XMAS - Part 4 - Angels
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We are back! Just in time to bring you a gift for the season. Join Chris as he takes Marnee through humanity's long and deep history of Angels, why we created them, what purposes they served in our mythologies, and how they got to the image we all have today, maybe even sitting on top of our Christmas Tree. Have a Very Blasphemous XMAS! Researched, Written, and Edited by: Chris Setty Performed by: Chris and Marnee Setty Theme Music: Slow Fade by Thör
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Special Announcement!
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Don't you worry. We will be back Blaspheming with you very soon. Chris & Marnee have a LOT going on right now, but soon we will be resettled and back in your face with some fun stories of belief and the impacts they have had on society and culture.
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Vaxxing - Part 2
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Join Chris as he takes Marnee through the aftermath of Edward Jenner's world-changing contribution in Part 2. We discuss the very first global vaccination project and other developments that turn the tide in our fight against smallpox. We then turn our attention to the groups and people who, from day one, suddenly became "experts" in this brand new science, creating propaganda, preaching, and politically organizing against vaccinations. Ideas and fears that are held by increasing numbers today.
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Vaxxing - Part 1
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We get to live today, blissfully ignorant, unaware, and untouched by a mysterious, deadly killer that stalked humankind for thousands and thousands of years. It killed our children, took our eyesight, left us scarred and disfigured, if we even managed to survive its horrific attacks. This tale is *THE* story of how we came to live the long, potential-filled lives we do. How we fought back against this invisible, truly terrifying, serial killer - and how we should all thank our lucky fucking stars we won.
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The Sinister Left
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In this episode, Chris takes Marnee through a deeply ingrained belief around something considered innocuous today - the idea of the right hand versus the left. For millennia, our association of the left side, hand or way with evil and immorality. This belief crept into our religions, spiritual outlooks, languages, and even societal policy, impacting the lives of many left-handed people well into the latter parts of the 20th century.
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Human Rationality - Part 2
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Join us as Chris takes Marnee through some specific examples of how our brains are not wired for reason, logic, rationality, or a search for truth. Through scientific experimentation and research, we have learned a lot about how we actually operate. Spoiler alert: You're totally biased.
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Human Rationality - Part 1
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The human brain. It's about finding out truth and an objective picture of reality...there is something special about us compared to the rest of nature, something that makes us smarter, more logical, and more objective, right? Pretty much a ubiquitous belief amongst people. Join Chris as he takes Marnee through some interesting features discovered about our brains. Realities that indicate we aren't the rational creatures we think we are.
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The Blasphemous Ballad of Chris & Marnee
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On this episode, things get personal. Rather than tackling someone else's story of belief, we sat down and recorded our own. It was recorded exactly 30 years, to the hour, from when we stood at the altar and were married, January 25th, 1991. We thought that hearing our tale will help you understand where the Blasphemy! podcast came from, and allow you to get to know us better.
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The Notorious HPB - Part 4
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As we conclude our look at Helena Blavatsky - her life, influence, and impact on the world - Chris takes Marnee through the developments Theosophy would undertake in turn-of-the-century Germany. Ideas that would be formulated using Helena's supposedly supernaturally-obtained truth, slapped on to German social and racial movements, leading to Nazi death camps.
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The Notorious HPB - Part 3
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Listen in as Chris explains the information Helena claims to have gotten from the Masters via all kinds of shenanigans and cons. As she lays out her divinely inspired story of human evolution and development, we see her appropriation of "scientific" theories and ideas swirling around at the time. Ideas that laid the groundwork for racial struggles we are still dealing with.
info_outlineWe get to live today, blissfully ignorant, unaware, and untouched by a mysterious, deadly killer that stalked humankind for thousands and thousands of years. It killed millions of our children, took our eyesight, left us scarred and disfigured, if we even managed to survive its horrific attacks. This tale is *THE* story of how we came to live the long, potential-filled lives we do. How we fought back against this invisible, truly terrifying, serial killer - and how we should all thank our lucky fucking stars we won.
Researched, written, and edited by: Chris Setty
Performed by: Chris and Marnee Setty
Theme Music: Slow Fade by Thör