Episode 787: What Marks the Spot?!

Overthinking It Podcast

English - July 31, 2023 04:01 - ★★★★★ - 264 ratings
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Peter Fenzel and Matthew Wrather follow a treasure map to the meaning of “X,” a letter with a semiotic gravity all its own. As Pete describes it, it is the only letter which stretches from pornography to divinity, from X-Rated to Xmas.

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