Danny Jones

Because he uses the drug, the ancient Greek drug stuff that Galen wrote as context to everything else, all the religious stuff that was written about through antiquity, which I thought was super interesting.

I don't think you could possibly ever know what was happening thousands of years ago. It's just that he has the most entertaining speculations and translations of what was going on thousands. It's the most fun. And I have to give him credit because I mean, first of all, I gotta give you credit because I didn't know about him until I listened to your podcast with him. And I had him on after that.

I don't think you could possibly ever know what was happening thousands of years ago. It's just that he has the most entertaining speculations and translations of what was going on thousands. It's the most fun. And I have to give him credit because I mean, first of all, I gotta give you credit because I didn't know about him until I listened to your podcast with him. And I had him on after that.

I don't think you could possibly ever know what was happening thousands of years ago. It's just that he has the most entertaining speculations and translations of what was going on thousands. It's the most fun. And I have to give him credit because I mean, first of all, I gotta give you credit because I didn't know about him until I listened to your podcast with him. And I had him on after that.

And it was like wildly popular episode. And, and that like got me really interested in the ancient Greek stuff. And I led me on to read a lot more books and stuff on that, on that topic. So like at the very least, whether like people want to argue whether he's mistranslating things or,

And it was like wildly popular episode. And, and that like got me really interested in the ancient Greek stuff. And I led me on to read a lot more books and stuff on that, on that topic. So like at the very least, whether like people want to argue whether he's mistranslating things or,

And it was like wildly popular episode. And, and that like got me really interested in the ancient Greek stuff. And I led me on to read a lot more books and stuff on that, on that topic. So like at the very least, whether like people want to argue whether he's mistranslating things or,

or he has his own agenda i mean he very obviously self-admittedly has a bias because his dissertation they told him he had to take all references to recreational drugs out of his phd dissertation right right so he went on and did that and then after he got his phd he was like this i'm gonna turn that whole part into a book about all the recreational drugs that were happening or that was going on and then he wrote that um that other book about uh ritual child

or he has his own agenda i mean he very obviously self-admittedly has a bias because his dissertation they told him he had to take all references to recreational drugs out of his phd dissertation right right so he went on and did that and then after he got his phd he was like this i'm gonna turn that whole part into a book about all the recreational drugs that were happening or that was going on and then he wrote that um that other book about uh ritual child

or he has his own agenda i mean he very obviously self-admittedly has a bias because his dissertation they told him he had to take all references to recreational drugs out of his phd dissertation right right so he went on and did that and then after he got his phd he was like this i'm gonna turn that whole part into a book about all the recreational drugs that were happening or that was going on and then he wrote that um that other book about uh ritual child

which got him in big trouble. And then he got kicked out of the university. So he was like, he's like the anti, I think he, and he was at a religious university. I think it was Wisconsin university, Wisconsin. So like he became like an, like an anti-Christian classicist. So he wants like his, he has a built in bias in his brain that wants to just like utterly appall any Christian person.

which got him in big trouble. And then he got kicked out of the university. So he was like, he's like the anti, I think he, and he was at a religious university. I think it was Wisconsin university, Wisconsin. So like he became like an, like an anti-Christian classicist. So he wants like his, he has a built in bias in his brain that wants to just like utterly appall any Christian person.

which got him in big trouble. And then he got kicked out of the university. So he was like, he's like the anti, I think he, and he was at a religious university. I think it was Wisconsin university, Wisconsin. So like he became like an, like an anti-Christian classicist. So he wants like his, he has a built in bias in his brain that wants to just like utterly appall any Christian person.

Which is arguably exactly what happened to Allegro as well. Right. Right. But potentially, a lot of the stuff he's saying is pretty spot on. A lot of the stuff that he talks about with Galen, using this Theriac concoction of seven different viper venoms combined with flesh of vipers and opium in there. Like...

Which is arguably exactly what happened to Allegro as well. Right. Right. But potentially, a lot of the stuff he's saying is pretty spot on. A lot of the stuff that he talks about with Galen, using this Theriac concoction of seven different viper venoms combined with flesh of vipers and opium in there. Like...

Which is arguably exactly what happened to Allegro as well. Right. Right. But potentially, a lot of the stuff he's saying is pretty spot on. A lot of the stuff that he talks about with Galen, using this Theriac concoction of seven different viper venoms combined with flesh of vipers and opium in there. Like...

And, you know, like, first of all, how did they how did he come up with the idea to combine all these venoms and and who did they test them on? He's like, who's going to be the first test subject to try this Theriac concoction? And where did you even come up with the idea in the first place?

And, you know, like, first of all, how did they how did he come up with the idea to combine all these venoms and and who did they test them on? He's like, who's going to be the first test subject to try this Theriac concoction? And where did you even come up with the idea in the first place?

And, you know, like, first of all, how did they how did he come up with the idea to combine all these venoms and and who did they test them on? He's like, who's going to be the first test subject to try this Theriac concoction? And where did you even come up with the idea in the first place?

So it's like, I haven't heard, I haven't, like, again, I have no way of telling it, like, knowing if he just pulled that out of his ass or if he really translated it. But it's definitely super interesting.