Why Young Men Are Obsessing Over The Leper King

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🗓️ 2 May 2024

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Unless you learned about him in history class, many people aren't familiar with King Baldwin IV -- the teenage king of Jerusalem known for his courage, bravery, and determination despite battling leprosy. Though his story was told in the 2005 movie, 'Kingdom of Heaven,' his legacy was largely left in the past...until now. University of Chicago Medieval History Professor Dr. Rachel Fulton Brown discusses why 'The Leper King' is now trending among Gen Z-ers -- with content about King Baldwin amassing over 29 million views on TikTok, and how this reflects many young people's craving for strong, masculine role models. Follow Sean & Rachel on Twitter: @SeanDuffyWI & @RCamposDuffy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey everyone. Welcome to From the Kitchen Table. I'm Sean Duffy, along with my co-hosts of the podcast, my partner in life and my wife, Rachel Campo Stuffy.
0:25.7	Sean, it's great to be back at the kitchen table. Guess what's trending on social media?
0:33.7	What? A medieval teenage king named King Baldwin the fourth. Let me tell you this. This is fascinating. Our daughter, Evida she she's like texting me she's like king
0:39.1	baldwin's trending um over three million likes over 29 29 million views over 12,000 videos have been made
0:50.6	on king baldwin the fourth um there's a trend where you put your hand up and you bow your head
0:55.7	head down. He's
0:58.2	known as the Leopard King.
1:00.1	He was a teenager. He ended up dying in his
1:01.9	20s. But Sean,
1:03.9	this is, to me, these things don't
1:05.9	happen in a vacuum. This is
1:07.9	because I think there has to be
1:10.5	a hunger, a desire among young men for a hero.
1:15.3	No doubt.
1:16.2	And I think it's interesting how a king from the 1100s is taking TikTok and Instagram
1:25.1	by a storm for young men.
1:27.1	Again, something remarkable has to be happening to get
1:29.9	that many views on videos of this Jerusalem King from so many years ago, which is why I think
1:36.7	it's so important to go, why? Well, who was he? Who is this guy? What did he do that was so
1:42.1	wonderful and so great? And why would he inspire kids today?
1:46.3	Right. That's the question of this podcast, which is why we thought it would be great to bring in a
1:52.8	professor of medieval studies. That's right. From the University of Chicago, no less, we have with us.
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