Remarkable Providences is an exploration of Puritans and pettiness, magic and misogyny, gospel and government, and, of course, the Salem Witch Trials.

Remarkable Providences is an exploration of Puritans and pettiness, magic and misogyny, gospel and government, and, of course, the Salem Witch Trials.

Introducing Remarkable Providences

Feuds play out amongst righteously unfun Christian colonists in a sub-suburban Massachusetts Bay village looking to make a name for itself, and the only way to do that is to get a spiritual life coach. The result must rank as one of the most disastrous job searches in history. 🌐: https://whisperforge.org/remarkableprovidences 🐦: @RemarkablePod 💸: https://patreon.com/remarkableprovidences

Feuds play out amongst righteously unfun Christian colonists in a sub-suburban Massachusetts Bay village looking to make a name for itself, and the only way to do that is to get a spiritual life coach. The result must rank as one of the most disastrous job searches in history. 🌐: <a href="https://whisperforge.org/remarkableprovidences" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://whisperforge.org/remarkableprovidences</a> 🐦: <a href="https://twitter.com/RemarkablePod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@RemarkablePod</a> 💸: <a href="https://patreon.com/remarkableprovidences" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://patreon.com/remarkableprovidences</a>

01: The Parsonage

A petty, neurotic, spiteful village in need of a cheap win finds its match with a petty, neurotic, spiteful man in need of a cheap win.The importance of clear and equitable contract negotiation is impressed.  Portrait of Samuel Parris:  Courtesy: Wikimedia Commons 🌐: https://whisperforge.org/remarkableprovidences 🐦: @RemarkablePod 💸: https://patreon.com/remarkableprovidences

A petty, neurotic, spiteful village in need of a cheap win finds its match with a petty, neurotic, spiteful man in need of a cheap win.The importance of clear and equitable contract negotiation is impressed.  Portrait of Samuel Parris: Courtesy: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Samuel_Parris.jpeg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wikimedia Commons</a> 🌐: <a href="https://whisperforge.org/remarkableprovidences" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://whisperforge.org/remarkableprovidences</a> 🐦: <a href="https://twitter.com/RemarkablePod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@RemarkablePod</a> 💸: <a href="https://patreon.com/remarkableprovidences" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://patreon.com/remarkableprovidences</a>

02: Fourth Time's The Charm

The Parris girls are afflicted; we talk about what that means and why that matters, and debunk a few common theories about it while taking the long way down Lay Off Tituba, Y'all Lane. 🌐: https://whisperforge.org/remarkableprovidences 🐦: @RemarkablePod 💸: https://patreon.com/remarkableprovidences

The Parris girls are afflicted; we talk about what that means and why that matters, and debunk a few common theories about it while taking the long way down Lay Off Tituba, Y'all Lane. 🌐: <a href="https://whisperforge.org/remarkableprovidences" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://whisperforge.org/remarkableprovidences</a> 🐦: <a href="https://twitter.com/RemarkablePod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@RemarkablePod</a> 💸: <a href="https://patreon.com/remarkableprovidences" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://patreon.com/remarkableprovidences</a>

03: Under an Evil Hand

We read both Mather Reports and take a look at some of the cases of supernaturally-themed bigoted political murders that Salem residents might have seen before in this ostentatiously self-titled episode. 🌐: https://whisperforge.org/remarkableprovidences 🐦: @RemarkablePod 💸: https://patreon.com/remarkableprovidences

We read both Mather Reports and take a look at some of the cases of supernaturally-themed bigoted political murders that Salem residents might have seen before in this ostentatiously self-titled episode. 🌐: <a href="https://whisperforge.org/remarkableprovidences" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://whisperforge.org/remarkableprovidences</a> 🐦: <a href="https://twitter.com/RemarkablePod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@RemarkablePod</a> 💸: <a href="https://patreon.com/remarkableprovidences" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://patreon.com/remarkableprovidences</a>

04: Remarkable Providences

Oh my god. I can't believe this is the real episode title. We discuss the very scientific method that was used to track the witch afflicting Betty and Abigail, and Samuel brings a bunch of dumbasses to town to ask for advice. The first targets of what would become the trials are named. 🌐: https://whisperforge.org/remarkableprovidences 🐦: @RemarkablePod 💸: https://patreon.com/remarkableprovidences

