4min chapter

Behind the Bastards cover image

Part One: Savitri Devi: The Woman Who Turned Nazism into a Religion

Behind the Bastards

CHAPTER

The Magna Carta Is a Messy Bitch

Maximiliani Portis was disgusted by the abuse of cats by peasants on the French countryside. Her only real biographer, Nicholas Goodrich Clark, claims this disgusted her and turned her against mankind. Today we rightly revere cats as our moral and intellectual superiors but they have not always been beloved in the West. There's a long Christian tradition of seeing cats as demonic entities.

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode