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Episode: Drunkard's Cloak
Description: Rachel Teichman, LMSW, and Victor Varnado, KSN, take a historical detour to discuss the "drunkard’s cloak," a humiliating punishment for public intoxication. In medieval Europe, offenders were forced to wear a barrel as a form of public shaming. The hosts examine how this unusual penalty reflects changing attitudes toward alcohol over time. Find out just how far societies once went to keep order!Produced and hosted by Victor Varnado & Rachel TeichmanFull Wikipedia article here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drunkard%27s_cloakSubscribe to our new newsletter, WikiWeekly at...