Episode 11: Garbage Soup

What year is it? This is an easy one, right? This can't possibly be a controversial question, right? Wrong. Various theories abound about "phantom time" and what year it really is, for reasons that are sometimes pretty obvious and in another case kind of ambiguous. What year is it really? Is history completely fabricated? How much do we really know about our own past? Sometimes simply injecting doubt sparks a whole new discipline. But what we really want is some hard evidence. 

This week we look into a religion that a lot of people know, but most people don't know much about. To be honest, we're not in the interest of picking on any one religion (though we've talked religion before), but the relatively little most people know about Jehovah's Witnesses sent us off on this goose chase. There's a lot to learn, a lot that sounds familiar, and a lot that just kind of breaks out hearts. Settle in with a tasty bowl of miracle wheat for another Goose Chase. 

The Peasants' Crusade comes to an end. Turns out they've just been chasing geese to Jerusalem.As always, maps and sources available at historyoftheoutremer.wordpress.com and new episodes every other week. Feel feel to drop a few bucks into my digital tin can- https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=EPV66V5KYPQR2

The party travels to Targos to avenge their fallen friend, Ronaldo, but much has changed in Targos since Shandar was there last. Has the party gotten themselves into a wild goose chase? And why is everyone referring to Gavin as "commander?..."