The War Nerd, Part II: John Dolan with Adam Bulger

Premiere DateMay 17, 2018
Series Page Download Sponsor: AT&T
Categories Culture Politics Talk
00:00 Intro
00:51 John Dolan's Changes to 'Illiad' Text
04:47 Gore From Original Text
09:58 How Texts Change in Academia
11:53 Origin of 'The War Nerd Illiad'
17:47 Outro
18:33 Let it Bleed Neighbor Lady
22:17 Finish

In Part II, Adam and John Dolan discuss changes from the original Illiad, how academia tends to omit violence and other fun stuff from classic texts, and what John has been up to over the years.

John Dolan is an American writer and co-host of the War Nerd Radio Podcast (@thewarnerd). Click here to read more about his 2017 release The War Nerd Illiad.

Joe Virgillito is a staff writer and podcast producer at BTRtoday He is a graduate of Quinnipiac University with a degree in journalism. In his spare time, he enjoys reading and wandering around aimlessly, as…

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