Oh my god. I can't believe this is the real episode title. We discuss the very scientific method that was used to track the witch afflicting Betty and Abigail, and Samuel brings a bunch of dumbasses to town to ask for advice. The first targets of what would become the trials are named. 🌐: <a href="https://whisperforge.org/remarkableprovidences" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://whisperforge.org/remarkableprovidences</a> 🐦: <a href="https://twitter.com/RemarkablePod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@RemarkablePod</a> 💸: <a href="https://patreon.com/remarkableprovidences" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://patreon.com/remarkableprovidences</a>

05: Peece of Cake

This week, we're taking a deeper look at what Puritans mean by "witch," what we mean by "witch," why that's different, and why that matters. 🌐: https://whisperforge.org/remarkableprovidences 🐦: @RemarkablePod 💸: https://patreon.com/remarkableprovidences

This week, we're taking a deeper look at what Puritans mean by "witch," what we mean by "witch," why that's different, and why that matters. 🌐: <a href="https://whisperforge.org/remarkableprovidences" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://whisperforge.org/remarkableprovidences</a> 🐦: <a href="https://twitter.com/RemarkablePod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@RemarkablePod</a> 💸: <a href="https://patreon.com/remarkableprovidences" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://patreon.com/remarkableprovidences</a>

06: What We Talk About When We Talk About Witches

The town sits back and eats popcorn while three women fight for their lives against an imaginary charge they cannot refute. 🌐: https://whisperforge.org/remarkableprovidences 🐦: @RemarkablePod 💸: https://patreon.com/remarkableprovidences

The town sits back and eats popcorn while three women fight for their lives against an imaginary charge they cannot refute. 🌐: <a href="https://whisperforge.org/remarkableprovidences" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://whisperforge.org/remarkableprovidences</a> 🐦: <a href="https://twitter.com/RemarkablePod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@RemarkablePod</a> 💸: <a href="https://patreon.com/remarkableprovidences" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://patreon.com/remarkableprovidences</a>

07: The Usual Suspects

While Tituba fights for her life from the witness stand, we take a step back to discuss slavery. What fun! 🌐: https://whisperforge.org/remarkableprovidences 🐦: @RemarkablePod 💸: https://patreon.com/remarkableprovidences

While Tituba fights for her life from the witness stand, we take a step back to discuss slavery. What fun! 🌐: <a href="https://whisperforge.org/remarkableprovidences" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://whisperforge.org/remarkableprovidences</a> 🐦: <a href="https://twitter.com/RemarkablePod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@RemarkablePod</a> 💸: <a href="https://patreon.com/remarkableprovidences" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://patreon.com/remarkableprovidences</a>

08: Tituba: Origins

Heads up for some graphic depictions of colonial violence at 04:30-05:05 and 13:30-14:15. War haunts the Puritans of Salem. Trapped by their own hand in an endless cycle of bloody conflict against indigenous people, their conception of a Satanic enemy blurs with their image of the people they slaughter by the hundreds. Are the Puritans the bad guys? Additional Voices Josh Rubino as Robert Roules James Oliva as John Hathorne Danielle Shemaiah as Tituba 🌐: https://whisperforge.org/remarkableprovidences 🐦: @RemarkablePod 💸: https://patreon.com/remarkableprovidences

Heads up for some graphic depictions of colonial violence at 04:30-05:05 and 13:30-14:15. War haunts the Puritans of Salem. Trapped by their own hand in an endless cycle of bloody conflict against indigenous people, their conception of a Satanic enemy blurs with their image of the people they slaughter by the hundreds. Are the Puritans the bad guys? Additional Voices Josh Rubino as Robert Roules James Oliva as John Hathorne Danielle Shemaiah as Tituba 🌐: <a href="https://whisperforge.org/remarkableprovidences" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://whisperforge.org/remarkableprovidences</a> 🐦: <a href="https://twitter.com/RemarkablePod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@RemarkablePod</a> 💸: <a href="https://patreon.com/remarkableprovidences" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://patreon.com/remarkableprovidences</a>

09: The Woods

A spiritual crisis grips the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1692 that results in the deaths of twenty-five people and effectively ended a budding American theocracy. Remarkable Providences dives deep into the climate of purity and resentment that generated one of the most enduring–and misunderstood–American myths. Kate Devorak, a former Salem tour guide and current Salem nerd, takes us through the story of how fear, greed, prejudice, and zeal caused a community to nearly destroy itself from the inside out.Remarkable Providences is a podcast about Puritans and pettiness, magic and misogyny, gospel and government, and, of course, the Salem Witch Trials.

