Oh, he's cute. Mr. I can never sleep when I'm traveling. He's hugging his pillow like a sloth on a branch.

He couldn't sleep before. Now listen to him. Sounds like an elephant with a chest infection.

Well, they call him a dreamer. And now they're right.

All aboard, Mr. I can never sleep when I'm traveling.

Find all the comfort you need in the quiet lounge.

Piando Ferries, there is another way. Hello everyone and welcome to Talk Nurdy. Today is Monday, July 29th,

2024 and I'm the host of the show Dr. Kara Santa Maria and as always before we dive into this

week's episode I do want to thank those of you who make talk nerdy possible

remember this show on our 10th year is and will always be 100% free to download as long as I am able to keep producing it with the incredible support of my producer Noel Dilworth and the editing team

of Pro Podcast Solutions and you know it's it's not free we try and keep it cheap but it's not free. We try and keep it cheap, but it's not free.

So I do want to thank those of you who help us financially

so that we can keep on making episodes for you. The best way to do that is to visit Patreon.com slash talk nerdy and you can

pledge like as little as a dollar an episode, it goes a really long way.

This week's top patrons include Anu Baravaj, Daniel Lang, David J. E. Smith,

Mary Niva, Rika Maharaj, Brian Holden, David Compton, Gabriel F.

Hermillo, Joe Wilkinson, Pasquale Jalati, and Ul Rika Hagman.

Thank you all so much. All right, so this week I had the pleasure of

chatting with Dr. Daisy Dunn. She is a classicist who has actually written seven books and also for a lot of popular outlets as well.

Her newest book is called The Missing Thread,

a women's history of the ancient world.

It's fascinating.

If you don't know what a classicist is, that's okay.

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