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Episode One: Let's Talk About Sex, Baby (Part One)
Myth Dynamite
09/24/21 • 50 min
APHRODITE
Put down anything sharp, move breakables out of harm’s way, and prepare yourself...
WE’RE BACK....AGAIN *party hats and poppers galore*
We’ve returned with Season Three of Myth Dynamite (you’re welcome), and we’re starting with a biggie! We bring you the goddess of love herself – it’s APHRODITE *cue Meryl Streep’s exclamation at the end of Mamma Mia*.
In this, yes, double episode, we’ll be putting her back into her context and the long-standing Eastern tradition she came from. We’ll talk about how she even came to Greece and what she was really all about. Here, we’ll be focusing on Greek Aphrodite and saving Roman Venus for a later date. They’re just too juicy! Oh, and expect plenty of innuendo – some we’d like to apologise for in advance.
Episode Three: Dirty Old (Wo)Man
Myth Dynamite
07/31/20 • 59 min
That’s right - the content you’ve all been waiting for - old people in myths of old (see what we did there?)! Yes today we are celebrating the eldery characters who pop up throughout ancient myths - the exemplary, the heroic, and the downright mischievous.
And hey, who doesn’t love a scandalous incest story, right? .... Right?
Episode Eight: Witch, Please! (Part 2)
Myth Dynamite
09/11/20 • 52 min
Oh hi! You’re back! You must have loved our first of the ‘Witch, Please!’ episodes, because you’ve come straight on over to part two! Right? If not, you should have, because in our totally objective opinion this is also a cracking episode. Have you ever wondered why the Romans hated Odysseus so much? Tune in to Part 2 to hear Sarah and Abi deliver a pretty accurate “performance” of hating the hero. But seriously, this episode looks at the potions of Circe, the poisonous nature of Erictho and the tradition of the witch. Ever desperately wondered how to relate Tony Abbott, former Australian PM and Opposition leader, to the Classics? Tune in to find out! (Spoiler alert: it’s misogyny)
Episode Five: Knowing Me, Knowing You (Part Two)
Myth Dynamite
08/14/20 • 36 min
‘A Part Two?!’, we hear you cry with elation. How lucky are you? That’s right, Sarah and Abi talked for so long about Narcissus that we had to make two episodes (AND you’re hearing the significantly cut version...). Knowing Me, Knowing You part two will take you to Pompeii, images, art, Surrealism, and (inevitably) Disney’s Hercules . If for nothing else, tune in for us awkwardly trying to describe paintings in audio.
Believe it or not, we think Narcissus deserves EVEN MORE love.
Episode One: One Poet to Rule Them All
Myth Dynamite
07/03/20 • 56 min
So here we are at our first proper episode. We kick off with a favourite of Abi and Sarah’s – the glorious wordsmith, mythographer, love poet, and, quite frankly, utter bastard: Publius Ovidius Naso, known more commonly as the Latin poet, Ovid.
Trailer: Season One
Myth Dynamite
10/22/20 • 3 min
Season One was a whirlwind of poets, heroes, witches, the elderly, gods, emperors, and some serious self-love (on our behalf and Narcissus’). We got into the big issues like what to do with your guard goose, how to summon a demon at a crossroads, and Eric Bana’s chest hair. Listen in to hear us reclaim the witch, get nerdy about art (or pretty much everything really), and proclaim The Aeneid as FAKE NEWS. We’re busy getting Season Two ready for you now but here’s a taster of our first season if you just can’t wait for that.
Trailer: Season Two (Part 2)
Myth Dynamite
12/04/20 • 2 min
*Sound the hundred-reeded panpipes* Myth Dynamite has a Season Two coming your way and (in our humble opinion) it’s GLORIOUS. From highbrow academic discussions about ekphrasis – it’s more interesting than it sounds – to lowbrow (and shameless) Odysseus bashing, this season is jampacked with fun facts galore. We start from the OG of mythological women HERSELF – Helen of Troy – and wind our way through Cloud Cuckoo Land, sexy hybrids, the beautiful Cyclops (yeah that’s right), to the life of Agrippina, the Empress who could rival any myth. We’re bringing you another interview episode, this time with the wonderful Hardeep Dhindsa (find him on Twitter, @_HardeepDhindsa, and thank us later), and we toast the season with a cheeky glass of red for the god of wine himself. The season will kick off on 18 December, but if you can’t wait, we’ve got a teaser (or three) to keep you going. WE’RE BACK BITCHES.
Odysseus Unmasked: Myth Dynamite x Greek Myth Comix
Myth Dynamite
04/30/21 • 113 min
Oooooooh a SPECIAL episode?! We are fancy AF. And we are absolutely DELIGHTED to be joined by the lovely Laura Jenkinson-Brown, the creator behind Greek Myth Comix. If you listened to our last two episodes of Myth Dynamite Season 2 (and if you haven’t ... rude) then you will know that Abi and Sarah got a bit ... well ... mad about Odysseus.
Listening back, we felt an external point of view might balance things a bit. That’s where Jenks comes in.
Jenks’ knowledge of the Odyssey is DEEP (I mean the nerdy references alone... we can’t even) and it has inspired her comics, merch and even a ‘Choose your own adventure’ book, Odyssey-style (coming out of hiding for the FIRST TIME in this episode!)
We planned to chat for 30 mins ... we recorded for 2 hours. It was a joy
06/10/21 • 6 min
Recently we were lucky enough to be featured on the Let's Talk About Myths, Baby podcast, alongside the Against the Lore, as part of Liv's promotion of myth/classics podcasters.
In the clip, we give you a bit of an episode teaser that we're planning for Season Three: Aphrodite. You'll hear all about the supposed "first female nude" and how... well... she's not. We talk the Male Gaze and feminist approaches to the statue.
All in 5 minutes. Phew.
We thought we'd release our clip on our channel too so you can get a teaser of what to expect from Season Three. Watch this space
Myth Dynamite: A Prelude
Myth Dynamite
07/03/20 • 35 min
Join us - Abi and Sarah - for the inaugural episode of Myth Dynamite *cue fanfare*.
Seriously, though, we can promise little to no fanfare in this podcast, other than the copious amounts of fan-girling we do over myth and it's relevance in today's world.
Click on the link below to hear how we fell in love with myth, and - hopefully - by the end, you'll be ready to fall in love with it too.
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FAQ
What is the most popular episode on Myth Dynamite?
The episode title 'Episode Seven: Witch, Please! (Part 1)' is the most popular.