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Apr 2024
1h 43m

Women of Salem Invented Gay Pop

Blair MacMillan and Carley Thorne
About this episode

Carley leads Blair through a deeper-dive on some of the women convicted of witchcraft in the Salem Witch Trials. And, JoJo Siwa.


Also: voice notes, moving, the eclipse, Bridget Bishop, another lie we told, Sarah Bishop, Rebecca Nurse, The Giving Tree, door-knockers, Anne Putnam Sr's egg bites, allies, old YouTube, afflictions, cookin’ bread, Dorothy Good, imprisoned children, Elizabeth Proctor, the hottest ages, fashion tips and traumatic horrors, Abigail Williams, Arthur Miller’s definition of bad blood, Queen of Hell Martha Carrier, 7 foot 4, Martha Corey, Martha Bradbury, blue pigs, Susannah Martin, Ann Pudeator, Abigail Hobbs, biased obituaries, and our new favorite fact about Dorcas Hoar.


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Hosted by: Blair MacMillan and Carley Thorne

Produced by: Rob Moden

Music by: Jacob Ollivier

Cover artist: Nicola Lyttle

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