Hey friend and welcome back to the Renaissance English History podcast, a part of the Agora Podcast,

and the original Tudor podcast telling stories of 16th century England since 2009.

I am your host, Heather, and I'm a storyteller who makes history accessible because I believe

it's a pathway to understanding who we are, our place in the universe, and being much more

deeply connected to our own humanity.

So today, we are going to talk about spies, specifically Elizabeth the First's spy network. I've talked a little bit about some of the

figures involved. We talked about Francis Walsingham in an episode I did.

Back, gosh, close to 10 years ago, there was a 2015, I think, episode on Francis Walsingham.

You know what? I realize I have never done a full episode on William Cecil or Robert Sessel.

So I have added that to my list. You guys, I have a list that's like,

I don't know, four pages long of things I want to talk about and research and everything.

So some of those get turned into members only, patron only episodes, others become episodes on the main feed. Speaking of which, thank you to

the newest Patreon member, Una. Welcome, Una. Patrons get extra episodes, author chats. Depending on

what level you're at, you get a free tutor planner. You get courses, mini audio courses every month.

This month, the one I'm working on is on James I first and the Union of the Crown.

Depending on their level, patrons also get discounts to my merch shop, all kinds of fun stuff.

So you can get those perks in addition to the

warm, fuzzy feeling of knowing you are supporting an independent podcaster and creator by either going

to patreon.com slash Englandcast. That's patreon.com slash Englandcast. Or if you are listening to this on

YouTube, you can just click join this channel and you get the same stuff.

Whatever is easiest for you. I try to make it easy for you to support me. So it's like me helping you helping me.

Anyway, welcome Una. So like I said, some of the things on my list get turned into members-only minicasts, others go out on the feed,

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