The Wicca Man: Exploring the Connection between the New Monarch and Pagan Beliefs

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The hosts discuss the influence of the classic British film, 'The Wicca Man', on the new monarch and speculate if he is referring to the green man from the film. They explore the genre of folk horror and its recent resurgence, highlighting the film's impact on the rise of neo-paganism.

Gabriel Attal, France’s youthful new prime minister, represents President Emmanuel Macron’s renewed push to pass policy reforms and to counter a resurgent far-right. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a landslide re-election of President Félix Tshisekedi has raised eyebrows—and tempers (7:41). And a look at how “The Wicker Man” may be the force behind a rise in paganism (15:30).

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