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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

Odysseus is FINALLY back in Ithaca, took him long enough! But nothing in Greek mythology is easy.CW/

The Olympians were nothing if not (very selectively) progressive. Dionysus, Pan, and Hermaphroditus:

Odysseus and his men escape from Scylla and Charybdis: the final dramatic episode before a whole new

This is a re-airing of an earlier episode. We all know how helpful Athena is when it comes to male h

This is a re-airing of an earlier episode. We all know how helpful Athena is when it comes to male h

Gemini: Castor and Polydeuces, the twin brothers of Clytemnestra and Helen, sons of Leda, Zeus, and

Two more LGBTQ stories from mythology, those of Caenis/Caeneus and Callisto.CW/TW: far too many Gree

Starting Pride off with a bang, the tragic story of Apollo and Hyacinthus.CW/TW: far too many Greek

Back in the Underworld hanging out with dead friends. Circe gives some tips on how to get past favou

Zodiac constellations: there are two versions, both are weird and have bulls involved.CW/TW: far too

The Lysistrata is a comedy by Aristophanes. But it's become far more relevant in recent weeks, and n

Questions and answers.Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be fo

Odysseus and his men stay with Circe on Aiaia, before being given some advice on how best to get hom

Circe: Glaucus and Scylla, Medea, and, of course, Madeline Miller's book.CW/TW: far too many Greek m

Odysseus and his men visit Aeolus, keeper of the winds, the Laestrygonians, and finally land on the

Zodiac constellations: the golden ram who saves a guy from certain death by his very dysfunctional f

Odysseus begins to tell his story... So far it involves people who eat Lotus and a giant with one ey

Liv talks with the hosts of Next Door Villain, Joe and Tiana about the one and only, Medusa (oh, Med

Iphis and Ianthe, two girls in ancient Egypt. Women may not be able to be together back then, but th

Finally, we find Odysseus on the beguiling nymph Calypso's island. He's being set free after so many