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Dec 2024
45m 10s

Battle of the Bastards: Achilles v Odyss...

Liv Albert
About this episode

In a special, rambley holiday episode, Liv and Michaela look at who was worst Achilles or Odysseus?

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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