Hello, hello and welcome to a very festive, a very Christian.

Short-hand, we're talking about the Holy Grail.

And I don't think it's too much of a stretch to say that the Holy Grail is the most sought-after object in all of human history.

Any other contenders that jump to mind for you?

The Ark of the Covenant.

Mm-hmm. Which apparently is in Ethiopia.

And it's in this church and in this like village.

So the Ark of the Covenant is what once held the Ten Commandment tablets.

They're gone. Nobody is claiming to have them.

But what they used to be in and

carried in is alleged to be in Ethiopia, where Christianity was before it was in Europe. And

there is a man who is selected to guard it at all times, and he has to guard it until he died.

And nobody wants that job. It's a very small population and every single one of them goes blind. And they say it's because of the Ark of the Covenant and they're having to look at it all the time. Fuck. Yeah, no wonder nobody wants it. I've got a fucking boring fucking job and you're blind. Yeah, exactly. Wow. So the Ark of the Covenant, but I don't think it would be as famous if it weren't for Indiana

Jones and the Nazis.

But I do think the Holy Grail is more famous.

Yes.

No, the only other thing that comes to mind, and it isn't, but it is just because it's a

throwback to the violin cupboard, the golden fleece.

What is the most sought-after thing in podcasting history? Golden fleece level audio.

So anyway, those hunting for the grail have many different reasons. Many believe it to be the actual cup that Jesus drank from at the

Last Supper. And plenty of believers hope that finding the cup might show once and for all that

the stories are real. But its value to many grail hunters over the years goes way beyond that,

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