Panic increases as the accusers hone in on a new target, shocking the village. An old face returns to Salem.  🌐: https://whisperforge.org/remarkableprovidences 🐦: @RemarkablePod 💸: https://patreon.com/remarkableprovidences

Panic increases as the accusers hone in on a new target, shocking the village. An old face returns to Salem.  🌐: <a href="https://whisperforge.org/remarkableprovidences" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://whisperforge.org/remarkableprovidences</a> 🐦: <a href="https://twitter.com/RemarkablePod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@RemarkablePod</a> 💸: <a href="https://patreon.com/remarkableprovidences" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://patreon.com/remarkableprovidences</a>

10: Gospel Woman

We try to understand what Puritanism is, and what it isn't, while the people of Salem turn on one of their inner circle. Benjamin Franklin's aunt throws a shoe.  This episode features the voice of Chad Ellis. 🌐: https://whisperforge.org/remarkableprovidences 🐦: @RemarkablePod 💸: https://patreon.com/remarkableprovidences

We try to understand what Puritanism is, and what it isn't, while the people of Salem turn on one of their inner circle. Benjamin Franklin's aunt throws a shoe.  This episode features the voice of <a href="twitter.com/ChadManic" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chad Ellis</a>. 🌐: <a href="https://whisperforge.org/remarkableprovidences" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://whisperforge.org/remarkableprovidences</a> 🐦: <a href="https://twitter.com/RemarkablePod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@RemarkablePod</a> 💸: <a href="https://patreon.com/remarkableprovidences" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://patreon.com/remarkableprovidences</a>

11: City Upon A Hill

In this season finale, we explore the family at the heart of the 1692 trials, and learn some valuable lessons, like: don't sue your family members 🌐: https://whisperforge.org/remarkableprovidences 🐦: @RemarkablePod 💸: https://patreon.com/remarkableprovidences

In this season finale, we explore the family at the heart of the 1692 trials, and learn some valuable lessons, like: don't sue your family members 🌐: <a href="https://whisperforge.org/remarkableprovidences" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://whisperforge.org/remarkableprovidences</a> 🐦: <a href="https://twitter.com/RemarkablePod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@RemarkablePod</a> 💸: <a href="https://patreon.com/remarkableprovidences" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://patreon.com/remarkableprovidences</a>

12: Are You A Good Putnam Or A Bad Putnam?

We're back with a new batch of stories from the most toxic church group in all of American history (which is saying something). If you're new, start at episode 1. Accusers set their eye on a bedridden grandma. Also, they arrest a four-year-old for being in league with the Devil, and if you've met any kids that age, you would too! We use levity to keep composure in these tragic circumstances like this! Featuring James Oliva, Kristen DiMercurio, Vin Ernst, and Wil Williams.  🌐: https://whisperforge.org/remarkableprovidences 🐦: @RemarkablePod 💸: https://patreon.com/remarkableprovidences

We're back with a new batch of stories from the most toxic church group in all of American history (which is saying something). If you're new, start at episode 1. Accusers set their eye on a bedridden grandma. Also, they arrest a four-year-old for being in league with the Devil, and if you've met any kids that age, you would too! We use levity to keep composure in these tragic circumstances like this! Featuring <a href="https://twitter.com/realjamesoliva" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">James Oliva</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/kdimerc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kristen DiMercurio</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/SeriouslyVin" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vin Ernst</a>, and <a href="https://twitter.com/wilw_writes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wil Williams</a>.  🌐: <a href="https://whisperforge.org/remarkableprovidences" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://whisperforge.org/remarkableprovidences</a> 🐦: <a href="https://twitter.com/RemarkablePod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@RemarkablePod</a> 💸: <a href="https://patreon.com/remarkableprovidences" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://patreon.com/remarkableprovidences</a>

13: Rebecca and Her Sisters

Goody Proctor

The villagers begin to question the validity of the witch panic. Meanwhile, John Proctor's desire to pummel little girls is only matched by Kate's desire to pummel Arthur Miller. 🌐: https://whisperforge.org/remarkableprovidences 🐦: @RemarkablePod 💸: https://patreon.com/remarkableprovidences

The villagers begin to question the validity of the witch panic. Meanwhile, John Proctor's desire to pummel little girls is only matched by Kate's desire to pummel Arthur Miller. 🌐: <a href="https://whisperforge.org/remarkableprovidences" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://whisperforge.org/remarkableprovidences</a> 🐦: <a href="https://twitter.com/RemarkablePod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@RemarkablePod</a> 💸: <a href="https://patreon.com/remarkableprovidences" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://patreon.com/remarkableprovidences</a>

14: I Saw Goody Proctor With the Devil

As nights grow towards their darkest, we humbly supplant our usual content slot to an episode of our Patreon-exclusive dive into the 2014 WGN America series Salem. It's a bit like the Witch Trials, if (it's almost entirely unlike them, but) it had sPoOoKy and sexy real witches around your Cottons Mather and Johns Alden, kinda like Riverdale meets Sleepy Hollow. Join our Patreon for a whole season of RKP:AD now, plus a whole second season of Salem japes coming real soon!

