Episodes

  • Episode 9: Sutton Hoo

    Episode 9: Sutton Hoo
    Aug 28 2022
    Live episode from the most famous of burial grounds: plus, Grendel strikes the hall, and Hwaet's first special guest

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    21 mins
  • Episode 8: Epic, bruv

    Episode 8: Epic, bruv
    Jul 16 2022
    What makes an epic epic? Plus: Anglo Saxons like it hot (or not), and a hashtag blessed translation

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    26 mins
  • Episode 7: So, a monster walks into a bar....

    Episode 7: So, a monster walks into a bar....
    Apr 20 2022
    Translation nerdery PLUS: Unferth gets salty, and an Anglo-Saxon's ABCs

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    22 mins
  • Episode 6: A War on Wars

    Episode 6: A War on Wars
    Mar 1 2022
    Beowulf appears to be a poem glorifying war - but is that all it is? PLUS: Where Hereot got its name, a thorny problem, and Hrothgar goes off on one

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    14 mins
  • Episode 5: No weapons please

    Episode 5: No weapons please
    Jan 3 2022
    Beowulf comes before the king: PLUS, a question of faith, and a new year's greeting

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    21 mins
  • Episode 4: To Heorot!

    Episode 4: To Heorot!
    Sep 22 2021
    Beowulf leaves the beach: plus, why there's nothing wrong with failure, and lazy translators get a beating

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    16 mins
  • Episode 3: The making of a hero

    Episode 3: The making of a hero
    Aug 31 2021
    Beowulf arrives: plus, a catastrophic fire, a charred manuscript, and woodpeckers

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    18 mins
  • Episode 2: Something wicked this way comes

    Episode 2: Something wicked this way comes
    Aug 21 2021
    The monster Grendel arrives: plus, kennings, oral tradition, and how bards became too clever for their own good

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    19 mins