Adventure of Forests of Cedar (Part 2)

A brief introduction to the Epic: its origin and significance to our lives. *** Image is of the famed eleventh tablet of the Epic of Gilgamesh, in which the tale of the Flood is related. Now housed in the British Museum, it was found in the pillaged remains of the royal library o ...  Show more

Preamble to the adventures, introducing Gilgamesh, king of Uruk, and alluding to the goddess Ishtar whose presence is preeminent among all divinity in this tale, and in whose temple are kept the tablets which are to be read to tell this tale. *** Image is an Akkadian representati ...  Show more

There are lots of different types of bodies in the world, but artist Fernando Botero focuses on the rounder kind--in this episode, Allyson tells you about Botero's 1998 painting L'Odalisque, and talks about how it relates to body image and ideas of the "other." 

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In this week's Gramophone Podcast, the conductor Ian Page joins Editor Martin Cullingford to talk about the music of the 18th-century composer Gluck, setting him in the context of musical developments of his time. The conversation marks the release of the new album from his ensem ...  Show more

The Hunt

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Written by: N.M. Brown and Narrated by: Owen McCuen

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Dark Woods: The Elmridge Grasp

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Narrated by: JV Hampton-VanSant

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Story link: <a href="https://creepypasta.fandom.com/wiki/Dark_WoodsTheElmri ...