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Gavin Whitehead
May 29, 202336 min read
Adolf Hitler and the Ghosts of the Great War: Otto Dix (S2E5)
After serving in WWI, German painter Otto Dix rose to fame in the 1920s partly through his unflinching portrayal of modern warfare and...


Gavin Whitehead
May 16, 202328 min read
"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...


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...
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