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The Book Club: Journeys Through Ancient Literature

Podcast: Best of the Spectator
Published: Jun 3, 2026
Duration seconds: 2481
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My guest on this week’s Book Club podcast is Emily Wilson, the scholar and translator of Homer and Seneca, among many others. She tells me what tech bros get wrong about the classical world and what Cardi B can teach us about Aristophanes, as we discuss her new book, Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea: Journeys Through Ancient Literature . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.