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Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold
Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold
iHeartPodcasts and Liv Albert

The most entertaining and enraging stories from mythology told casually, contemporarily, and (let's be honest) sarcastically. Greek and Roman gods did some... more

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Episodes

Conversations: The Politics of Mythology, Foreigners & Party Girls of Classical Athens w/ Dr Rebecca Futo Kennedy

Liv speaks with Rebecca Futo Kennedy about all things Athens: the politics behind Theseus' mythology, immigration and the rights (and... more

29 Sep 2023 · 1 hour, 44 minutes
Playing Antigone (or Maybe Creon?…), Reception of Sophocles w/ Dr Amy Pistone

Liv is joined by Amy Pistone to talk all things reception of Sophocles' Antigone, all the varied ways the play... more

26 Sep 2023 · 59 minutes
Conversations: Flashing Her Way to Freedom, Phryne & Hetarae w/ Dr. Melissa Funke

PHRYNE! You've all seen the meme of the Hetarae who stripped in an Athenian courtroom to prove her innocence, right?... more

22 Sep 2023 · 1 hour, 39 minutes
Nobody Labours Like Heracles (Hercules): The Cultural History of the Panhellenic Hero

Heracles was like, a really big deal. Examining the historical and cultural impact of a 1000+ year old hero. Help... more

19 Sep 2023 · 43 minutes
Liv Reads Ovid: The Metamorphoses Book XIII

Liv reads Ovid's Metamorphoses, Book XIII, translated by Brookes More. It's the end of the Trojan War, Ajax and Ulysses... more

15 Sep 2023 · 1 hour, 20 minutes
Before Heracles, There was Alcmene: The Woman Behind the Greatest Hero

Before Heracles, there was Alcmene, and there's so much more to her than just "mother of a hero". Help keep... more

12 Sep 2023 · 42 minutes
Conversations: The Face That Lit a Thousand* Screens, Helen of Troy in Hollywood w/ Ruby Blondell

Liv speaks with author and scholar Ruby Blondell about Helen of Sparta, Troy, and the Silver Screen. Ruby's new book... more

08 Sep 2023 · 1 hour, 33 minutes
There’s No One Quite Like Dionysus, Wine Daddy of Greek Myth

Dionysus is as mysterious as he is wonderful, he's new and he's old, local and foreign... Plus, he seriously loved... more

05 Sep 2023 · 43 minutes
Conversations: Taking Inspiration from the Furies, Seneca’s Medea w/ Dr Lauren Ginsberg

So! Much! Seneca! Lauren Ginsberg joins Liv to RAVE about Seneca's Medea, and provide some helpful and fascinating Roman context,... more

01 Sep 2023 · 1 hour, 34 minutes
BONUS: Liv Reads Seneca, Speeches from Medea

A bonus episode where Liv reads select speeches from Seneca's Medea, translated by Frank Justus Miller. This should accompany the... more

30 Aug 2023 · 24 minutes
Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold
Conversations: The Politics of Mythology, Foreigners & Party Girls of Classical Athens w/ Dr Rebecca Futo Kennedy
Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold