Journey across space and time with Olivia and Aran this week as we head to medieval Wales, home of one of history's finest bardic traditions. But what was a bard, what did they do, and why did Wales have so darn many of them? Give the episode a listen to learn all this and more! Also discussed are sand worms, long houses, and why foxes are better than babes.For more on some of what we discuss, check out:English translations of Dafydd ap Gwilym's poetryhttps://dafyddapgwilym.net/eng/3win.phpY Goddodinhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/48578318The Court Poets of the Welsh Princeshttps://www.jstor.org/stable/459824Performance and Literacy in Medieval Welsh Poetryhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/3737807Music sources for this episode:Intro: https://archive.org/details/78_bugeilior-gwenith-gwyn-idle-days-in-summer-time_gwilym-williams-frances-williams_gbia0015181aBreaks: https://archive.org/details/78_evanss-jigg_the-folk-dance-orchestra-w-s-gwynn-williams-p-green-philip-green_gbia0511441bBard rap battle (track 3): https://archive.org/details/lp_spanish-medieval-music_new-york-pro-musica-alfonso-x-el-sabio/disc1/01.03.+Cantigua+XXV%3B+Cantigua+CXXXIX.mp3