Best I Claudius Podcasts (2024)

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Diet Malthus (Ishmael) 1:29:36

6d ago1:29:36

1:29:36

This week Amanda and Victoria discuss the Daniel Quinn book of Socratic dialogue with a gorilla, Ishmael. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

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This is My Roman Empire (I, Claudius) 1:18:20

1M ago1:18:20

1:18:20

This week Amanda and Victoria discuss Robert Graves' epic I, Claudius, and immediately questioning Graves' concepts of history. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

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Episode 115: Word by Word (Bird by Bird) 1:05:26

3M ago1:05:26

1:05:26

Happy Birthday Month to Amanda! This month, we discuss Anne Lamott's Bird by Bird (and Victoria actually does the shortest short story long.) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

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City of Naw (City of Night) 1:27:12

3M ago1:27:12

1:27:12

This month Amanda and Victoria discuss City of Night by John Rechy for Pride Month and discuss the old ways and the new of Queer community and acceptance. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

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Following the White Rabbit (Alice in Wonderland) 2:13:13

5M ago2:13:13

2:13:13

Baron Von Cheeseplate joins Amanda and Victoria to discuss Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll, and the impact of this work on pop culture. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

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Little Scam on the Prairie (Little House on the Prairie) 1:27:16

6M ago1:27:16

1:27:16

This week Amanda and Victoria discuss Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House on the Prairie, Manifest Destiny, the Minnesota Massacre, the lie of Westward expansion and why neither host can spell prairie. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

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Basically, Just Real Life in Late Stage Capitalism (Fahrenheit 451) 1:35:08

7M ago1:35:08

1:35:08

This week Amanda and Victoria discuss Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

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Episode 110: I Bet on Losing Dogs (Lady Chatterley's Lover) 1:16:08

8M ago1:16:08

1:16:08

This week Amanda and Victoria discuss Lady Chatterley's Lover, sex politics, and what DH Lawrence means by a "crisis." --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

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Strong Independent Pilgrim (Little Women) 1:31:26

9M ago1:31:26

1:31:26

This week Amanda and Victoria discuss Little Women, Louisa May Alcott, and the myth of typical femininity. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

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A Bug's Life (Metamorphosis) 1:19:57

10M ago1:19:57

1:19:57

This month Amanda and Victoria discuss Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis, traumatic childhood abuse, and the utterly depressing life of Franz Kafka. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

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This Time, We Want to Join a Cult (or Build a Submarine) 2:22:44

11M ago2:22:44

2:22:44

Baron Von Cheeseplate returns to discuss 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne with Amanda and Victoria. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

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Do You Want to Get Sued? (The Shining) 2:24:36

1y ago2:24:36

2:24:36

For Spooky Month Amanda and Victoria discuss Stephen King's infamous work The Shining, alcoholism, hotels, and Stanley Kubrick. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

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A Whole New World (Brave New World) 2:06:55

1y ago2:06:55

2:06:55

This week Amanda and Victoria discuss Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, ethnobotany, drugs, and enough weird stuff to fill a 2-hour podcast. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

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Episode 104: Paper Folding Peace Signs (Sadako and the 1000 Paper Cranes) 1:25:12

1y ago1:25:12

1:25:12

This week Amanda and Victoria discuss Sadako and the 1000 Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr, as well as the atomic bomb and the lasting effects on America and how it is viewed internationally. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

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Look Down (Les Miserables) 1:22:59

1y ago1:22:59

1:22:59

This week Amanda and Victoria discuss Victor Hugo's massive fan fiction, Les Misérables. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

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Is the Movie Better? (Breakfast at Tiffany's) 1:06:56

1+ y ago1:06:56

1:06:56

This week Amanda and Victoria discuss Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's. Happy Pride! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

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Animal Harm (Animal Farm) 1:37:02

1+ y ago1:37:02

1:37:02

This month Amanda and Victoria discuss George Orwell's Animal Farm, and the historical events that inspired it. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

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F*** You, Mark Twain 1:31:46

1+ y ago1:31:46

1:31:46

By some miracle, we made it to 100 episodes. This week we discuss Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and wonder why we give this book to children. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

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I Dreamed I Went to Mandalay Bay Last Night (Rebecca) 1:10:01

1+ y ago1:10:01

1:10:01

This week Amanda and Victoria discuss Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

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Death From Above (The War of the Worlds) 1:56:00

1+ y ago1:56:00

1:56:00

This week Amanda and Victoria discuss HG Wells as The War of the Worlds. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

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1ST MARCH (RAPOD): THE SITUATION OF NIGERIA: NIGERIANS LISTEN TO THIS 1:46:42

1+ y ago1:46:42

1:46:42

Go on a drive with claudius on this christian radio as she dives into different sectors of the world at large and puts God all around it. #presidentialelection2023 #2023 #Nigeria--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thevoicemail/support

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The Ultimate KGB C*ck Block (Doctor Zhivago) 1:19:29

1+ y ago1:19:29

1:19:29

This is the reuploaded version of our episode on Doctor Zhivago. Some listeners advised the end had been cut off by our editing software. Thank you! This week Amanda and Victoria discuss the drag that is Doctor Zhivago and why it was so scary to the USSR. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/suppo…

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A Guide to Why Your Black Friends Are Exhausted (A Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas) 1:31:38

1+ y ago1:31:38

1:31:38

This week Amanda and Victoria discuss A Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

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The Return of Two Host One Mic (The Secret Garden) 50:58

1+ y ago50:58

50:58

Amanda and Victoria FINALLY get to record together in person for the first time in....almost three years? Welcome back with The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. We discuss ableism, rest cures, and the garden metaphor. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support…

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A Thinly Veiled Cult Metaphor? (Jonathan Livingston Seagull) 53:49

