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EPISODE · Mar 18, 2024 · 43 MIN

Remember That Time When Alexander the Great Became Ningirsu? Or, Naming Rights in Mesopotamia

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A temple dedicated to Alexander the Great at the Mesopotamian site of Girsu has us asking questions. Was this the meta-crossover event of the century or just some guys in an office making some plaques for a foreign chump passing through? Our contestants disagree but give a special shoutout to Molly Pitcher, heroine of the New Jersey Turnpike!

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