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The Protestant Reformation started on Halloween, and this episode tells you why that actually matters.
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In this episode
- Why Martin Luther chose Halloween night to challenge the Catholic Church
- How the 95 Theses launched a movement that reshaped Western history
- A real history of Halloween woven into the story of Luther's protest
- Serious history delivered with enough humor to keep it from feeling like class
About this episode
It's Halloweeeeeeeen!!!! And we're celebrating by talking about...Martin Luther? That's right, the guy who hammered the "95 Theses" to the door of the Catholic Church was the founding father of Protestantism. And he did it on Halloween night! But it wouldn't be a proper holiday episode without a little history of the day itself, and constant interruptions from Will in an attempt to make Luther's sorty a little more...SPOOOOOOKY!!!
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About History. Rated R.
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