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"If you’re going to curse me out, at least ask a god to turn my bowels to water on a cursed tablet” with Carly Silver
Season 3, Ep. 6
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In which the Historians discuss public history, the Bronze Age Mari and curse tablets in Roman Britain, the connections between soap operas with Bravo shows like Vanderpump Rules and RHOBH, contemplate Real Housewives' curses on each other, what Jax Taylor has to do with a legal record from 3,000 years ago, paralleling Yolanda's treatment of the Hadid sisters with imperial alliances of the Bronze Age, consider the relationships between ancient cure-alls and housewives' use of IV drips, rating travel journalism, and much, much more!
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IG: @bespectacledlegend
Twitter: @CarlyASilver
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