WarTalk: Odyssey Edition

ChinaTalk by Jordan Schneider

Jul 30, 202688:32Society & Culture

Roel Konijnendijk of Oxford returns to talk Nolan's Odyssey, ancient PTSD, siege warfare, and the choices we'd all make in adapting. Justin McIntosh cohosts. YoungBoy Never Broke Again as well as James Blake each deliver...

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