Episode Four: My Heart Was So Greedy

Bedtime Stories for the End of the World by endoftheworldpodcast

Oct 7, 201966:31Arts

In our fourth episode poets Ella Frears, Annie Hayer and Andrew McMillan join our host Eleanor Penny to discuss traditional tales of love and relationships. They re-imagine Eurydice, wife of Orpheus; the mythical half-se...

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