony of Padua
- Video: How to tell if your saint is corrupt
- The Body Keeps the Score
- The Cult of the Beheaded by Elizabeth Harper
- Mutilated, Mystic, Heretic by Christiana Peterson
- Horror Movie Mom by Jessica Mesman
- The Changeling movie trailer
- *The Work of the Dead: A Cultural History of Mortal Remains by Thomas Laqueur
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