In the year 1329, Christine Carpenter was enclosed in a tiny cell in the walls of a church.

Christine actually volunteered to do this — she was becoming an “anchorite.” As an anchorite, Christine would be expected to spend the rest of her life in this cell in almost complete isolation. But the reason we know her name is that she did something very unusual. She broke out. Listen on Spotify | Apple Podcasts

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• LA’s Hippie Nun: Counterculture icon, artist…nun? A new art center in downtown LA is dedicated to the work of Corita Kent, also known as Sister Mary Corita, a nun and art teacher whose colorful and political Pop Art prints made her famous…and got her in big trouble. Listen on Spotify | Apple Podcasts