Steven welcomes back popular guest, Dr. Earl Showerman, to discuss his research into the Bard's bloodiest play, "Titus Andronicus." Together, Steven and Earl explore the evidence for the sources of the play, its many literary allusions, and the complex themes and subtexts it contains beneath its layers of blood and violence.

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