Pontifacts Podcast

19/08/2024

Pope Donus II is out now!
Many academics believe this pope never existed, but we've uncovered some *very real* sources that suggest otherwise...

https://pontifacts.podbean.com/e/bonus-pope-donus-ii/

05/08/2024

Introducing Pope Benedict VI!

How can we talk about Benedict VI, when everything attributed to him is either a forgery or a misunderstanding? In his episode, we discuss the many confusions, repeated Roman rebellions, and papal fanfiction (Submit your creations for Pope Donus at [email protected]!) Support Pontifacts: Patre...

31/07/2024

LAST CHANCE!!!
This is your reminder that if you want to write Donus fanfiction, you have a WEEK to do so and submit!!!

28/07/2024

The Great Re-Miracling is now complete! Thanks again for your patience!

26/07/2024

This is a heads up that this weekend, we're going to begin putting out the re-miracled episodes! These will replace the old versions, so it shouldn't be disruptive, but if anything goes wonky in our feed over the next week, please let us know!

I also want to thank EVERYONE who participated in the Great Re-Miracling! You, and our wonderful editor Popeular History, have made what could have been a painful process, liberating instead.

And, if you're worried you missed the boat, we will continue to accept new soundbytes ongoing, at our podcast email: [email protected]

22/07/2024

NEW EPISODE: We're wrapping up our half way retrospective with a look at the periodization of the papacy!

As we wrap up our retrospective on the first half of Pontifacts, join us as we discuss the periodization of the papacy. Witness how the pope went from insignificant cult leader to supreme temporal and spiritual authority over a thousand years of ups and downs!

21/07/2024

In Hawaii, Fry and I sought out the most cursed caricaturists who famously roast the hell out of people.

Behold, what we looked like standing in line, and the art, which we'll be submitting as our headshot for future conferences 😂

09/07/2024

Can you believe we've reached the HALFWAY point?!
Join us as we look back on our top scorers, and why they did so well!

https://pontifacts.podbean.com/e/bonus-halfway-re-cap/

06/07/2024

I've completely forgotten to post this all week, but we're currently together in Hawaii!
No popes in sight...

24/06/2024

We've arrived at HALFWAY!!!!
Introducing Pope John XIII

https://pontifacts.podbean.com/e/135-john-xiii/

14/06/2024

A reminder that we are still accepting Pope Donus fan fictions!

11/06/2024

This weekend, podcast worlds collided as "Pontipalooza 1.0" got underway for nerdy fun and chaos!

Including:
, , No time to Bleed, Quest for Power

10/06/2024

Introducing Pope Leo VIII!

Is Leo VIII a pope, an antipope, or both? In his episode, we discuss his legitimacy, his crimes, and investiture fraud. Support Pontifacts: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pontifactspod Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/pontifactspodcast Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/pontifactspod Amazon Wishlist:...

27/05/2024

And we're back to the main feed of episodes! Introducing Benedict V!

With Benedict V, we've reached the end of the Saeculum Obscurum! Has anything changed? Not really!In his episode, we discuss the defiance of the Romans, blockades and famines, and whether or not "the pope went to the beach."

21/05/2024

🎉 It's our anniversary! Today marks 6 years of Pontifacts, which feels surreal and wonderful to say.

We've just finished releasing our Passion of the Heist special and in just 2 weeks we will be celebrating together in person (and a whole group for podapalooza!), so I don't have any anniversary content to post today, but I want to say THANK YOU to all of you! Thank you for every download, listen, rating, review, message, and moment of support! Thank you for helping us make this happen. 🧡

17/05/2024

Our Intelligent Speech presentation is now out for your viewing pleasure! Join us as we discuss the history of the Popemobile:

Bry and Fry of PontifactsPontiVroom!Pontifacts explores the history of the Popemobile, covering how papal transport has adapted in the face of kidnappings, a...

13/05/2024

It's here! The finale of Passion of the Heist! The thrilling, baffling conclusion!

Welcome to the FINAL part of the Lost Easter Special! Easter (On Sunday Sunday Sunday!) is the holiest time of the Catholic year, and to celebrate, we invited a group of our favourite podcasters to participate in an actual-play Easter-themed D&D adventure. And now that we're coming up on our pod...

20/04/2024

If you're looking for something new and entirely different from what we do, check out this episode Bry did with Trevor Culley for Secret Wars - where she got to be the layperson, for history she knew nothing about!

A C-17 taking off from Base Aerienne 201 via Wikimedia Location of Tongo Tongo via Google Earth Trevor is joined by Bry Jensen of Pontifacts () to discuss the worst American military …

15/04/2024

Part 2 of the Passion of the Heist is here now!! Things start getting strange...

Welcome to the Lost Easter Special!Easter (On Sunday Sunday Sunday!) is the holiest time of the Catholic year, and to celebrate, we invited a group of our favourite podcasters to participate in an actual-play Easter-themed D&D adventure. After waking up in the catacombs, the disciples of Oily Jo...

10/04/2024

We've just finished recording, and we've had a bit of a crazy idea.

