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Jul 2023
1h 48m

Medicine & Magic, Underworld Gods, Plato...

Liv Albert
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In celebration of SIX YEARS of the podcast, Liv answers listener questions, reads comments, and shares clips from favourite episodes. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content!

CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing.

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