"What an Artist Dies in Me" : Nero, Pt II (S2E4)
After the assassination of Agrippina, Nero threw himself into the performing arts like never before, training to become both a musician...
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Gavin Whitehead
Apr 30, 202330 min read
A Portrait of the Tyrant as a Young Man: Nero, Pt. I (S2E3)
Nero became emperor of Rome in 54 A.D., largely thanks to the scheming of his mother, Agrippina. The teenaged ruler showed promise early...
Gavin Whitehead
Apr 15, 202335 min read
Shooting Andy Warhol: Valerie Solanas (S2E2)
When Valerie Solanas moved to New York in the early-to-mid 1960s, she wanted nothing more than to become a writer. Within a few years,...
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