Catherine The (Not So) Great! +RIP Val Kilmer

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The boys pay tribute to Val Kilmer in light of his tragic death and then spend a good hour up their own butts talking about cinema before professor CHO jumps in with a history lesson on Catherine The Great!

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Sources:Books:• Massie, Robert K. Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman. Random House, 2011.• Rounding, Virginia. Catherine the Great: Love, Sex, and Power. St. Martin’s Press, 2006.• Montefiore, Simon Sebag. The Romanovs: 1613–1918. Knopf, 2016.• Catherine II. Memoirs of Catherine the Great. Translated by Mark Cruse and Hilde Hoogenboom, Modern Library, 2005.Letters• Correspondence with Voltaire and Diderot. Many of their letters to and from Catherine are collected in academic volumes and archives.Academic Articles & Journals:.Online• Encyclopædia Britannica. “Catherine the Great.” britannica.com• HistoryExtra (BBC). • Hermitage Museum Official Website. Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE_luEVRgClC6dPceGVEZeg/join