This week Beau discusses the early life of Michelangelo Buonarroti, from his humble beginnings, to catching the eye of Lorenzo The Magnificent, to creating the drunken Bacchus, the exquisite Pietà and the masterful David

PREVIEW: Epochs #150 | Michelangelo: Part I

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This week Beau continues to chat all about the decline and fall of the Roman Republic with special reference to the return of Sulla to Italy after his adventures in the east. Sulla and his faction defeat all their opponents in the field, enter Rome, and reap a terrible revenge.

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PREVIEW: Epochs #161 | Marius & Sulla - Part IV

Connor and Harry discuss Marv Wolfman & George Pérez’s Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985-1986) — the twelve-issue maxi-series which compressed DC Comics’ disparate multiverse into one cohesive continuity, and its pro-American, Christian, and existentialist themes in the final years of the Cold War. 

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PREVIEW: Comics Corner #13 | Crisis on Infinite Earths

Carl lays out the existential case for why Trump must win the 2024 election

Trump Must Win

Carl, Connor, and Harrison Pitt discuss Donald Trump being convicted on all counts in the New York hush money trial, the controversy manufactured about Connor’s interview with Liz Truss, and Keir Starmer’s merciless purge of Labour Party candidates.

The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters #927

Josh, Stelios and Harry discuss the finding that microplastics have appeared in all men’s testicles in a recently published study, the Germans are singing naughty songs again and a world of “hate.”

PREVIEW: Epochs #150 | Michelangelo: Part I

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