A Great White Whale of a Hoax
South Mimms U
English - May 18, 2022 07:00 - 16 minutes - 11.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsArts Fiction Comedy Fiction comedy satire education politics business psychology mindfulness technology digital Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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MOBY DICK is a notoriously hard book to read all the way through. That's what most people say (especially in school). That's why one English Lit professor had some fun with a 'missing chapter' from the novel back in the 1970s. It's all about the monstrous farts that whales can produce. It caused quite a controversy. We look back at the scandal to see if it was... well... a real hoax. Or is this episode a hoax? We can't decide.
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