Dr. Xand van Tulleken
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1,476 appearances
9 recordings
2 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 6d ago
Dr. Xand van Tulleken’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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If you imagine, I guess, a pub run by a goddess at the shore of the world's edge.
A bit like being in Hay-on-Wye, I suppose.
So anyway, he explains his problem to her and she tells him, she says, when the gods created man, they allotted him death, but life they retained in their own keeping.
As for you, Gilgamesh, fill your belly with good things day and night, night and day.
Dance and be merry, feast and rejoice and let your clothes be fresh.
Bathe yourself in water.
Cherish the little child that holds your hand.
And make your wife happy in your embrace.
And I think I get choked up reading the quote because I think I have a two-year-old and a six-month-old.
My two-year-old would still hold my hand.
And he has got this chubby, sweet little hand.
And it's amazing, isn't it?
It's amazing.
It is.
I mean, the answer to how do I live forever in the epic of Gilgamesh was essentially you can't.
And so you live well instead.
You live in the present.
You cherish the things that are around you.
I think Devi made the case for this extraordinarily well.
What Devi made the case for is that we should all work to create a world where that life is in reach for everyone.
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