Hello and welcome to the classical stuff you should know podcast, the podcast of Veritas Academy's

teachers teaching you classical stuff. We may actually not be officially affiliated with

Veritas Academy, but we both work there. They may decide to be officially affiliated with Veritas Academy,

but we both work there. They may decide to disown us that this isn't the kind of the kind thing they want representing the school. They could disavow us like the IMF. I'm Graham Donaldson

and I'm here with my colleague, AJ Hanenberg, and we are your fellow podcasters. If you are

listening to this in listener and Land, which you are,

this may seem like the magic of podcasts. But for us, it's been a while since we've podcasted.

Yeah, we've, I think it's been a couple of months since we've recorded. Since then, school has started.

So if we both sound a little haggard and scratchy, it's because we both taught four classes today.

That's right.

If our attention span drops or if we sort of start bickering with one another.

Struggle for words or whatever.

It's because we're back into the swing of school.

I just said struggle for words or whatever.

Or whatever.

Nailed it.

But for you, this is just the next episode that you've clicked on your feverish listening to our podcast.

So you haven't come here to listen to us, ban here.

You've come here for the classical things that you should know.

So let's get into it.

Our topic for today, AJ, is metaphors.

What is a metaphor? How do we use metaphors? And how are they these great

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