Ep. 19: Woo! Politics: El Dorado
Feb 19, 2021•1 hr 8 min
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Episode description
Now we would love to all find a city of gold, but could we actually succeed? And why do we even think there is one in the first place? Come listen as Shannon tells Emma all about El Dorado, both the maybe mythical place and the 2000 movie (Elton's greatest work) that everyone should be in love with.
Sources:
- ThoughtCo.: https://www.thoughtco.com/the-legend-of-el-dorado-2136432 and https://www.thoughtco.com/walter-raleighs-journey-to-el-dorado-2136440
- National Geographic: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/archaeology/el-dorado/#close
- BBC News: https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-20964114#:~:text=The%20European%20myth%20that%20arose,lands%20for%20their%20monetary%20value.
- Poetry Foundation: “Eldorado” by Edgar Allen Poe: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48634/eldorado-56d22a0920778
- The Mother Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Dorado and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road_to_El_Dorado
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