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Podcast: The Canon Reviewed
Episode: Gilgamesh, Part 1
Description: It's time to begin another new book so let’s go back to the shelves here in the Library. Ok, this will be perfect. I keep this one up front because I return to it pretty often. It’s humanity’s first story, a tale of heroes and their downfall, a quest for immortality and the ultimate recognition that our fate is inescapable. So, please, pull up a chair here by the fire, and let’s begin our discussion of The Epic of Gilgamesh. Special thanks to Head Librarians Jeff Seplak and Jesse Cunningham, and to Assistant Libraria...