She reduced a city to ashes… and history eventually called her a saint.

This week, Jamie and Leo travel back to Viking Age Eastern Europe to unpack the unbelievable rise of Olga the ruler, widow, strategist, and one of the most calculating figures of the medieval world.

After her husband was murdered by the Drevlians, she didn’t just seek revenge, she engineered it. From burying emissaries alive to the infamous pigeon fire story that allegedly set an entire city ablaze, her retaliation was deliberate, theatrical, and devastatingly effective. But the story doesn’t end in smoke...

The same woman known for one of history’s most ruthless revenge campaigns would later convert to Christianity, become the first Christian ruler of Kievan Rus, and lay the groundwork for the region’s religious transformation.

So. what is legend, wha ...