HUMAN SACRIFICE AND CANNIBALISM

These episodes were done in parallel with Daniele Bolelli’s History On Fire series on the Spanish conquest of Mexico. They are a bit light-hearted and – wait, light-hearted is definitely not the right word for these episodes on human sacrifice and cannibalism. Let’s just say I had some fun with the topics, and they are not intended as thorough investigations of each topic. I really like #8, How to Serve Man, but all three were fun to research and make. I failed to provide much on the Aztecs, though, which means I owe you guys an episode or two in the future.

#7: A Drunken Introduction – I wasn’t quite done with the episode on cannibalism, so I thought I’d crack an Old Rasputin imperial stout and do an informal check-in with the listeners. The results were… mixed.

#8: How to Serve Man – An episode about cannibalism, what else? Definitely one of the more fun episodes to make.

#9: Sacrifice & Oppression at the Dawn of Tyranny – This is the only episode I’ve ever done on a deadline, and it shows. The end result is incomplete, but there’s some interesting information in there. It’s the last time I’ll allow myself to rush a project, though.