Weird Medieval Guys: How To Live, Laugh, Love (And Die) In Dark Times

About this episode

Olivia Swarthout discusses her book on living and laughing during medieval dark times with the panelists.

Author Olivia Swarthout joins the "Relevant Or Irrelevant" panelists for episode 664 to discuss her book: Weird Medieval Guys: How To Live, Laugh, Love (And Die) In Dark Times. The host for this edition is Jay Swords, and the history buffs are Rick Sweet and Brett Monnard. Opinions expressed in this program are those of the hosts and the guest(s), and not necessarily those of KALA-FM or St. Ambrose University. This program is recorded at KALA-FM, St. Ambrose University, Davenport, Iowa, USA!

People in this episode

Host: Jay Swords

Guest: Olivia Swarthout

Topics covered

• medieval history
• literature
• dark times
• humor
• education

Keywords

• medieval
• history
• humor
• Olivia Swarthout
• KALA-FM

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: KALA-FM, St. Ambrose University

Books & works: Weird Medieval Guys: How To Live, Laugh, Love (And Die) In Dark Times

Places: Davenport, Iowa, USA

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