Episode 104: Encore! St. Patrick

This week's hero claimed to hear the voice of God instructing them to do His will. This Hero's interpretation of "His will" left a complicated legacy in its wake. We're back with a new episode - in a new format! Let us know what you think by sharing your feedback on Instagram instagram.com/yourheroespod or via email at [email protected]

Surprise! We’re sharing a bonus, previously-unreleased episode of a hero-revisited this week.

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Not everyone looks good on a horse, but today’s hero did. Todays hero also made a scene at the Oscars, ended up with only one lung, and was named after a dog, so maybe the horse thing isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.

This week’s hero has the sort of twisted ingenuity one needs in order to look at a pigeon and think, "I bet that bird could steer a rocket."

It’s rare for one person to write foundational texts on topics as diverse as biology, meteorology, philosophy, and politics. It’s also rare for a man to be ridden like a pony so hard that it permanently changes the theology of the Catholic church, but todays hero is full of surprises.

If you missed it last year, today is the perfect day to listen to this Encore St. Patrick episode! Every year cities across the world host parades, people throw cabbages at one another, and we toast to St. Patrick. Notorious for bringing Christianity to Ireland while also kicking the snakes out, this week we’re digging into the real story of St. Patrick’s life.

Victorian England was perhaps most well known for being, dare we say, prudish. This week's hero on the other hand, was...not. And while we love that for her(and Prince Albert), a bit of middle school sex-ed might have benefited all parties involved.

You know those headlines that leave you thinking, “At no point while reading that could I have predicted where it would go next?” That's the vibe of this week's hero.

The man who wrote the words “all mean are created equal” talked a good game, then kept his literal children enslaved for decades. Honestly that’s not even the worst thing he did, but springing that on you in the show notes didn’t really feel fair. *CONTENT WARNING* This episode discusses sexual violence, child abuse, and slavery. We encourage you to skip this episode if that content is upsetting to you or would damage your mental or emotional wellbeing in any way. Please take care of yourself.