Sideways Boulevard

Sideways Boulevard


Podenstein's Lab #024: A Very Reliquary Christmas

December 17, 2018

Now that the bones of St. Nick have been found in Illinois, it's time we unrapped the gift of so many chunked-up chosen: Saintly Relics of the First Class. Body parts be errrwhere in episode 24 of Podenstein's Lab! From the history of holy hunks, to the juiciest saints of recent history, and how a nun's head relates to the holiest circumcision EVAR, this yuletide yakety-yak leads up to an interview with writer/photographer Paul Koudounaris, creator of the amazing book "Heavenly Bodies: Cult Treasures and Spectacular Saints from the Catacombs." Let the jingles run up and down your spine, as we get in the spirit of Christmas dissected in show 24 of Podenstein's Lab!