‘The Empire of Death’

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In this special Web-exclusive Halloween edition of Truthdig Radio, Howie Stier interviews art historian Paul Koudounaris, whose macabre new book explores fetishistic tombs and morbid monuments around the world.

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By Catherine Poloynis, October 27, 2011 at 9:04 pm Link to this comment
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The interviewer did a good job. The questions were intelligent and gave us a good overview of this fascinating subject.

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By John Poole, October 27, 2011 at 2:36 pm Link to this comment
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I uploaded a little ditty called EVERYBODY GET SPOOKY sometime in the past. It
was my attempt at getting people to laugh at his realm’s odd predicament.

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