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Updated 09/29/2021
Stories for Kids

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08/08/2024

Passing the Cone!

It’s the final special snackisode of the season, and Spoonie wants to go out with a cherry on top! Spoonie and Tongs are making ice cream, but they’ll need help from everyone in the kitchen to get the job done. Teamwork to the rescue! Tongs shares fabulous facts about ice cream from all over the world, and special guests Marielys, Maxwell, Sebastian, and Matteo join as a family to play Please Pass the Peas, a relay-style game all about the many flavors of ice cream.

08/08/2024

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13 min
04/22/2025

Theseus & Ariadne 1: "No tributes have ever returned to Athens..."

Newly-crowned prince Theseus and thirteen brave young Athenians sail across the wine-dark sea towards the island of Crete. They are tributes, destined for the lair of the monstrous Minotaur. But Eros, the mischievous god of love, has other plans for our young hero and his crew… Live from Mount Olympus is produced by the Onassis Foundation. Karen Brooks Hopkins is executive producer. Our series creator and showrunner is Julie Burstein. Live from Mount Olympus is co-produced by Brooklyn-based theatre collective The TEAM. Our co-directors are Rachel Chavkin, Zhailon Levingston, Keenan Tyler Oliphant, and Josiah Davis, with additional direction by Joan Sergei. And our actors are: Eric Berryman MaYaa Boateng Sean Carvajal EJ Duarte Jill Frutkin Divine Garland Adrienne Hopkins Caroline Hopkins Natalie Hopkins Modesto ‘Flako’ Jimenez Na’Shay Kelly Julien Heart King Libby King Ian Lassiter Zhailon Levingston Evalisse Lopez Kimberly Marable Jake Margolin Marcel Isaiah Martinez James Harrison Monaco Xavier Pacheco Joham Palma Damir Priestley Angel Rodriguez Conor Sweeney Jillian Walker And André De Shields is Hermes. The TEAM’s Producing Director is Emma Orme, and Associate Producer is Sabine Decatur. Casting support from Melissa Friedman, co-Artistic Director of Epic Theater Ensemble. Live from Mount Olympus is written by Nathan Yungerberg with Julie Burstein and Jason Adam Katzenstein. Audio production and mix by John Melillo. Audio editing and sound design by Yonatan Rekem. Magdalini Giannikou composed our original music which was performed by Banda Magda and mixed and mastered by Luca Bordonaro. Jason Adam Katzenstein created our illustrations and is series humor consultant. A big thank you to our creative advisors: Dr. Michael Cohen and Richard Nodell. Mandy Boikou is Administrative Director and Sofia Pipa is Project Manager at Onassis USA. Will McClelland is our production assistant and Gizelle Winter is our series antiquities consultant. Live from Mount Olympus was recorded with engineers Roy Hendrickson, Ian Kagey, Mor Mezrich, Matthew Sullivan, and Matthew Soares at The Power Station at Berklee NYC. Press by Grand Communications. Graphic design by Onassis Creative Studio. Live from Mount Olympus is distributed by PRX. Want to learn more about Hermes and the Olympians? Check out our website at www.onassis.link/olympus Since 1975, the Onassis Foundation has been dedicated to culture, community, and education, with projects that can effectively inspire social change and justice across borders. Learn more at www.onassis.org.

04/22/2025

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22 min
02/02/2021

Perseus 2: A Question and a Quest

A fisherman named Dictys finds a big wooden crate caught in his nets. Inside are a mother and her baby. Dictys takes them back to his simple little hut and cares for them as if they were his own family. As baby Perseus grows into a young man, he wonders where he came from and who he really is, and makes a crazy vow to save his mom from an evil king. Live from Mount Olympus is a production of the Onassis Foundation, and co-produced by The TEAM. The podcast is directed by Tony Award-winner Rachel Chavkin (Hadestown) and Zhailon Levingston (Tina: The Tina Turner Musical) and created by Peabody Award-winning producer Julie Burstein. Karen Brooks Hopkins is the executive producer. Live from Mount Olympus is presented by TRAX from PRX with support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Find out more at Onassis.link/Olympus Our actors include Vinie Burrows, Jill Frutkin, Divine Garland, Amber Gray, Modesto "Flako" Jimenez, Libby King, Ian Lassiter, Zhailon Levingston, Christina Liberus, Nehemiah Luckett, Jake Margolin, James Harrison Monaco, Kristen Sieh, Jillian Walker, Baby Perseus is played by Calvin Samuel Blanch and Whit Vega Margolin-Vaughan, and André De Shields is Hermes. Our production team includes: sound designer David Schulman; writer Alexie Basil; story editor Nalini Jones; music composed and performed by Magda Giannikou with Luca Bordonaro; and illustrations by Jason Adam Katzenstein.

02/02/2021

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21 min
04/29/2025

Theseus & Ariadne 2: “Are you ready for the death-defying spectacle of the decade?”

The atmosphere is electric in the central square of Knossos as the city gathers to watch the Athenian tributes dance with a very dangerous bull. Bloodthirsty cheers erupt whenever the tributes are threatened by sharp horns and hooves. But not everyone in the audience is rooting for the bull. Live from Mount Olympus is produced by the Onassis Foundation. Karen Brooks Hopkins is executive producer. Our series creator and showrunner is Julie Burstein. Live from Mount Olympus is co-produced by Brooklyn-based theatre collective The TEAM. Our co-directors are Rachel Chavkin, Zhailon Levingston, Keenan Tyler Oliphant, and Josiah Davis, with additional direction by Joan Sergei. And our actors are: Eric Berryman MaYaa Boateng Sean Carvajal EJ Duarte Jill Frutkin Divine Garland Adrienne Hopkins Caroline Hopkins Natalie Hopkins Modesto ‘Flako’ Jimenez Na’Shay Kelly Julien Heart King Libby King Ian Lassiter Zhailon Levingston Evalisse Lopez Kimberly Marable Jake Margolin Marcel Isaiah Martinez James Harrison Monaco Xavier Pacheco Joham Palma Damir Priestley Angel Rodriguez Conor Sweeney Jillian Walker And André De Shields is Hermes. The TEAM’s Producing Director is Emma Orme, and Associate Producer is Sabine Decatur. Casting support from Melissa Friedman, co-Artistic Director of Epic Theater Ensemble. Live from Mount Olympus is written by Nathan Yungerberg with Julie Burstein and Jason Adam Katzenstein. Audio production and mix by John Melillo. Audio editing and sound design by Yonatan Rekem. Magdalini Giannikou composed our original music which was performed by Banda Magda and mixed and mastered by Luca Bordonaro. Jason Adam Katzenstein created our illustrations and is series humor consultant. A big thank you to our creative advisors: Dr. Michael Cohen and Richard Nodell. Mandy Boikou is Administrative Director and Sofia Pipa is Project Manager at Onassis USA. Will McClelland is our production assistant and Gizelle Winter is our series antiquities consultant. Live from Mount Olympus was recorded with engineers Roy Hendrickson, Ian Kagey, Mor Mezrich, Matthew Sullivan, and Matthew Soares at The Power Station at Berklee NYC. Press by Grand Communications. Graphic design by Onassis Creative Studio. Live from Mount Olympus is distributed by PRX. Want to learn more about Hermes and the Olympians? Check out our website at www.onassis.link/olympus Since 1975, the Onassis Foundation has been dedicated to culture, community, and education, with projects that can effectively inspire social change and justice across borders. Learn more at www.onassis.org.

04/29/2025

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22 min
12/26/2023

Happy Lunar New Year!

It’s Lunar New Year, and Spoonie and Tongs are making Vietnamese spring rolls for “The Big Taste." Their biggest challenge? Trying to stay up late to celebrate the holiday! Between noisemakers, dance parties, and a little help from the listeners, will they make it to midnight?? Chef guest Calvin Eng joins the fun and talks about his family’s Cantonese traditions and favorite recipes, and kid guest Milo shares his favorite Korean rice cake soup, Tteokguk! Calvin Eng is the chef & owner of Bonnie’s, a Cantonese-American restaurant in Williamsburg. Brooklyn born and raised in a traditional Chinese family, Eng had the dream & goal of opening a restaurant for the last decade, but only in recent years has he realized how important it is to pursue Cantonese food and dive deeper into the dishes of his heritage. Bonnie’s has received positive reviews from The New York Times, The New Yorker, New York Magazine, Eater and Bon Appetit. Eng is a 2023 StarChefs Rising Star, 2023 James Beard Best Chef: New York State Semifinalist, 2022 James Beard Emerging Chef Finalist, 2022 Food & Wine Best New Chef and 2023 Forbes 30 under 30.

