Parhaat Scylla Podcastit (2024)

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Choose Your Own Adventure: Scylla, Charybdis, and Tradeoffs 1:01:28

3d ago1:01:28

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We're nearing the last leg of Odysseus' journey, and he's really caught between a rock and a hard place. Between the devil and the deep blue sea. Between...well, between Scylla and Charybdis. After a dramatic turning point among the dead, Odysseus is now faced with what he says is the saddest and most pitiable horror he has ever seen on all his suf…

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Star Trek: Scylla - E03 1:30:58

4d ago1:30:58

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The crew of the U.S.S. Scylla fight their way through a Tholian armada to reach safety --- History Repeats Itself by FSCM Productions | https://fscmproductions.bandcamp.comMusic promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/#StarTrek #StarTrekAdven…

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Aboard The DEV Pandora 1: SCYLLA 2:04:24

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A month ago the Dimensional Exploration Vehicle Pandora automatically checked in with NASA from its orbit around Mars. The problem is that Dimensional Exploration is still a theoretical field without any ships capable of it. The shadowy government agency, CLOAK (Calculated Logistical Offensive Actions and Knowledge) has assembled a fire team to go …

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Rate My Translation: Comparing Versions of the Odyssey (Words, Words, Words 29) 39:32

6h ago39:32

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We're so back, folks--it's Words, Words, Words, our series on translation! Election or no, we stay translating Homer. This time I've taken one of the passages from our Odyssey walkthrough--the summoning of the dead in Book 11--and compared versions from the 1700s to today. What sorts of compromises do translators have to make, and how well have dif…

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Aboard The DEV Pandora 3: Home 1:48:52

3d ago1:48:52

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Fireteam Alpha has made it home one team member down. Now for the rest of their lives Cast Calliiope: Abhishek Finley: Mak Fiona: Jess Karl: Friendacle The Game Mother: Chell Aboard The DEV Pandora is played in The Alien RPG Find Us Online: Twitter: www.twitter.com/dicefiends Discord: https://discord.gg/ZGDQaKn6ca Twitch: www.twitch.tv/thedicefiend…

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Special Episode: My Conversation about Science and Faith with Professor Brian Keating 1:33:35

4d ago1:33:35

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It's been just under a week since my new book, Light of the Mind, Light of the World was released. In that time, I've been privileged to have a whole array of wonderful conversations about the book and its themes. One of the most stimulating, wide-ranging, and enjoyable of those was with the UCSD physicist Brian Keating, who asked well-framed and f…

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Andrew Klavan: What Comes After America's Decline? 34:38

7d ago34:38

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I was startled when I walked into my living room today to find Andrew Klavan (no relation) sitting in my chair! But while he's in town I thought we might as well talk about his new book, A Woman Underground, the latest in the Cameron Winter series. It's a detective story that's at once gripping and intellectually fascinating, so we explored some of…

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Aboard the DEV Pandora 2: HOPE 2:03:43

10d ago2:03:43

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CW for: Body Horror and loss of personhood. Fireteam Alpha has boarded the Pandora only to find the crew dead and the Ship's AI having gone rogue, calling itself Anesidora. Now the anomalies aboard the ship are loose and SCYLLA is refusing to let them back to safety without samples. Cast Calliiope: Abhishek Finley: Mak Fiona: Jess Karl: Friendacle …

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The Texas Chainsaw Underworld 1:07:27

10d ago1:07:27

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It's about time for our Halowe'en special--and as luck would have it, I can think of no more chilling or eerie storie than the one we have to tell today. It's Odysseus' meeting with the shadows of the dead in the Odyssey Book 11. In it, both Odysseus and Homer must confront the ultimate existential crisis and grapple with the possibility that life …

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The Angel on the Hilltop 35:20

14d ago35:20

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Who doesn't love a free sample? This week, to change it up, I'm offering a sneek peak behind the paywall at rejoiceevermore.substack.com, where I've been creating an audiobook of John Milton's epic Paradise Lost. Hard to believe it's almost done! But to entice you to join, and to solicit suggestions for what to record next, here's the latest instal…