I have just introduced Fry to Pope Donus II, the pope who never existed. He was recorded in several sources as an error, following pope Benedict VI, reigning for "a year and a half" before Pope Benedict VII.

HOWEVER, Fake Pope Donus II does have a portrait in St Paul's Outside the Walls! And as a result, we've decided he needs a rating, and we'd like to invite you all to have a little fun with it.

So we're putting out a call for... ridiculous papal fanfiction! Anyone who wants to write a bio for this fake pope can submit it, and we will read it out, as well as how he would score!

Non-Mandatory Hints/Prompts:
• Known as Donus II or Domnus
• Papacy: June 974-December 975
• between legitimate Popes Benedict VI and Benedict VII
• After the death of Emperor Otto I
• Predecessor was murdered
• Can include antipopes
• Portrait: https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2H1K33B/pope-donus-ii-non-existent-pope-who-was-at-one-time-shown-in-the-official-lists-of-popes-in-the-basilica-of-saint-paul-outside-the-walls-rome-italy-2H1K33B.jpg
• Be as creative as you like!

These will air after episode 136 (currently scheduled for August) but you can start submitting now! Email [email protected] your wild and whacky pope tales!

03/04/2024

It's a momentous day for the podcast! Last night, we recorded our *half way* pope, and today we've hit 900k downloads! A huge and heartfelt thank you to all of you who have listened, rated, reviewed, shared with your friends and more!! 🧡🧡🧡🧡

31/03/2024

ITS HERE! The lost Easter Special is no longer lost! 🐇🐣🥚

Introducing the Passion of the Heist!

Welcome to the Lost Easter Special!Easter (On Sunday Sunday Sunday!) is the holiest time of the Catholic year, and to celebrate, we invited a group of our favourite podcasters to participate in an actual-play Easter-themed D&D adventure. Join the disciples of Oily Josh as they attempt to rob the...

25/03/2024

Following our announcement of the Great Re-Miracling, we have ANOTHER announcement: This Easter, we will finally be releasing the LOST EASTER SPECIAL!! 🐇🐣
You are not prepared.

23/03/2024

We are undertaking a new project over at the Pontifacts Conclave, and we are requesting your help. This project, which we’re going to call “The Great Re-Miracling”, is our effort to go through all our currently released episodes and remove the "Miracles" sound effect (Voiced by Fry's ex-husband) and replace them with new ones – for very obvious reasons.

But you see, we’ve put out a lot of episodes! And while I can start to narrow down which episodes we’ll hear a miracle in, we don’t have any time stamps for where these appear in said episodes at the moment. So we are asking, if you are interested and able, or happen to be doing a relisten, to help us catch the timestamp location of the “miracles”, and send them our way.

Here is a form where you can submit them! https://tinyurl.com/Pontifactsmiracles

Additionally, to make the re-miracling extra fun, we’ve put a call out to all our podcasting friends, who will be recording new soundbytes for us! I’d love to have a good variety, so I will also extend the call to you, our listeners. Ideally, we’re looking for male voices, and if you're willing to help us out, please record yourself saying "Miracles" in your best NPR/holy voice (or you could give us a different take of your own) and email it to [email protected] with subject "miracles"

Thank you!

Help us take the audio trash out, and make this podcast miraculous again!

18/03/2024

Introducing Pope John XII, one of the worst popes in history!

https://pontifacts.podbean.com/e/132-john-xii/

17/03/2024

Are you ready for one of the worst popes in history!?
You better be, because his episode comes out tomorrow!

04/03/2024

WE'RE BACK!!
Introducing Agapetus II:
https://pontifacts.podbean.com/e/131agapetus-ii/

Thank you all for your patience and support, particularly for Fry- it's meant a great deal to us!🧡

Agapetus the sanctissimus came to the papacy during the Italian hurly-burly, and there was plenty to contend with. In his episode, we discuss the arrival of the otters and badass medieval women, and Fry gets frazzled about technological Scandinavian kings.

09/02/2024

For reasons that will make sense later, it might be possible that I will finish writing 6 entire Pontifacts episodes this week. 🤯 IFYKYK

27/01/2024

Announcing KING OF THE REXY CASTLE!

Next Saturday, February 3rd, join many of the Rexypod family pods as we livestream and silly-voice our way through the King of the Castle game!

Click the link below to watch, and see your time zone information: https://www.youtube.com/live/w6nAz_2fGUo?si=ZHOUP8cVehLUCPyl

Join the various RexyPods playing King of the Castle! Shenanigans will ensue.

24/01/2024

This post is to announce the unfortunate but important news that Pontifacts has to go on hiatus, starting now through February.

This is so Fry can finalize her divorce, move, and get settled. Some of you have already guessed, yes, this was at the heart of our unexpected and long-term hiatus last year. The situation Fry is leaving has been *of concern* and continues to pose many obstacles, so it is of the utmost importance to me to support her unconditionally.

But never fear!! Fortunately this time our hiatus will not be indefinite! We can confidently say that we will be returning with a release (and a backlog) on March 4th! Recording will become a much easier process when Fry is in a good and safe place.

Thank you for your understanding, we will see you in March!