Season 2: Episode #41: Was Hildegard de Bingen gay? with Lauren Cole

In this episode, Kelsie and Brooke chat with Lauren Cole a PhD candidate at Northwestern University about the amazing theologian and nun Hildegard de Bingen and the more personal aspects of her life, examining one close relationship she had with another nun at her convent. Cole is insistent: Hildegard was gay. Let's get into this. 
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Lauren Cole is a PhD candidate at Northwestern University. Her research is in the medieval era, concentrating on Hildegard de Bingen.
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