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The sheep hath paid for all

Season 5, Ep. 50
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We're back with our 50th episode on the truly fantastic sheep of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, from the Lamb of God to environmental justice, animal rights, and the lubricants that made the industrial revolution possible.

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  • 49. The Egotistical Eagle

    45:41||Season 4, Ep. 49
    The quintessential imperial attention whore.

  • 48. Leave it to the beaver

    49:20||Season 4, Ep. 48
    We journey from the clever self-castrating beaver of the Middle Ages to the near extinction of the North American beaver for the sake of European hats.

  • 47. So. Many. Snakes.

    44:26||Season 4, Ep. 47
    We explore the many versions of the Hydra.

  • 46. Carp e diem: Fish of the Day

    48:31||Season 4, Ep. 46
    For 400 years, the carp was the most popular fish in Europe. What made it so fantastic?

  • 45. The real dog man

    47:34||Season 4, Ep. 45
    Are dog-headed creatures people or beasts? Find out in this live podcast done at the Kalamazoo Medieval Congress. Our guest, Karl Steel, regales us with tales of the Cynocephalus.

  • 44. Wolf! Wolf!

    43:09||Season 4, Ep. 44
    From Beowulf to the guerrilla rewilding of Britain, guest Elizabeth (Lizzie) Marshall regales us with wolfish lore.

  • 43. And your little dog too!

    34:00||Season 4, Ep. 43
    Small, cute dogs that serve no practical purpose other than to make us go “awwww” turn out to have a long and fantastic history.

  • 42. There are no baby griffins

    39:56||Season 4, Ep. 42
    The griffin was both a ferocious beast and a maternal figure. Nobody took it seriously, but its image is everywhere in the pre-modern world from the Near East to Europe.