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Thoughts and Prayers for Odysseus: Circe's Island 58:06

17d ago58:06

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Life is very hard for Odysseus. He's lost comrades to war and to people-eaters of both the one- and two-eyed varieties. He's far from home, wandering at sea, and now, after all that...he has to go to bed with a beautiful goddess. Please bow your heads in a moment of silence. Truly, though, the island of Aeaea, where Circe the witch lives, does repr…

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Is there Objective Reality? (Words, Words, Words 28) 34:05

21d ago34:05

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Translation should be impossible--but it works. Does that prove there's such a thing as universal, objective reality? For that matter, what would "objective" reality even mean? This week, thanks to a listener question, I'm lead to the heart of these ancient mysteries via Aristotle, Kant and...Kanye West? Plus: the Light of the Mind book tour begins…

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Wicked West 3: Yee (and I cannot stress this enough) Haw! 50:25

24d ago50:25

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3 Vampires and their dog, who's also a guy who's a vampire, take the fight to the big bad. Thanks to @KeylligraphyInk for the logo design. The tracks used in this episode are Enemy Spotted by Jess who you can find on twitter @ oneshotminiboss, I Know Where You've Been by Forget the Whale. I Know Where You've Been is from Freemusicarchive.org and ar…

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Cyclops Nationalism: The One Thing Worse than Politics 1:00:30

24d ago1:00:30

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Ah, the state of nature: a peaceful utopia where each man is free to live off his own vineyards, sit under his own fig tree, and eat people alive. Wait--what?? In Book 9 of the Odyssey, Homer gives us a diabolical bait-and-switch, from the pure serenity of primitive life to the gruesome horrors of a world without law. It's the perfect antidote to t…

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Light of the Mind (Words, Words, Words 27) 33:28

29d ago33:28

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Let's pick up where we left off last week: words are symbols of symbols, representing inward states of the soul. But those inward states are also symbols, because the world is symbolic--that is, it naturally produces symbols as a real feature of its construction. So...what do we do about it? To answer that question we turn to Thomas Aquinas, whose …

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Wicked West 2: Bad Dogs 1:17:40

1M ago1:17:40

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3 Vampires and their dog, who's also a guy who's a vampire, find the werewolf hideout and rally a mob Thanks to @KeylligraphyInk for the logo design. The tracks used in this episode are Enemy Spotted by Jess who you can find on twitter @ oneshotminiboss, I Know Where You've Been by Forget the Whale. I Know Where You've Been is from Freemusicarchive…

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The Never-Ending Story: Who Is Odysseus? 1:06:05

1M ago1:06:05

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The Odyssey begins with a big empty space where Odysseus should be. His home, his familiy, his household are all suffering for want of him. But where is he--and more importantly, who is he? That's the poem again and again and today, we begin trying to answer it. If there's one thing everyone remembers from this poem it's the adventure stories in th…

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Star Trek: Scylla - E02 1:47:59

1M ago1:47:59

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The crew of the U.S.S. Scylla stumble upon a conspiracy while determining how many things are being delivered "next Tuesday" --- History Repeats Itself by FSCM Productions | https://fscmproductions.bandcamp.comMusic promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/li…

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The Rosetta Soul (Words, Words, Words 26) 31:45

1M ago31:45

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If a tree falls in the forest...does it make a sound? There's actually a great answer to that question, and Aristotle just tweeted it out way back when. Today, in response to a listener question, I finally lay it all on the line and tell you my nuts-and-bolts theory of translation, which is also a theory of the world. It's basically Aristotle, with…

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Wicked West 1: Meet the Vamily 1:24:16

1M ago1:24:16

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3 Vampires and their dog, who's also a guy who's a vampire, find about happenings that threaten their small old west community. Thanks to @KeylligraphyInk for the logo design. The tracks used in this episode are Enemy Spotted by Jess who you can find on twitter @ oneshotminiboss, I Know Where You've Been by Forget the Whale. I Know Where You've Bee…