12/26/2023

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27 min
11/14/2023

Taking It to the Streets!

Spoonie is doing a show about street food from around the world but keeps getting distracted by a delicious smell coming from outside her kitchen window. Can Spoonie stay focused long enough to get through her podcast? And will she ever get the chance to taste the street food she so desperately wants to try? Celebrity chef Pati Jinich shares her favorite Mexican street foods, and kid guest Gavi talks about the Malaysian curry puffs he loves making with his grandmother. Pati Jinich is the Emmy-nominated Mexican host and executive producer of both La Frontera, her PBS Primetime docuseries that reveals untold stories from the US-Mexico border and Pati’s Mexican Table, which has brought Mexican flavors into American homes for more than 10 years. A James Beard award-winning chef and former political analyst, Pati has made it her life’s work to build greater understanding between her two home countries: Mexico where she was born and the United States where she currently resides and is raising her family. In addition to her television work, she is a New York Times contributor and bestselling author with 3 cookbooks, including her most recent Treasures of the Mexican Table: Classic Recipes, Local Secrets.

11/14/2023

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28 min
08/06/2024

Chip, Chip, Hooray!

Spoonie celebrates her favorite spectator snack – chips! Spatty the Spatula is back in the Kitchen and excited about playing a new game, but can he learn to play by the rules? Tongs shares fabulous facts about chips from all over the world, and special kid guest Teddy shows Spatty how to keep it fair and fun in today’s game – Secret Snack: a cooperative guessing game.

08/06/2024

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14 min
05/06/2025

Theseus & Ariadne 3: “Snakes are slimy and sneaky and ewwww, I just don’t like them!”

Princess Ariadne leads Theseus to her dream chamber deep within the labyrinth. Once Theseus can get over his fear of snakes, the love-struck teenagers talk about their lives and share a few secrets. Live from Mount Olympus is produced by the Onassis Foundation. Karen Brooks Hopkins is executive producer. Our series creator and showrunner is Julie Burstein. Live from Mount Olympus is co-produced by Brooklyn-based theatre collective The TEAM. Our co-directors are Rachel Chavkin, Zhailon Levingston, Keenan Tyler Oliphant, and Josiah Davis, with additional direction by Joan Sergei. And our actors are: Eric Berryman MaYaa Boateng Sean Carvajal EJ Duarte Jill Frutkin Divine Garland Adrienne Hopkins Caroline Hopkins Natalie Hopkins Modesto ‘Flako’ Jimenez Na’Shay Kelly Julien Heart King Libby King Ian Lassiter Zhailon Levingston Evalisse Lopez Kimberly Marable Jake Margolin Marcel Isaiah Martinez James Harrison Monaco Xavier Pacheco Joham Palma Damir Priestley Angel Rodriguez Conor Sweeney Jillian Walker And André De Shields is Hermes. The TEAM’s Producing Director is Emma Orme, and Associate Producer is Sabine Decatur. Casting support from Melissa Friedman, co-Artistic Director of Epic Theater Ensemble. Live from Mount Olympus is written by Nathan Yungerberg with Julie Burstein and Jason Adam Katzenstein. Audio production and mix by John Melillo. Audio editing and sound design by Yonatan Rekem. Magdalini Giannikou composed our original music which was performed by Banda Magda and mixed and mastered by Luca Bordonaro. Jason Adam Katzenstein created our illustrations and is series humor consultant. A big thank you to our creative advisors: Dr. Michael Cohen and Richard Nodell. Mandy Boikou is Administrative Director and Sofia Pipa is Project Manager at Onassis USA. Will McClelland is our production assistant and Gizelle Winter is our series antiquities consultant. Live from Mount Olympus was recorded with engineers Roy Hendrickson, Ian Kagey, Mor Mezrich, Matthew Sullivan, and Benjamin Miller at The Power Station at Berklee NYC. Press by Grand Communications. Graphic design by Onassis Creative Studio. Live from Mount Olympus is distributed by PRX. Want to learn more about Hermes and the Olympians? Check out our website at www.onassis.link/olympus Since 1975, the Onassis Foundation has been dedicated to culture, community, and education, with projects that can effectively inspire social change and justice across borders. Learn more at www.onassis.org.

