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EPISODE · Oct 18, 2025 · 38 MIN

The Book of Margery Kempe

from Mad Tea · host The Center for Mad Culture

In this episode, Matt and Megan journey into the life and words of Margery Kempe, a 15th-century English mystic whose uncontrollable weeping, visions, and pilgrimages made her both revered and reviled. Told through a mad perspective, the conversation explores how her tears became testimony, how her voice survived interrogation, and how her story continues to challenge the boundaries between faith, madness, and power.Listeners will discover how The Book of Margery Kempe the first autobiography in English, was dictated, lost for centuries, and rediscovered in 1934, reawakening a voice that still refuses silence. From medieval marketplaces to modern conversations about madness and identity, this episode invites reflection on what it means to live fully, speak boldly, and cry without apology.

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