Rare Earth

The Great Decapitation Game

Added 2022-01-29 19:00:04 +0000 UTC

Today's story is essentially made up. Apocryphal. Euphenia-esque.

My reasoning is that historians virtually don't know anything for a fact about the culture of the great cities of the Maya (explicitly, Yaxha during the post-classical period), nor precisely how the ball game operated and why it was played. But I wanted to tell a story about the unifying history of sports, based on one we often hyperbolize and misunderstand, and in turn this is crafted out of the most up-to-date research.

To put it simply, I just wanted to tell the story of the mesoamerican ball game, and this is what I came up with. A bit of a filler episode, I know, but I still hope you like it as much as I liked filming it!

As always, we are extremely appreciative of you guys being supportive. I can't say it enough that we simply would not be able to exist without you.

Love,

Evan (and Kata)