Think cancel culture is new? The Catholic Church invented it in the Middle Ages.Being burned at the stake was the ultimate deplatforming. In the 15th and 16th centuries, figures like Joan of Arc, Giordano Bruno, and Jan Hus faced the stake for the crime of heresy. But was heresy actually just a way to crush dissent?This week, medievalist and historian Eleanor Janega (@GoingMedieval) joins Katelyn and Christine to unpack history’s original cancel culture. From the Vatican's "Community Guidelines" to the trial of Galileo, we look at how institutions have always used moral panic to maintain power.Scheduling Note: Cancel Me, Daddy will return in January 2026. Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year! Thank you for tuning in—we appreciate you so much.&nbsp;Stream on our YouTube channel—remember to ring the bell! Listen via Apple or Spotify. Be sure to check out the merch store—Merch Me, Daddy!Links for Apple:<ul><li>Subscribe to the Gone Medieval podcast via <a href="https://shows.acast.com/gone-medieval" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">History Hit</a>, <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gone-medieval/id1564113746" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Apple</a>, or <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/4OkeBgJLymPhAmXL6krhnR" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Spotify</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>Follow Eleanor Janega on Bluesky: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/goingmedieval.bsky.social" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@goingmedieval</a></li><li>Buy Eleanor’s book, The Once and Future Sex: Going Medieval on Women's Roles in Society, via <a href="http://bookshop.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Flytrap Media’s Bookshop.org storefront</a>&nbsp;</li></ul>Cancellation List Patreon Supporters:Megg, I Beuregard, Alison, Siobhan Green, Maggi Joseph, Leslie Zavisca, Summer Lark, Amy Veeres, MattSee Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.

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