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The Unified Field Theory of Greek Myth 1:03:15

1M ago1:03:15

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Let's check in on how Odysseus' other buddies from Troy are doing. *Briefly scans news report from Proteus* Yeah so uh it's a dumpster fire. Today Telemachus arrives at Troy, where he hears from Menelaus about his own fraught journey home, including his encounter with an immortal seal dad (real) which led to the first news of Odysseus in years. It …

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The Story of the Rosetta Stone (Words, Words, Words 25) 31:58

1M ago31:58

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The name "Rosetta Stone" has great brand recognition, but how much do you really know about Ptolemy V's royal decree? When you get right down to it, it's one of the wildest little corners of world history, stretching from the conquests of Alexander the Great to the defeat of Napoleon, with lots of bonkers facts in between. Plus it'll help us uncove…

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Full Moon Murder 2: Laika 1:25:14

1M ago1:25:14

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CW: Mentions of Transphobia,Queerphobia, Deadnaming and misgendering(unintentional), Harm to minors The Retrieval team has contacted Banjo and are on their way to make sure Laika is ok after what happened to her, but the other ECRB cell is on their tail and a dangerous foe is quickly approaching. Thanks to @KeylligraphyInk for the logo design. The …

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Boyz 2 Men: How Telemachus Grows Up 1:05:22

2M ago1:05:22

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The Odyssey is a very different poem from the Iliad in many ways, but in one way it picks up right where the Iliad leaves off: with the fallout of war and the journey to re-integrate soldiers back into the civil society they came from. Today we begin Odysseus' long journey home, which actually begins at the end and works backward, starting with his…

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Star Trek: Amaterasu - E02 1:37:49

2M ago1:37:49

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The Middle Decks crew of the U.S.S. Amaterasu discover the true terror of being 2.54cm off as they investigate a strange synthesia phenomenon occurring near Pandora's Gate (Part One) --- Titan by Alex-Productions | https://onsound.eu/Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons / Attribution 3.0 Unported License (CC BY 3.0)htt…

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The Isaiah Code: How to read prophecy (Words, Words, Words 24) 33:41

2M ago33:41

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Is prophecy a species of translation, or encryption, or both? This fascinating question, prompted by last week's episode on quantum cryptography, breaks down into two different sub-questions: how do prophets receive and communicate their messages, and how should we understand them? There are lots of ways to go wrong here--think doomsday cults--but …

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Full Moon Murder 1: The ECRB 1:54:08

2M ago1:54:08

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CW: Mentions of Transphobia,Queerphobia, Deadnaming and misgendering(unintentional) April 21st, 1997. Members of the Extranormal Containment and Research Bureau, a governmental organization dedicated to combatting, understanding, and containing the supernatural aspects of our world out of the sight of the public, have been sent to investigate the d…

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Pumpkin Spice Patroclus: The real relationship between Achilles and his companion 1:01:05

2M ago1:01:05

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Fall is in the air, which means the time has come for us to close out our study of the Iliad. From book 16 to the end in book 24, the poem engages in what remains one of the most enduring subtle studies of rage, war, grief, and even PTSD that the human mind has ever produced. It shows us the roots of all tragedy in our own lives and throughout hist…

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Star Trek: Amaterasu - E01 1:35:00

2M ago1:35:00

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[Series Premiere] The Middle Decks crew of the U.S.S. Amaterasu run into a problem when they start bouncing between the stars without any indication as to why... --- Titan by Alex-Productions | https://onsound.eu/Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons / Attribution 3.0 Unported License (CC BY 3.0)https://creativecommons.…

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Cracking the Code: What Bitcoin and Quantum Cryptography have to do with Kabbalah and AI (Words, Words, Words 23) 37:04

