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Feb 2025
54m 33s

403: Norse sagas: Wormtongue

Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser, Nextpod
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⚔️The plight of the Viking celebrity poet⚔️

Friends become enemies, enemies become friends, and none of what you actually say matters all that much...as long as you're famous.

😈 The creature: the cicada

It's not a creature at all. Just a normal bug...or maybe that's what Zeus wants you to think?

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🎵 Music Credits

  • "An Unknown Visitor" by Blue Dot Sessions
  • "Black Ballots" by Blue Dot Sessions
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