The Real Witches Shakespeare Ripped Off

Softcore History

Improv, Comedy, History

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2023

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

There's nothing like the thrill of the hunt, and for King James of Scotland and England, his favorite prey was witches. This is the story of the North Berwick Witch Trials in late 16th-century Scotland, which were inspired almost entirely by how awesome contemporary witch trials in Denmark and Germany seemed to King James. Hundreds of innocent people were executed but at least we got Macbeth out of it.Subscribe to the Softcore History Patreon for hundreds of hours of extra history content including listener history questions, history movie watch-alongs, and weekly bonus episodes.Head to Policygenius.com to get your free life insurance quotes and see how much you could save.1stphorm.com/softcorehistory Free shipping on all orders over $75 when you use the link. Go to ghostbed.com/drinkinbros and use code DRINKINBROS for 30% off EVERYTHING (Mattresses, Adjustable Base, and more) -- plus a 101 Night Sleep Trial and Mattresses Made in America Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Softcore History. Ohhhhh
0:14.1	Ohhhhh. Oh! The What is up? Welcome back to Softcore History.
0:34.0	I am your host Rob Fox.
0:37.0	It is our last edition of Halloween Horror Month.
0:41.0	I'm joined as always by Dan Regester and Jake Goldman.
0:45.4	I'm a little witchy. The witchy? I'm a little witchy. Feeling a little witchy today.
0:50.3	I am dressed as Winnie the Pooh's second best friend, Tigger. Yeah.
0:55.4	I know him and piglet are boys. Yeah. Piglets. Is piglet just his friend?
1:00.4	Yes. I think they're all deeply asexual.
1:03.0	Have I mentioned on the show before?
1:04.0	They're all deeply asexual.
1:05.0	Yeah, but no, but after I had a kid, we start watching Winnie the Pooh a lot and I noticed for the first time
1:09.7	as an adult because I'd never watched Winnie the Pooh as an adult really before that
1:13.4	like clearly this is these kids imaginary friends and for whatever reason all his
1:18.3	imaginary friends are like 80 years old. That's true. troubling.
1:23.0	Yeah, they all are very old.
1:25.0	They're all old.
1:26.0	They all sound like old people.
1:28.0	Like, Winnie the person.
1:29.0	Oh, oh, I don't know.
1:31.0	Like it's just if it's literally if you go to a fucking nursing home,
1:35.3	the conversations that they have on Winnie the Pooh
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