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I'm halfway through part 6 of the Byron de la Beckwith episodes. Maybe I don't speak for all listeners.

But Molly, please, never, ever apilogise for getting "bogged down" on issues like the timeline of the reformation of the KKK in Mississippi. This is the sort of research anyone looking for the truth in history loves to find. It's the sort of research anyone with a passion for justice appreciates. It certainly seems far more detailed than anything kept by the FBI, who you'd think would be interested.

I admire your work so much. Never doubt you're one of the best of the good guys.

I live on the continent of Australia, which impacts my ads. I never get the Washington State Police, dick pills or Trump coin. But, I do get ads from the Ad Council.

And, catching up on Weird Little Guys, I've once again realised just how TERRIBLY OPPRESSED we are here.

See, I live in a country where I don't have to ask a host if there are unsecured guns in the house before I visit them. I dont need the advice from the Ad Council about how to have this conversation with my friends before I visit.

I feel really sad about being so oppressed.

I live on the continent of Australia, which impacts my ads. I never get the Washington State Police, dick pills or Trump coin. But, I do get ads from the Ad Council.

And, catching up on Weird Little Guys, I've once again realised just how TERRIBLY OPPRESSED we are here.

See, I live in a country where I don't have to ask a host if there are unsecured guns in the house before I visit them. I dont need tbe advice from the Ad Council about how to have a conversation with my friends to ensure their guns are secure before I visit.

I feel really sad about being so oppressed.

As soon as Robert said "twelfth century" I KNEW he was going to be talking about Hildegard. These days I'm a food historian; but when I went back to uni my original plan was to be a Hildegard scholar. Primarily, she's known as a Prophet; this doesn't mean someone who tells the future, it means someone who God talks to so they can tell everyone what God thinks. She wrote three books of prophecy (TL:DR world is going to shit), and also books about healing and natural history.... and letters. Loads and loads of letters. I had an Honours thesis and masters/doctorate thesis all laid out, but I realised I'd need to read a lot more about 12th century theology, and probably even learn medieval Latin, and neither option was interesting. (Plus I could not shut up about puddings and candy making.)

As well as the types of men and female orgasms, Hildegard was also a lot more clued up about actual conception than many contemporaries and people who came after her. She was aware of male seed and female seed, for starters, and she gave men some quite accurate advice about how to produce "strong seed" if they wanted sons, because it was the male seed thar determined the sex of the baby.

She was also a great believer in men being kind to their wives. Because if they weren't, the womb would turn sour, and the seed would turn sour, and the resulting child wouldn't be a good person.

She was definitely a Cool Person. I'm not quite sure if she did enough Cool Stuff to warrant the Margaret treatment, but maybe one day I'll dig out those thesis plans again and wax nostalgic about it.

I'm sure you're all still traumatised by recent pod subject and easily Top Ten Bastard of all time Jimmy Saville. After Saville died, the Metropolitan Police launched Operation Yewtree, to find out just how extensive the paedophile network was.

One of the people caught in Operation Yewtree was Rolf Harris. He was big in Britain, but it's fair to say he was like Jimmy Saville to Australia... possibly bigger. He was convicted of four counts of sexual assault in Britain, but sadly never faced charges in Australia. He died in 2023, though his death announcement was delayed by several days and his grave location is a closely guarded secret. It would turn into a paintball target and unisex toilet otherwise.

The *Weird Crap in Australia Podcast* has just dropped the first episode in a series about him. So if you want to know about Australian bastardry it will be an interesting listen, I'm sure, and I'm also pretty sure the podcast hosts, Holly and Matthew Soall will be able to explain just how awful it is to learn a beloved figure of your childhood is a total bastard.

I'm getting inundated with ads for a new health and fitness/weight loss AI app called BitePal. You do a simple, one minute quiz, and the app works out from this your optimum metabolism windows in order to help you lose weight. It will tell you when to eat and what to eat... and if you disobey the app you will make a cartoon raccoon sad. But if you follow the app the raccoon is made happy!

There's no way this can go wrong!

I'm getting inundated with ads for a new health and fitness/weight loss AI app called BitePal. You do a simple, one minute quiz, and the app works out from this your optimum metabolism windows in order to help you lose weight. It will tell you when to eat and what to eat... and if you disobey the app you will make a cartoon raccoon sad. But if you follow the app plan the raccoon will be happy!

There's no way this can go wrong!