Welcome to Air and Mankies, Captain of Curiosity's, a production of I Heart Radio and Grimm

and Mild.

Our world is full of the unexplainable, and if history is an open book, all of these

amazing tales are right there on display, just waiting for us to explore.

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

Those who stand up for their convictions are often remembered for their dedication and

bravery.

Well, not everyone is remembered that way, exactly.

People like French philosopher and writer François Marie-Araway, although you probably

don't know him by that name, he's better remembered by his pen name, Voltaire.

But Voltaire wrote a lot.

To paraphrase a popular musical about a certain founding father, he was writing like he was

running out of time, composing everything from plays, novels, poems, essays, and even scientific

papers.

By the time he died in 1778, Voltaire had written tens of thousands of works, and although

he'd found popularity both domestically and overseas, he was not universally liked while

he was still alive.

The Roman Catholic Church loathed him for referring to Christianity as Propagandistic.

He also perpetuated a number of myths about the Church.

For example, he claimed that they had cut the number of gospels down from 50 to 4.

But Christianity and the Church weren't alone.

Voltaire seemed to aim his pen in any direction he deemed worthy of criticism.

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