History Lessons with a Medievalist Memelord | Dr. Matt Ponesse
The Popecast: A History of the PapacyShow Notes
Dr. Matt Ponesse – or @medievalistmatt as he's known by so many – is a medieval history professor by day and a world-class memelord over on Instagram by…earlier in the day, as you'll learn in this episode. His calling card is using the marginalia from ancient manuscripts – the little doodles off to the side of the text itself – sometimes irreverent, sometimes just odd, but always hilarious when seen through 21st Century eyes. -- [BOOK] A Canticle for Leibowitz: https://amzn.to/3LFqGa7 -- Find @medievalistmatt here (email) and here (Instagram). -- Where to find The Popecast: SUPPORT + NEWSLETTER: https://popes.substack.com YOUTUBE: @therealpopecast FB / Twitter / Instagram: @thepopecast EMAIL: [email protected] -- POPECAST MERCH: https://the-popecast-store.creator-spring.com
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We're joined this week by Isaac Smith, Director of Amici Vaticani, a non-profit cultural association that's designing and commissioning a custom papal tiara for our first American pontiff, Pope Leo XIV. Click here to learn more and donate to the project: https://www.amicivaticani.org/donate ------Where to find The Popecast: SUPPORT + NEWSLETTER: https://popes.substack.com YOUTUBE: @therealpopecast FB / Twitter / Instagram: @thepopecast EMAIL: [email protected] --POPECAST MERCH: https://the-popecast-store.creator-spring.com
Enough with the AI audio versions of the pope's new encyclical. Those all seemed to rather largely miss the point, so here's a fully human read-through of Pope Leo XIV's brand new encyclical on artificial intelligence, human dignity, integral human development, and so much more. -- READ THE DOCUMENT FOR FREE: https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/encyclicals/documents/20260515-magnifica-humanitas.html -- Where to find The Popecast: SUPPORT + NEWSLETTER: https://popes.substack.com YOUTUBE: @therealpopecast FB / Twitter / Instagram: @thepopecast EMAIL: [email protected] -- POPECAST MERCH: https://the-popecast-store.creator-spring.com
Katie McGrady – an author, podcaster, radio host, and Vatican Analyst for CNN – joins the show once again, this time to unpack Pope Leo XIV's new encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas. We get into everything from The Masters to the pontiff quoting Gandalf...maybe as a result of seeing a Katie's tweet? READ THE DOCUMENT: https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/encyclicals/documents/20260515-magnifica-humanitas.htmlFollow Katie: - Ave Explores Podcast: https://aveexplores.fireside.fm - Twitter/X: https://x.com/KatiePMcGrady - Substack: https://katieprejeanmcgrady.substack.com - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katiepmcgrady -- Where to find The Popecast: SUPPORT + NEWSLETTER: https://popes.substack.comYOUTUBE: @therealpopecast FB / Twitter / Instagram: @thepopecastEMAIL: [email protected] MERCH: https://the-popecast-store.creator-spring.com
Jonathan Liedl, Managing Editor of the National Catholic Register, joins the show to talk about his on-location documentary about how Pope Leo XIV's nearly two decades in Peru shaped his priesthood, and now his papacy. WATCH THE DOCUMENTARY: https://youtu.be/ziN1QrXh5vs?si=9zKoxhTHzOT_eXGM Follow Jonathan: https://x.com/JLLiedl -- Where to find The Popecast: SUPPORT + NEWSLETTER: https://popes.substack.com YOUTUBE: @therealpopecast FB / Twitter / Instagram: @thepopecast EMAIL: [email protected] -- POPECAST MERCH: https://the-popecast-store.creator-spring.com
On his first anniversary, a reflection on Pope Leo XIV's election as Bishop of Rome. Where were you on that day? What do you remember? -- Where to find The Popecast: SUPPORT + NEWSLETTER: https://popes.substack.com YOUTUBE: @therealpopecast FB / Twitter / Instagram: @thepopecast EMAIL: [email protected] -- POPECAST MERCH: https://the-popecast-store.creator-spring.com