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Dancing Elephants c. 200 / Rome
LQ Podcast 26: Andy Zaltzman Andy Zaltzman, comedian and co-host of The Bugle podcast reads passages from LQ about some of antiquity’s looniest despots. Featuring the maniacal musical career of Nero, the sexual habits of Caligula, and the sporting life as practiced by Commodus.
Body Language by Arika Okrent
Cry Me A River 2011: Kim Jong-Il, totalitarian ruler and “Dear Leader” of North Korea, died on Sunday at the age of 69. Korean...
Not Your Average Family c. 40 / Rome
Wait for It 8 / Rome
Doting Uncle c. 160 BC / Rome
When in Gaul c. 51 BC / Rome
Pliny the Elder & Carlos Drummond de Andrade Family Portraits
Big Game Hunting 2011: This past Tuesday monkeys, wolves, and Bengal tigers roamed the wilderness and interstates of central Ohio. The animals had...
Varying Interpretations 44 BC / Rome
Better Than Nothing c. 7 BC / Rome
The Memory Game 2011: In an ever-accelerating digital world, some researchers are curious about the Internet’s effect on the memory, especially when almost...
Piggy Bank c. 64 / Campania
Flavor is All c. 29 BC / Rome
The Death Cap 54 / Rome
An Exercise in Willpower 362 / Phrygia
Ovid & Les Murray Nectar of the Gods
Locusts, Cilantro, Elvis Presley Findings From the Editors
Public Servant 458 BC / Rome
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