E117 - Women and Healing | The Original Witch Hunt | 2
Published: February 3, 2026
Duration: 35:00
Women were humanity’s first doctors — midwives, herbalists and healers — until fear, religion and power turned care into a crime. This episode explores how women’s medical knowledge became witchcraft, and why healing women were systematically erased.
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