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Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold iHeartPodcasts and Liv Albert
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The most entertaining and enraging stories from mythology told casually, contemporarily, and (let's be honest) sarcastically. Greek and Roman gods did some pretty weird (and awful) things. Liv focuses on Greek and Roman mythology's (mis)treatment of women, the wild things the gods did, and the all around incredible minds of the ancient world. Gods, goddesses, heroes, monsters, and everything in between. Regular episodes every Tuesday, conversations with authors and scholars or readings of ancient epics every Friday.
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Orestes, Captaining the Ship of Catastrophe (Euripides’ Iphigenia Among the Taurians Part 3)
More tension, more unknown sibling secrets, and the hatching of a plan... For background on Iphigenia's family and the events that lead to this play, check out this Spotify playlist. Submit your Q&A responses here! Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content!
CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing.
Sources: Iphigenia Among the Taurians, translated by Anne Carson; and another edition by George Theodoridis. Herodotus' Histories.
Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions.
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Conversations: Assigning Order to the Chaos, Theologizing the Gods w/ Dr. Maciej Paprocki (Part 1)
Liv speaks with Dr. Maciej Paprocki about theologizing the gods, looking for rules and order amongst the mess that is the Greek Pantheon. Learn more about the Thetis book mentioned. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content!
CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing.
Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions.
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No One Does a Dramatic Sibling Reveal Quite Like Euripides (Iphigenia Among the Taurians Part 2)
This family has the worst luck! Iphigenia, Orestes, and Pylades deal with a bit of a misunderstanding. For background on Iphigenia's family and the events that lead to this play, check out this Spotify playlist. Submit your Q&A responses here! Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content!
CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing.
Sources: Iphigenia Among the Taurians, translated by Anne Carson; and another edition by George Theodoridis. Herodotus' Histories.
Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions.
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Liv Reads Ovid: The Metamorphses Book XIV
Liv reads the penultimate book of Ovid's Metamorphses, translated by Brookes More. We here about Circe, Aeneas, and far too much about Rome. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content!
CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing.
Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions.
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A Case of Ancient Fanfiction, Euripides’ Iphigenia Among the Taurians (Part 1)
What happened after Iphigenia was sacrificed for a bit of good wind? Euripides has a theory... For background on Iphigenia's family and the events that lead to this play, check out this Spotify playlist. Submit your Q&A responses here! Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content!
CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing.
Sources: Iphigenia Among the Taurians, translated by Anne Carson; and another edition by George Theodoridis. Herodotus' Histories.
Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. -
Conversations: Giving Circe the Agency She Deserves, w/ Sophia Kouidou-Giles
Greek-American author Sophia Kouidou-Giles joins Liv to talk Circe, Skylla, Greece, and her new novel An Unexpected Ally. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content!
CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing.
Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Customer Reviews
Hilarious & educational!
After listening for a long time I am finally caught up to all the episodes! So much so that I listened to the show for 13,000 minutes in 2023! So worth it! Liv and all her guests bring a fun and modern perspective to ancient mythology and history! If you want to learn but have fun while doing it, then this is the show for you!
Amazing!!!
I am almost caught up on this show and I have absolutely loved it, I love the way you tell stories and my favorite episodes are the greek plays that you go through. Thank you for doing this and making them so enjoyable
FAVE PODCAST EVER‼️
I found this podcast about a year ago and i absolutely love it so much. I have always loved greek mythology and i never knew how to go about learning more about the original texts of these stories. Liv and her podcast has just increased my love for all these stories and i love listening to this podcast whenever possible!