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No. 426 · Books

Literature and History

Rank
426
Score
2
People
4
Months
4
Years
2018–2026

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Why people recommend it

If you're revisiting the classics I can't recommend enough Doug Metzger's Literature and History podcast

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Recommended episodes

  1. Episode 96: The Last Pagan Epic (Nonnus' Dionysiaca, Books 1-24)31 Oct 2021 · 2 h 14 min · 1 person on HN

Latest episodes

  1. Episode 130: An Introduction to Early Medieval Literature15 Oct 2026 · 2 h 32 min
  2. Episode 129: We Are the Grass11 Sep 2026 · 2 h 08 min
  3. Episode 128: Early Sufism15 Aug 2026 · 1 h 56 min
  4. Episode 127: Bashshar ibn Burd15 Jul 2026 · 2 h 02 min

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if you really are interested in the tower of babel story and what it is doing in there, I highly recommend this podcast

The Literature and History podcast has great coverage of the Illiad and Odyssey... The podcast itself is exceptionally good

Plug for my favourite podcast Literature and History which has convered this topic:

Months with a recommendation

One row per year, January to December. A filled dot is a month in which someone recommended the show.