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Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold

The most entertaining and enraging stories from mythology told casually, contemporarily, and (let's

Episodes

Total: 730

Medea, See How She Flies, Witchy Woman
2019/11/26

She's back! We continue on with the re-telling of the story of Medea, a woman who is badass, powerfu

Mini Myth: Party Time with Pan (& Syrinx)
2019/11/19

Pan, known for partying, panic, and the phallus he sports on the regular. He can also, obviously, be

Jason is a Perpetual Dirtbag, Hypsipyle & the Lemnian Women
2019/11/12

Returning to Iolchus, before Jason ever met Medea, and the other woman he promised himself to and su

Penelope & Medea, the Heroines Behind their Heroes
2019/11/5

The women behind the men. Penelope beyond Odysseus and the Odyssey, and the second part in the story

Spooky Halloween Special: Magic & Mayhem, the Origin of Medea & Witches of Ancient Greece
2019/10/29

Happy Halloween! This Halloween special episode is a more detailed introduction to Medea, and her wi

Ripping Your Family to Shreds, Euripides’ Bacchae (Part 2)
2019/10/23

The bloody, gruesome finale to Euripides' last play: Bacchae.CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve

Mini Myth: Zodiac Constellations, Astraea & Her Scales (Virgo/Libra)
2019/10/15

The timeless story of a virgin and her scales.CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given

Punishing Pentheus, the Frantic & Violent Women of Euripides’ Bacchae (Part 1)
2019/10/8

Dionysus, he's quite the god. Then, a detailed and dramatic telling of Euripides' Bacchae, one of th

Penelope, Odysseus & A Very Special Olive Tree (The Odyssey Part 13)
2019/10/1

Penelope and Odysseus [sleeping under] a tree, proving his identity. (But seriously, it's nice.)CW/T

Witchiest Witch: A Discussion of Madeline Miller’s Circe, with Emily Edwards of FBOL
2019/9/24

Liv teams up with Emily Edwards of Fuckbois of Literature (https://www.fuckboisoflit.com/) to dive i

Odysseus and a Sea of Suitors' Blood (The Odyssey Part 12)
2019/9/17

Odysseus is fed up, it's time for the suitors to die.CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault

BONUS! Sneak Peak at Liv's Jane Eyre Episode of the Fuckbois of Literature Podcast
2019/9/12

A clip from the episode of Fuckbois of Literature that Liv was a recent guest on. Liv and FBOL's Emi

Mini Myth: the Most Murderous Women of Mythology, the Danaids
2019/9/10

The murderous story of the Danaids, their father Danaus, and the very large extended family.CW/TW: f

Penelope, A Cunning Woman Surviving in a Man’s World (The Odyssey Part 11)
2019/9/3

Penelope and the "stranger" who is Odysseus finally speak. And the suitors inch closer and closer to

Re-Broadcast: Mini Myth: It's Circe Not Cersei, One's a Badass Witch & the Other's a Badass B****
2019/8/27

A re-airing: Circe: Glaucus and Scylla, Medea, and, of course, Madeline Miller's book.CW/TW: far too

Mini Myth: Heliades & the Many Stories of Cygnus
2019/8/20

Mourning that dumbass, Phaethon, and the many faces of a swan-man, Cygnus.CW/TW: far too many Greek

Checking the Suitors' Privilege (The Odyssey Part 10)
2019/8/13

Odysseus and Telemachus get closer to finally doing away with the suitors, but first, confrontations

Mini Myth: I Ain’t Sayin’ He’s a Gold Digger, but Midas is Messing With, Well, Gold
2019/8/6

Midas, he's got that Midas touch.CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction

Reunited and It Feels So Good (The Odyssey Part 9)
2019/7/30

Odysseus is reunited with his son Telemachus. They enjoy some quality father-son plotting of murdero

Mini Myth: Zodiac Constellations, Have You Hera-d the One About the Lion and the Crab? (Cancer & Leo)
2019/7/23

A crab and a lion: two of Heracles' victims. But behind every mythological monster, there's a strong