Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold
Liv Albert and iHeartPodcasts
The most entertaining and enraging stories from mythology told casually, contemporarily, and (let's be honest) sarcastically. Greek and Roman gods did some pretty weird (and awful) things. Gods, goddesses, heroes, monsters, and everything in between. Regular episodes every Tuesday, conversations with authors and scholars or readings of ancient epics every Friday.
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Eatin' Kids & Killin' Dads, an Introduction to Greek Mythology
Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold
07/20/17 • 21 min
In the inaugural episode of Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! We cover the story of what the ancient Greek's called the Theogony, the dark and violent ancient Greek creation story. The universe's creation, and how their pantheon of gods came into existence. Gods, monsters, patricide, and some castration, I think we'll all have a pretty great time!
CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing.
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The Troubling Titan Timeline and Terrible Titanomachy
Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold
04/20/21 • 31 min
The story of the Titans, the first race of gods in Greek mythology, and the war between those Titans and the new race of gods, the Olympians.
CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing.
Sources: Hesiod's Theogony, translations by Hugh Evelyn-White and Richard Lattimore; Apollodorus' Library of Greek Mythology, translated by Robin Hard; various Titan/Titaness entries on Theoi.com.
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Conversations: There’s Much to Do, and Many Unknowns On the Horizon… Herodotus in Egypt w/ Kate Minniti
Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold
05/27/22 • 90 min
Herodotus was an incredibly influential ancient figure... And he also wrote a lot of bizarre stuff. Liv is joined by Kate Minniti who shares all the weird and wonderful things Herodotus "saw" and "learned" in Egypt. Plus, AC Odyssey talk, obviously. Follow Kate on Twitter and catch her streaming lots of Archaeo-gaming content on the Save Ancient Studies Alliance Twitch account!
CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing.
Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions.
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Liv Reads Ovid: The Metamorphoses, Book II (Part 1)
Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold
09/30/22 • 36 min
Liv reads Ovid's Metamorphoses (!!!), translated by Bookes More. In the first half of Book II, we hear the story of Phaethon's tragic experience driving the chariot of the sun.
CW/TW: Much of this work includes stories of gods assaulting women and nymphs, some of these stories can be particularly troubling. Listen with caution.
This is not a standard narrative story episode, it's a reading of an ancient source, audiobook style. For regular episodes look for any that don't have "Liv Reads..." in the title! For a list of Roman/Latin names and who they were in the Greek, visit: mythsbaby.com/names
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Perseus & the Crazy Things that Emerge When You Behead a Gorgon
Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold
07/21/17 • 27 min
The story of the hero Perseus (it's only vaguely like Clash of the Titans). We get a taste of how dangerous it is to talk to the Oracle, learn one of the creepiest ways Zeus got his rocks off, and just what happens when you behead a woman like Medusa.
CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing.
Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions.
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Liv Reads the Shield of Heracles
Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold
05/20/22 • 39 min
Liv reads the Shield of Heracles, attributed to Hesiod, translated by Hugh Evelyn White. A battle between Heracles and Cycnus, son of Ares, but really just a nice description of a shield made by Hephaestus.
This is not a standard narrative story episode, it's a reading of an ancient source, audiobook style. For regular episodes look for any that don't have "Liv Reads..." in the title!
Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions.
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That is One Cursed Necklace! The Deadly Dynasty of Cadmus & Harmonia (Part 2)
Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold
05/24/22 • 38 min
How does a curse like theirs filter down the generations? The fate of the family of Cadmus and Harmonia, and their own...
CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing.
Sources: Early Greek Myths, by Timothy Gantz; Theoi.com entries on: Harmonia, Ares' Wrath (Cadmus), Artemis' Wrath (Actaeon), Pentheus, Semele, and Leucothea.
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Daughter of Gods Meets Phoenician Hero, the Story of Cadmus & Harmonia (Part 1)
Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold
05/17/22 • 34 min
Revisiting Liv's favourite myth in much more detail... What happens when a hero marries a goddess? The story of Cadmus and Harmonia, the mysterious and yet deeply important couple and the origins of their family's curse.
CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing.
Sources: Theoi.com, entries on Harmonia, Athena's Favour (Cadmus), and Ares' Wrath (Cadmus); Early Greek Myths by Timothy Gantz.
Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions.
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Born From a Cosmic Egg, You Say? More Orphic Tradition Horrors & Oddities
Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold
09/13/22 • 41 min
In this final episode on the Orphic tradition we look at some weird and wild alternate theogonies, the so-called Orphic gold tablets, and the Orphic hymns. Yes, it's a lot.
CW/TW: **this episode includes particularly egregious assault and incest, even for Greek myth** Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing.
Sources/Further reading: Early Greek Myths by Timothy Gantz; Theoi.com; Orphic Tradition and the Birth of the Gods by Dwayne A. Meisner; The “Orphic” Gold Tablets and Greek Religion, Radcliffe G. Edmonds III; The Orphic Hymns, translated by Apostolos N. Athanassakis and Benjamin M. Wolkow; Nonnus' Dionysiaca, translated by William Henry Denham Rouse. See the last two episodes for even more Orphic sources.
Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions.
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Conversations: The Sexuality of Sappho and Papyrus Controversy! With Leesa Charlotte of Sweetbitter
Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold
06/18/21 • 57 min
Liv speaks with Leesa Charlotte of the Sweetbitter podcast (all about Sappho!), they talk... Sappho, sexuality, and the papyrology scandal you never knew you needed. Listen to Sweetbitter here or wherever you get your podcasts. You can find the Flame: A Podcast Musical wherever you listen to podcasts.
CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing.
Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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