092 THE SKULLS (creepy but maybe comforting neolithic plastered skulls from Jericho)

Veering wildly between reflections on death and bodies in the contemporary world, jokes about professional wrestling, ambulances passing by, rumination on how ancient people thought about burial and the afterlife, and with a major and free idea for others for a publication (hint: where do people who attend megachurches get buried?)—this is what you need for Halloween. Or any time. We’re back for the 8th season and 4th year of new podcast episodes from Weird Religion.

The skulls we’re talking about have their own Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastered_human_skulls

Some more on the skulls: https://www.ashmolean.org/jericho-skull

Archaeologist Dr. Karina Croucher: https://www.bradford.ac.uk/staff/kcroucher; https://twitter.com/karinaktc

Paul Bearer (WWF/WWE): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bearer

Brian’s paper on the buried infant at Ashkelon: https://bit.ly/3DnEiil