SPOOKY SPECIAL: Living Amongst the Dead, the Underworld & its Infernal Chthonic Cuties

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Liv Reads Homer: The Odyssey (A Modern Translation!) Book 14

Liv reads Book 14 of Homer's Odyssey, translated by Ian Johnston. Odysseus is home in Ithaca, time for more lies! This modern translation is used with immense gratitude to translator Ian Johnston and Vancouver Island University. Submit questions and prompts for future Odyssey rea ...  Show more

 . 1h 2min
RE-AIR: It Began With an STI, Origins of Athenian Theatre & Euripides’ Satyr Play, Cyclops

In celebration of all things Odyssey and Odysseus, we're re-airing the two part series on the ONLY surviving Satyr play... Euripides' Cyclops, a dick-filled farce version of Odysseus' encounter with Polyphemus... Part 2 re-airing soon! Liv looks at some of the more phallic origin ...  Show more

 . 41min 21sec

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