The story that a woman disguised as man was once elected Pope has been
floating around since the 1200's. In fact it was widely believed for hundreds
of years that there had once been a real female Pope. But during the tumult of
the Protestant Reformation the story was rejected by the Catholic Church, and
it has subsequently been scoffed at as a myth. Was Pope Joan just a strange
medieval legend, or was her legacy erased by a conspiracy? Tune in and find
out how transvestite nuns, anti-popes, and a weird chair with a hole in the
seat all play role in the story!
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