AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
1min snip
Finding Shadow in the Body (Thomas Hübl)
Pulling The Thread with Elise Loehnen
Unearthing the Roots of Cultural Narratives
The traditional seven deadly sins—sloth, pride, envy, greed, gluttony, lust, and anger—originated from later interpretations, having emerged from earlier thought that included sadness as an eighth sin. Pope Gregory’s sixth-century teachings reshaped these ideas into cardinal vices, discrediting Mary Magdalene by labeling her a penitent prostitute, a narrative that was cleared only recently. This illustrates how cultural stories and biases form and persist, affecting perceptions of gender, where women are socialized towards goodness while men are taught to pursue power, resulting in insidious impacts on societal norms and individual identities.
00:00
Transcript
Episode notes
Get the Snipd
podcast app
Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
AI-powered
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