Hello and welcome to the Renaissance English History podcast. I'm your host, Heather Tesco, and I'm a storyteller who makes history accessible because I believe it's a pathway to understanding

who we are, our own humanity, and our place in the universe.

This is episode 57, and it's about aliens and xenophobia in Renaissance England.

But before I get started, a few reminders.

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Reformation, Benjamin Jacobs uses the narrative of the Protestant Reformation and a large dose of

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So now, xenophobia.

I'm actually going out of order here to put out this episode because it's really important

and personal to me.

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