Hey nerds, quick bit of enormous news. I am so excited to say that I have a new book coming out in

June of this year, and not only is it just a new book, but it is a fully illustrated retelling

of The Odyssey. It's aimed at children 9 to 12, but don't let that fool you. It's a shortened

retelling, but I kept it true to the original in every way that matters.

Check out the link in the episode's description for where to pre-order or just ask your local independent bookstore.

Thank you. The For Jove, not long before, had seen Ayo while returning from her father's stream, and said,

Oh, Virgin, worthy of immortal Jove, although some happy mortal's chosen bride,

behold these shades of overhanging trees and seek their cool recesses while the sun is glowing

in the height of middle skies. And as he spoke, he pointed out the groves, but should the dens of wild beasts frighten you, with safety you may enter the deep woods conducted by a god,

not with a god of small repute, but in the care of him who holds the heavenly sceptre in his hand

and fulminates the trackless thunderbolts.

For sake me not. For while he spoke, she fled, and swiftly behind the pasture fields of Lerna

and Larkia's arbors where the trees are planted thickly. But the god called forth a heavy shadow, which involved the wide extended earth,

and stopped her flight, and ravished in that cloud her chastity.

Oh, hi there. Hello, welcome. I am Liv. And this, my friends, is, let's talk about myths, baby. Now, who can believe it's June already? It's wild how fast time flies when the rising techno-oligarch fascists are fueling it. But thankfully this month, I've decided that we're all going to escape the rising techno-oligarch fascists are fueling it.

But thankfully this month, I've decided that we're all going to escape the rising techno-oligarch fascists in favor of the old world when the fascists weren't quite as stupid.

Simpler times.

But seriously, this June, this year June is serving a slightly different purpose

than usual, which I feel awkward about. But typically I devote the month of June to Pride episodes.

I have done that for years. And it does feel particularly yucky not to do that this year of all

years. But frankly, it's coincidental because the fact is there are only so many

queer stories, and I have covered them in immense detail over many different episodes over the

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