05/06/2025

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23 min
05/13/2025

Theseus & Ariadne 4: “Who puts a surprise for a kid under a huge heavy rock?!”

Despite their different gods, countries, and customs, our young heroes find they have more in common than they thought when Theseus tells Ariadne about how he discovered his true origins. Live from Mount Olympus is produced by the Onassis Foundation. Karen Brooks Hopkins is executive producer. Our series creator and showrunner is Julie Burstein. Live from Mount Olympus is co-produced by Brooklyn-based theatre collective The TEAM. Our co-directors are Rachel Chavkin, Zhailon Levingston, Keenan Tyler Oliphant, and Josiah Davis, with additional direction by Joan Sergei. And our actors are: Eric Berryman MaYaa Boateng Sean Carvajal EJ Duarte Jill Frutkin Divine Garland Adrienne Hopkins Caroline Hopkins Natalie Hopkins Modesto ‘Flako’ Jimenez Na’Shay Kelly Julien Heart King Libby King Ian Lassiter Zhailon Levingston Evalisse Lopez Kimberly Marable Jake Margolin Marcel Isaiah Martinez James Harrison Monaco Xavier Pacheco Joham Palma Damir Priestley Angel Rodriguez Conor Sweeney Jillian Walker And André De Shields is Hermes. The TEAM’s Producing Director is Emma Orme, and Associate Producer is Sabine Decatur. Casting support from Melissa Friedman, co-Artistic Director of Epic Theater Ensemble. Live from Mount Olympus is written by Nathan Yungerberg with Julie Burstein and Jason Adam Katzenstein. Audio production and mix by John Melillo. Audio editing and sound design by Yonatan Rekem. Magdalini Giannikou composed our original music which was performed by Banda Magda and mixed and mastered by Luca Bordonaro. Jason Adam Katzenstein created our illustrations and is series humor consultant. A big thank you to our creative advisors: Dr. Michael Cohen and Richard Nodell. Mandy Boikou is Administrative Director and Sofia Pipa is Project Manager at Onassis USA. Will McClelland is our production assistant and Gizelle Winter is our series antiquities consultant. Live from Mount Olympus was recorded with engineers Roy Hendrickson, Ian Kagey, Mor Mezrich, Matthew Sullivan, and Matthew Soares at The Power Station at Berklee NYC. Press by Grand Communications. Graphic design by Onassis Creative Studio. Live from Mount Olympus is distributed by PRX. Want to learn more about Hermes and the Olympians? Check out our website at www.onassis.link/olympus Since 1975, the Onassis Foundation has been dedicated to culture, community, and education, with projects that can effectively inspire social change and justice across borders. Learn more at www.onassis.org.

05/13/2025

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26 min
02/09/2021

Perseus 3: We're Related???

Perseus meets two powerful half-siblings he never knew he had, and confronts his mother Danae about the secrets she’s kept his whole life. Live from Mount Olympus is a production of the Onassis Foundation, and co-produced by The TEAM. The podcast is directed by Tony Award-winner Rachel Chavkin (Hadestown) and Zhailon Levingston (Tina: The Tina Turner Musical) and created by Peabody Award-winning producer Julie Burstein. Karen Brooks Hopkins is the executive producer. Live from Mount Olympus is presented by TRAX from PRX with support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Find out more at Onassis.link/Olympus Our actors include Vinie Burrows, Jill Frutkin, Divine Garland, Amber Gray, Modesto "Flako" Jimenez, Libby King, Ian Lassiter, Zhailon Levingston, Christina Liberus, Nehemiah Luckett, Jake Margolin, James Harrison Monaco, Kristen Sieh, Jillian Walker, Baby Perseus is played by Calvin Samuel Blanch and Whit Vega Margolin-Vaughan, and André De Shields is Hermes. Our production team includes: sound designer David Schulman; writer Alexie Basil; story editor Nalini Jones; music composed and performed by Magda Giannikou with Luca Bordonaro; and illustrations by Jason Adam Katzenstein.

02/09/2021

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22 min

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