As nights grow towards their darkest, we humbly supplant our usual content slot to an episode of our Patreon-exclusive dive into the 2014 WGN America series Salem. It's a bit like the Witch Trials, if (it's almost entirely unlike them, but) it had sPoOoKy and sexy real witches around your Cottons Mather and Johns Alden, kinda like Riverdale meets Sleepy Hollow. Join our Patreon for a whole season of RKP:AD now, plus a whole second season of Salem japes coming real soon!

Unlocked: Remarkable Providences: After Dark 01

Mary Warren's note tried to make things in Salem better. They got much, much worse. Especially for her. 🌐: https://whisperforge.org/remarkableprovidences 🐦: @RemarkablePod 💸: https://patreon.com/remarkableprovidences

Mary Warren's note tried to make things in Salem better. They got much, much worse. Especially for her. 🌐: <a href="https://whisperforge.org/remarkableprovidences" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://whisperforge.org/remarkableprovidences</a> 🐦: <a href="https://twitter.com/RemarkablePod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@RemarkablePod</a> 💸: <a href="https://patreon.com/remarkableprovidences" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://patreon.com/remarkableprovidences</a>

15: Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary

We're taking a bit of a break to finish this season of Remarkable Providences, so we're bringing you another episode of our Patreon side-podcast, Remarkable Providences: After Dark! You can get a whole season of episodes with any contribution to our Patreon!

We're taking a bit of a break to finish this season of Remarkable Providences, so we're bringing you another episode of our <a href="https://www.patreon.com/remarkableprovidences" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Patreon</a> side-podcast, Remarkable Providences: After Dark! You can get a whole season of episodes with any contribution to our <a href="https://www.patreon.com/remarkableprovidences" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Patreon</a>!

Unlocked: Remarkable Providences: After Dark 02

Abigail Hobbs wants to live deliciously. 🌐: https://whisperforge.org/remarkableprovidences 🐦: @RemarkablePod 💸: https://patreon.com/remarkableprovidences

Abigail Hobbs wants to live deliciously. 🌐: <a href="https://whisperforge.org/remarkableprovidences" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://whisperforge.org/remarkableprovidences</a> 🐦: <a href="https://twitter.com/RemarkablePod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@RemarkablePod</a> 💸: <a href="https://patreon.com/remarkableprovidences" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://patreon.com/remarkableprovidences</a>

The Abnormal Abby Hobbs

CW: This episode contains brief mentions of suicide at approx. 24:20-24:27 Accusations spread like a plague, or a haunted fog. Nehemiah Abbot gets off in front of everyone. 🌐: https://whisperforge.org/remarkableprovidences 🐦: @RemarkablePod 💸: https://patreon.com/remarkableprovidences

CW: This episode contains brief mentions of suicide at approx. 24:20-24:27 Accusations spread like a plague, or a haunted fog. Nehemiah Abbot gets off in front of everyone. 🌐: <a href="https://whisperforge.org/remarkableprovidences" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://whisperforge.org/remarkableprovidences</a> 🐦: <a href="https://twitter.com/RemarkablePod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@RemarkablePod</a> 💸: <a href="https://patreon.com/remarkableprovidences" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://patreon.com/remarkableprovidences</a>

17: A Little Out of Control

Holy moly. I need the second season! Is this a podcast or some sort of magical storytelling? Hmm, 🧙🏼‍♀️

Just... wow.

Love the no-nonsense perspective that still contains some humor. Truly excited for more!

Love it!

A spiritual crisis grips the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1692 that results in the deaths of twenty-five people and effectively ended a budding American theocracy. Remarkable Providences dives deep into the climate of purity and resentment that generated one of the most enduring–and misunderstood–American myths. Kate Devorak, a former Salem tour guide and current Salem nerd, takes us through the story of how fear, greed, prejudice, and zeal caused a community to nearly destroy itself from the inside out. Remarkable Providences is a podcast about Puritans and pettiness, magic and misogyny, gospel and government, and, of course, the Salem Witch Trials.

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