
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or


One of the biggest lies we're told is that celebrating our ancestral past is stupid, dishonest, or worse. None of that is true. "Beowulf," the Anglo-Saxon masterpiece about England's Germanic forefathers, is a sophisticated tale full of weirdness, complexity, and melancholy—plus, it's an awesome romp with lots of crazy monsters and sick fights. In this episode of "Young Heretics," Spencer Klavan uncovers the poem's greatness.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
By Spencer Klavan4.9
44384,438 ratings
One of the biggest lies we're told is that celebrating our ancestral past is stupid, dishonest, or worse. None of that is true. "Beowulf," the Anglo-Saxon masterpiece about England's Germanic forefathers, is a sophisticated tale full of weirdness, complexity, and melancholy—plus, it's an awesome romp with lots of crazy monsters and sick fights. In this episode of "Young Heretics," Spencer Klavan uncovers the poem's greatness.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

153,976 Listeners

3,308 Listeners

2,097 Listeners

6,880 Listeners

22,718 Listeners

495 Listeners

28,444 Listeners

2,014 Listeners

855 Listeners

1,231 Listeners

1,065 Listeners

8,516 Listeners

26,641 Listeners

393 Listeners

246 Listeners