1+ y ago53:49

53:49

This week Amanda and Victoria read a book that managed to break Victoria, Richard Bach's Jonathan Livingston Seagull. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

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Cottage Core White Girl Fantasies (The Witch of Blackbird Pond) 58:20

2y ago58:20

58:20

Amanda and Victoria discuss The Witch of Blackbird Pond and why Kit definitely would have been found guilty of witchcraft in Connecticut. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

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Being a Mermaid is Just One Giant Metaphor, Isn't It? (Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid) 1:19:43

2y ago1:19:43

1:19:43

This week Amanda and Victoria discuss the uncomfortable dating history of Hans Christan Andersen...wait, we mean The Little Mermaid. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

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Do Androids Dream of Dick? (Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep) 1:11:43

2y ago1:11:43

1:11:43

This week Amanda and Victoria read Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Phillip K. Dick, the book that was adapted loosely into Blade Runner. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

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So You're Saying I Can Dodge? (Neuromancer) 1:34:02

2y ago1:34:02

1:34:02

Amanda, Victoria, and special guest Baron Von Cheeseplate discuss William Gibson's Neuromancer. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

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Trauma All the Way Down (The Haunting of Hill House) 1:10:09

2y ago1:10:09

1:10:09

This week Amanda and Victoria cover spooky season with Shirley Jackson's novel The Haunting of Hill House. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

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Episode 88: It Was a Monkey? (Murders in the Rue Morgue) 56:08

2y ago56:08

56:08

This week Amanda and Victoria discuss Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe for Spooky Season. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

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These are the MF Jokes (Oedipus Rex) 1:17:35

2y ago1:17:35

1:17:35

This week Amanda and Victoria discuss Sophocles' work Oedipus Rex (aka Oedipus the King) and make surprisingly few jokes about incest. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

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Sexting in the Time of Cholera (Love in the Time of Cholera) 1:08:44

2y ago1:08:44

1:08:44

This week Amanda and Victoria read Love in the Time of Cholera. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

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Encanto with Incest (One Hundred Years of Solitude) 1:19:01

2y ago1:19:01

1:19:01

This week Amanda and Victoria discuss the most beloved Latin American novel of all time, Gabriel Garcia Marquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

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Sartre Diem (No Exit) 1:16:02

2y ago1:16:02

1:16:02

This week Amanda and Victoria discuss Sartre's one-act play No Exit. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

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A Night with Uncle Tennessee (The Lady of Larkspur Lotion) 1:06:14

2y ago1:06:14

1:06:14

This week Amanda and Victoria discuss Tennesse Williams' one act play, The Lady of Larkspur Lotion. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

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Mimosas are Not the Only Brunch Beverage (Oranges are Not the Only Fruit) 1:09:58

2+ y ago1:09:58

1:09:58

This week Amanda and Victoria discuss Jeanette Winterson's Oranges are Not the Only Fruit. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

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Getting Dragged by Gods (the Iliad) 1:29:53

2+ y ago1:29:53

1:29:53

This week we discuss the Iliad for Pride month. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

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nolite te bastardes carborundorum (The Handmaid's Tale) 1:16:07

2+ y ago1:16:07

1:16:07

This week Amanda and Victoria discuss The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood and despair. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

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Another Robbie Burns Inspired Book (Of Mice and Men) 1:06:32

2+ y ago1:06:32

1:06:32

This week Amanda and Victoria unpack Of Mice and Men, the exploitation of the American worker, and the utter exhaustion of existence. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

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Like Ducks on a Frozen Pond (Catcher in the Rye) 1:07:25

2+ y ago1:07:25

1:07:25

This week Amanda is drug kicking and screaming into a book they didn't have to read in school and Victoria has flashbacks to dating people who need therapy. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

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Being an Adult at 13 Sucks (Dicey's Song) 42:23

2+ y ago42:23

42:23

This week Amanda and Victoria discuss the heartbreaking book Dicey's Song by Cynthia Voight. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

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Irish Catholic Childhoods are Hard (Angela's Ashes) 1:10:16

2+ y ago1:10:16

1:10:16

his week, Amanda and Victoria discuss the memoir Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

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Unfortunately Apt War Allegory is a War Allegory 1:08:55

2+ y ago1:08:55

1:08:55

This week Amanda and Victoria discuss Art Spiegelman's Maus and the Holocaust. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

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And Nothing Has Changed Since 1974 1:11:06

2+ y ago1:11:06

1:11:06

This week Amanda and Victoria are exhausted and discuss James Baldwin's If Beale Street Could Talk. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

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A thinly veiled excuse to talk about Cruel Intentions (Dangerous Liaisons) 1:18:31

2+ y ago1:18:31

1:18:31

This week Amanda and Victoria decide to discuss Cruel Intentions instead of Dangerous Liaisons. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

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Button-Induced Trauma (Coraline) 1:05:15

2+ y ago1:05:15

1:05:15

This week Amanda and Tori unpack Neil Gaiman's Coraline, and a lot of childhood trauma in the process. Oh god, those button eyes. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

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Bet You're Pronouncing It Wrong (Eugene Onegin) 48:34

2+ y ago48:34

48:34

This week Amanda and Victoria discuss Alexander Puskin's Eugene Onegin and celebrate a delayed birthday month. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

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A Different Goddess in Every Port or Group Projects are a Nightmare (The Odyssey) 1:32:10

3y ago1:32:10

1:32:10

This week Amanda and Victoria tackle the Odyssey and the audacity. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

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The Amount of Descriptors Tax My Wits 1:37:49

3y ago1:37:49

1:37:49

You've waited. You've watched. BARON VON CHEESEPLATE RIDES AGAIN! This week Amanda, Victoria, and the Baron (aka Jason) return to discuss Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

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