2M ago37:04

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Ifmmp! After months spent explaining how communicating works in different languages, I've gotten a question about now not communicating works, in any language. Turns out the answer will take us through ancient mysticism, the invention of computers, and the technology behind Bitcoin...all in 30 minutes! At the end of it all, a tl;dr on what we shoul…

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Dadquest 5: Vampire Killer 2:37:36

2M ago2:37:36

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And so our heroes rescued Anders Chambers and made it out of the underworld victorious. Now my dear listeners, I would not blame you if you thought that was the end of Dadquest, the heroes thwart the villain and have an awkward ride home as someone is making out in the back seat. But no friends, there is still the matter of a price to pay and a con…

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Troy but for Real: The Best Scene in the Iliad 1:02:03

2M ago1:02:03

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If I were making a movie of the Iliad (a good one, not the Brad Pitt version of Troy), there's no question the trailer would have to include today's central scene: Hector and Andromache on the wall. This is the money shot that reveals the poem in its full greatness, honest and sober about the realities of war but capable of mourning with those who …

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Star Trek: Scylla - E01 1:41:10

2M ago1:41:10

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[Series Premiere] The crew of the U.S.S. Scylla leave spacedock early to make an important rendezvous that could change the fate of the Alpha Quadrant... --- History Repeats Itself by FSCM Productions | https://fscmproductions.bandcamp.comMusic promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)h…

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How Alphabets are Formed (Words, Words, Words 22) 32:11

2M ago32:11

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"A word is a kind of painting of which the subject is a thought," wrote Nicolas Beauzée. Even an Enlightenement Frenchman is right twice a day. But where does that leave the written word--as a picture of a picture of a thought? Yes, I argue in this episode, and there's profundity in that which goes far beyond the history of alphabets--though that i…

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Our Greatest Technology (Words, Words, Words 21) 32:18

2M ago32:18

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The cotton gin, the railroad, the printing press, the internet...there are plenty of candidates for the world's biggest tech revolution, but the biggest one might be one we've never even thought about before. And it has to do with how we process language, so naturally...I'm obsessed. PLUS: in a very special announcement, all my listeners are invite…

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Dadquest 4: Everybody Wants to Rule the World 1:51:47

2M ago1:51:47

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Andrew Starr, born in 1994. Remaining Family is Sebastian Starr his father, his son Radford, his...ex wife Beverly, and he is currently dating a woman named Olivia. Code Name: Revenant, smoke powers, cowboy deal, and healing which he has specified is separate from the Revenant. He was operating before the Union formed but quickly joined up, guess b…

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Muad'Dib! Why Achilles was Right and Agamemnon was Wrong 57:54

2M ago57:54

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And we're off to the races! The Iliad begins in earnest this week with the outbreak of the feud between Achilles and Agammemnon (#TeamAchilles). The drama that unfolds contains almost the entirety of all that was to come in Greek culture, from the terror of hubris to the magnificent achievement of city-states in coalition. Plus: stick around to the…

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Star Trek: Canis Major - E08 [FIN] 1:19:44

2M ago1:19:44

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[Series Finale] The crew of the U.S.S. Canis Major play matchmaker to two endangered space snails --- Cinematic Epic Emotional | EGLAIR by Alex-Productions | https://onsound.eu/Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons / Attribution 3.0 Unported License (CC BY 3.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US#StarT…

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Star Trek: Honasto - S2E04 1:27:07

2M ago1:27:07

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Set in the 25th Century, the crew of the I.K.S. Honasto have arrived at the Segue 1 Galaxy to claim it for the glory of the Klingon Empire. In this episode we discover that the Romulans of all species might have beat our Klingon crew to Segue 1? (Part One) ---Myths by Alex-Productions | https://onsound.eu/Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-mu…

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Dadquest 3: Time After Time 1:56:28

2M ago1:56:28

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Charlotte “Charlie” Ross, Married to Sarah Elfbane, born in Mybern South Carolina in 2002. Both of her parents are deceased. Documented as having anger issues by foster parents and school administration. Moved back to Mybern before the events of Wondercon. Was high ranking in the rift alliance and went on with her future wife to found the Powered A…

