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Mar 2021
50m 51s

Darth Vader is a 19th Century Supervilla...

ANDREW HEATON
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Michael Weiss, editor-at-large at The Daily Beast, joins the show to discuss Darth Vader: why he’s such a compelling malefactor, the deep inner conflict and tumult which motivates him, and the mythological figures the dark lord of the Sith represents.

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