When The Pope Went Full Goblin Mode

Softcore History

History, Comedy, Improv

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🗓️ 6 January 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Pope Benedict IX is often regarded as one of the worst men to take the papal throne. He ascended to the chair of Saint Peter at the age of twenty in 1032 after his old man bought him the position and he proceeded to indulge in habitual sins of the flesh, theft, murder, and even sold his power to the highest bidder. Benny was pontiff three times over the stretch of 16 years, survived assassination attempts and coups, and turned the vatican into a brothel. Find out why many in the Catholic Church refer to him as "a demon from hell disguised in priest clothing."

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0:00.0	The best way to support this podcast is to go to patreon.com slash softcore history, where you get two additional episodes every week, including a three-year evergreen back catalog of ad-free content.
0:17.0	On this week's episode, we're talking about a man who is perhaps the most disease-riddled pope in history.
0:23.8	Well, self-inflicted disease, potentially.
0:26.8	This pope liked the fuck.
0:28.2	He did.
0:28.8	This guy banged more than any pope in the history of popes, and I'm beyond certain of it.
0:33.6	So let's just get into it.
0:35.1	This week, we're talking about Benedict the 9th.
0:43.2	Welcome to Softcore History.
0:47.7	Welcome back to Softcore History, ladies and gentlemen.
0:51.1	It's been a long time.
0:53.2	No, it hasn't.
0:54.0	I don't know how to podcast. No, it hasn't for the
0:56.6	audience. But for us, it's been weeks. We haven't missed. We haven't. But I haven't been in the studio
1:01.5	in at least two weeks. I'm fucking cold. This is like the, this is like having a buy in the
1:08.6	MLB playoffs, right? Ice cold. Bats have gone cold.
1:12.4	Maybe the college football playoff. Maybe the college football playoff too. Yeah. Just ice fucking cold.
1:17.4	So, well, this is going to be a horrible show. It could be. Yeah. This is going to be just a mess. And Dan came in and was like, we're going to have to do a lot of gabbing today. I didn't ride a lot. I just drove 30 hours from Pennsylvania to
1:29.5	avoid a winter storm. Yeah. I had to leave early. It's all good. I feel excited for this year.
1:36.2	I feel excited for where this show's going, the direction. This is going to be the year of
1:40.5	softcore history. Now, we were wrong about that in 23 and 24. But third times a charm.
1:46.1	Surely we can't be wrong again. We had no illusions in 22. No. Head square on her.
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