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Achilles in the Coconut Tree 1:05:14

2M ago1:05:14

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Is the Iliad just a cautionary tale about toxic masculinity? Or is there something deeper at work in Achilles' murderous rage? To really understand the poem, you have to understand--and internalize--what it means to live in an honor culture, and to seek justice in a universe that makes no guarantees. After listening to this episode you can understa…

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One More Thing: Breaking News! 26:47

3M ago26:47

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What a time to be alive. New Euripides just dropped! Results are pouring in not only from the AI project that's unearthing new passages from the charred scrolls of Herculaneum, but also from the good old-fashioned method of leafing through mounds of old scrolls. Some of it is directly related to everything we've been talking about in Homer and the …

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Dadquest 2: The Bird and the Worm 1:19:38

3M ago1:19:38

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"Anders Chambers, born in the… 30s I think, 1930s, not used to having to clarify that still. He went missing in the 60s, presumed dead. He was found again along with nearly a hundred people during the Manor Incident in 2019. He was picked up by the Extranormal Containment and Research Bureau along with everyone else and given some help since he did…

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Choose Your Fighter: Achilles as a Manly Archetype 59:44

3M ago59:44

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The game is on, Helen is abducted, and now it's time to gather the Greeks for war. There are lots of stories about how the Achaean forces made their way to Troy, and some of them--like the story of the Achilles heel--are permanently associated in the popular imagination with Homer's stories. But how many of them are actually in the Iliad? And what'…

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What Does "This Is My Body" Mean? (Words, Words, Words 20) 29:17

3M ago29:17

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Time's up! I gave you a weekend extension on the first-ever Young Heretics homework assignment, but now it's time to review some of the responses that came in. From a purely grammatical perspective, it turns out to be one of the most fascinating sentences in the English language, and the grammar actually has a little bit to say about the theology o…

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Star Trek: Honasto - S2E03 1:26:49

3M ago1:26:49

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Set in the 25th Century, the crew of the I.K.S. Honasto have arrived at the Segue 1 Galaxy to claim it for the glory of the Klingon Empire. In this episode we get to see another instance of First Contact. Or perhaps First Conquest? (Part Two)---Myths by Alex-Productions | https://onsound.eu/Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative…

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Dadquest Episode 1: Schism 1:45:06

3M ago1:45:06

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At the end of Wondercon, a weeklong ride through hell, Charlie lost both Karl and Anders to the Reactor explosion. In the following months she searched far and wide for a way to get them back and ended up with a coin that would get her in to the underworld, but with no way to find the entrance she came back home and ended up settling down with Sara…

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Villain Origin Story: The Judgment of Paris 57:04

3M ago57:04

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Stop me if you've heard this one: guy walks into a bar...and his head is an orange. If you know, you know. If you don't know, let me tell you how my favorite joke is also a perfect foil for the story that started it all in the Homeric universe, the Judgment of Paris. In hindsight it's pretty clear that Paris could have navigated the situation a lit…

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It Depends on What the Meaning of the Word "Is" Is (Words, Words, Words 19) 35:49

3M ago35:49

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I always say I don't want to step on any theological land mines. Then somebody tosses me a juicy theological question and it's like...LEEEEROOOOOOOOYYYYYYY JEENNNKINNNNS. Actually today's question is mostly about grammar, but it's also about transubstantiation and somehow also, the Monica Lewinsky scandal? Basically it's "what does 'is' mean?" And …

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Kinder Center Heroes: Reunion #4 1:46:28

3M ago1:46:28

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On the Cover, Heather, Dusty, Cora, and Kyle are sitting on the floor of Dusty’s room talking and laughing while drinking from a bottled clearly labeled “Orange Juice”. Everyone but Dusty is flushed and the picture of the group from Heather's birthday is stuck to the wall with a piece of tape mending the tear. The title reads: Kinder Center Heroes …

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