Episode Five: My Girl

08/17/16 • 68 min

You think you know the story of Pygmalion and Galatea, but you don’t. The myth of the artist who falls in love with his creation is lovely but quite different from the original text. In this episode, we’ll look back at Pygmalion and trace the path of his romantic but surprisingly kinky story all the way to the modern day versions.

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The story of Persephone and Hades is a complicated one. It has fear, disappointment, anger, joy, love, wonder, and reconciliation. No surprises there. It is, after all, the story of a marriage. In this episode we take a little trip to the Underworld, getting better acquainted with Hades and taking a closer look at his courtship of Persephone.

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At the pool of Salmacis, the son of Aphrodite and Hermes meets a nymph who simply won’t take “No” for an answer. In this episode, we dive into the myth of Hermaphroditus and do our best not to go too deep.