The Tower of Silence
Apr 26, 2023•53 min•Ep. 109
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Episode description
Break out the Tantalus glasses - we’re finally getting out of the Underworld!
Topics in our final episode covering “Hades” include paying the ferryman, turning a suit, rats, Robert Emmet, the speech from the dock, toxic nostalgia, cremation, the Catholic Church’s position on cremation, quicklime, Zoroastrianism, the Parsi Tower of Silence, the unexpected consequences of a reduced vulture population, the gentleness of seadeath, leaving the Underworld, Mrs. Sinico and “A Painful Case”, Leopold Bloom’s affirmation of life, John Henry Menton, whether JHM ever had a shot with Molly, Mat Dillon’s parties, Tantalus, Tantalus glasses, Ajax revisited, and our closing thoughts on “Hades”.
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