Nostradamus (Encore)

Everything Everywhere Daily

Gary Arndt

History, Education

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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In 1555, a French physician and astrologer named Michel de Nostredame published a book of poems titled Les Prophéties. Ever since people have been trying to interpret world events through his writings. Was Nostradamus a prophet? Was he a fraud? Or are people just reading way too much into a bunch of vague, random statements? Learn more about Nostradamus and how his writings have been interpreted on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Newspapers.com Newspapers.com is like a time machine. Dive into their extensive online archives to explore history as it happened. With over 800 million digitized newspaper pages spanning three centuries, Newspapers.com provides an unparalleled gateway to the past, with papers from the US, UK, Canada, Australia and beyond. Use the code “EverythingEverywhere” at checkout to get 20% off a publisher extra subscription at newspapers.com. Noom Noom is not just another diet or fitness app. It’s a comprehensive lifestyle program designed to empower you to make lasting changes and achieve your health goals. With Noom, you’ll embark on a personalized journey that considers your unique needs, preferences, and challenges. Their innovative approach combines cutting-edge technology with the support of a dedicated team of experts, including registered dietitians, nutritionists, and behavior change specialists. Noom’s changing how the world thinks about weight loss. Go to noom.com to sign up for your trial today! Rocket Money Rocket Money is a personal finance app that finds and cancels your unwanted subscriptions, monitors your spending, and helps you lower your bills—all in one place. It will quickly and easily find your subscriptions for you –and for any you don’t want to pay for anymore, just hit “cancel,” and Rocket Money will cancel it for you. It’s that easy. Stop throwing your money away. Cancel unwanted subscriptions – and manage your expenses the easy way – by going to RocketMoney.com/daily Subscribe to the podcast! https://link.chtbl.com/EverythingEverywhere?sid=ShowNotes -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Peter Bennett & Thor Thomsen Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Update your podcast app at newpodcastapps.com Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The following is an encore presentation of Everything Everywhere Daily.
0:04.0	In 1555, a French physician and astrologer named Michelle de Nostradam
0:12.0	published a book of poems titled
0:14.1	Le Prophecy. Ever since people have been trying to interpret world events through his
0:18.7	writings. Was Nostradamus a prophet? Was he a fraud? Or are people just reading way too much into a bunch of vague random statements?
0:27.0	Learn more about Nostrnamis and how his writings have been interpreted on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. The man we know as Nostradamus is just the Latinized name for Michelle de Nostradam. He was born in
0:55.2	1503 in Provence, France, to a family which had converted from Judaism to
0:59.2	Catholicism a generation earlier. The family name was changed from Gasonet to Nostradam, which means
1:05.6	Our Lady in what was believed to be an attempt to avoid the Inquisition. His father was a grain
1:10.8	dealer and his family was rather well off.
1:13.7	He was economically inclined.
1:15.4	He was educated as well as anyone probably could be in the 16th century, having been
1:19.4	instructed in mathematics, classical, Greek, and Latin, as well as astrology.
1:24.0	He attended the University of Avignon for a year, but had to leave after an outbreak of the
1:27.8	plague closed the school.
1:29.9	He then attended the University of Montpellier before being expelled when it was found out he was making money as an apothecary.
1:36.0	In 1531, he was married and had two children.
1:39.0	However, both his children and his wife were killed in a plague outbreak in 1534.
1:44.9	He spent several years in Provence fighting the plague and developed techniques that would
1:48.2	seem far more modern than what was being done by most physicians at the time.
1:52.6	For starters, he didn't bleed his patients,
1:55.0	and he encouraged the removal of corpses from city streets.
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