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A Very Odyssean Conversation, A Modern Retelling; You Are Odysseus; and The Other One
08 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Join Liv and Laura Jenkinson Brown of Greek Myth Comix and You Are Odysseus to chat about each of their experiences retelling the Odyssey in distinct ...
RE-AIR: Fragments of an Ethiopian King, Memnon & the African Continent in Greek Myth
05 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The ancient Greeks knew incredible warriors when they saw them. The African continent featured often in Greek myth, Egypt as well as regions typically...
Conversations: Blood-Sweat Horses and Empire, Ancient Greece and China w/ Lee Moore
01 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week Liv and Michaela sit down to talk with Lee Moore of the Chinese Literature Podcast all about the time Ancient China may have met Ancient Gre...
RE-AIR: Why Did Clytemnestra Kill Cassandra, Another Q&A
29 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This episode originally aired in February 2025; the question about Clytemnestra and Cassandra is so relevant to the latest series on Aeschylus' Agamem...
The King is Broken, Battered, and Bloody… Long Live the Queen! (Aeschylus’ Agamemnon Part 4)
28 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The king is dead and the queen killed him; Clytemnestra is ready to bask in the glory of her accomplishments... and introduce the man who helped her, ...
Liv Reads Homer: The Odyssey (A Modern Translation!) Books 6 & 7
24 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Liv reads Books and 7 of Homer's Odyssey, translated by Ian Johnston. This modern translation is used with immense gratitude to translator Ian Johnsto...
Kassandra, the Prophetess on the Killing Floor… (Aeschylus’ Agamemnon Part 3)
21 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Clytemnestra's fury gives way to Kassandra's prophesies, Agamemnon might as well not even speak... Just how we like it. Things are about to get bloody...
Conversations: Will Theseus Get What’s Coming to Him? Minos with Kacper Szymczak
17 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This time Michaela comes on the show for her first solo conversation episode with Kacper Szymczak the Creative Director of Artificer Games. We had lot...
Roll Out the Red Carpet, King Agamemnon’s Home (Aeschylus’ Agamemnon Part 2)
14 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Agamemnon is home, Clytemnestra is... plotting. Pre-order Liv's Odyssey adaptation (!!!), The Odyssey: a Modern Retelling. Submit your question for th...
Liv Reads Homer: The Odyssey (A Modern Translation!) Book 5
10 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Liv reads Book 5 of Homer's Odyssey, translated by Ian Johnston. This modern translation is used with immense gratitude to translator Ian Johnston and...
Introducing... You Are Odysseus by L Jenkinson Brown
09 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Introducing YOU ARE ODYSSEUS... A audiobook/podcast version of the new book by L Jenkinson Brown where You Are Odysseus, making the same decisions, or...
RE-AIR: Euripides Has No Business Making Us Feel for Agamemnon! (Iphigenia at Aulis, Part 1)
07 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
NOTE! This episode originally aired in 2021. A new episode of the Agamemnon series will come out next week, this week life got in the way... So please...
Conversations: It's All Greek to Me! Ancient History 101 w/ Alexandra Sills
03 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Liv chats with Alexandra Sills about her new podcast with the Memory Collective, Ancient History 101. Subscribe to Ancient History 101 wherever you ge...
Woman, You Speak Like a Sensible Man! Aeschylus' Agamemnon (Part 1)
31 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
It's time, nerds. We're diving into tragedy of tragedies, Aeschylus' Agamemnon... Perhaps more appropriately called, The Clytemnestra Show. Pre-order ...
Conversations: Why is Being 'Complicated' a Bad Thing? Translating Homer w/ Emily Wilson
27 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Liv and Michaela speak with THE Emily Wilson about her new book, Crossing Wine Dark Seas, and the wide, wondrous world of translating Homer today. Pre...
All Day Every Day, Therapist, Mother, Maid; a History of Women’s Labour
24 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
A (brief) history of women's labour, from myth to etymology to the modern mess. Pre-order Liv's Odyssey adaptation (!!!), The Odyssey: a Modern Retell...
Liv Reads Homer: The Odyssey (A Modern Translation!) Book 4
20 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Liv reads Book 3 of Homer's Odyssey, translated by Ian Johnston. This modern translation is used with immense gratitude to translator Ian Johnston and...
Ancient History 101 by Alexandra Sills, a Memory Collective Podcast
17 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This is an episode of the brand new ancient history podcast, Ancient History 101, by Alexandra Sills! Featuring Owen Rees who introduces the ancient G...
Conversations: Get In the Dragon Wagon, We’re Going Shopping, Women in Euripides w/ Dr. Alecto Hardwick
13 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week Liv speaks with Dr. Alecto Hardwick about women in Euripides! Okay well it started with all about Medea and then it quickly falls into Eurip...
BONUS RE-AIR Beloved of Aphrodite, the Lives & Legacies of Ancient Greek Sex Workers
12 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This episode originally aired in March 2024. A little look into the lives of ancient Greek sex workers, particularly two Hetairai, Phryne and Rhodopis...
BONUS RE-AIR Conversations: The Missing Women of Euripides, Fragments w/ Dr Melissa Funke
11 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Liv speaks with Dr Melissa Funke about gender and the women in Euripides' fragmentary works. Find more from Melissa at the Peopling the Past project. ...
The Man, the Myth, the Monstrous Legend... Retelling the Odyssey for a Modern Odyssey
10 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
IT'S FINALLY TIME! Liv talks about writing her Odyssey retelling, reads from it, and answers a listener question about translation and retelling. Pre-...
BONUS RE-AIR: High Priestess of Ur, the World’s First Author, Enheduanna
09 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This episode originally aired in March 2024. The first recorded author in all of human history was a woman, a high priestess, her name was Enheduanna....
BONUS RE-AIR Conversations: Othering Women in the Origins of Western Medicine w/ Dr Christie Vogler (Parts 1 and 2
08 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
TW! Horrors of Women's/Female Health. Liv speaks with Dr Christie Vogler about the long and storied and utterly infuriating ancient history of women's...
Conversations: The Real Gauls of Classical Times with Dr. Antone Minard
06 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week Liv and Michaela speak with Dr. Antone Minard about the Gauls and the Gaulish language. Lots of fun linguistic facts to be found inside this...
RE-AIR: Not With a Bang, but a Whimper, the Collapse of the Bronze Age Mediterranean
03 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This episode originally aired in April 2024 during our series on the Bronze Age Collapse. A brief look at the causes behind the societal collapse of t...
Liv Reads Homer: The Odyssey (A Modern Translation!) Part 2
27 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Liv reads Book 3 of Homer's Odyssey, translated by Ian Johnston. This modern translation is used with immense gratitude to translator Ian Johnston and...
Men Fear What They Cannot Command or Control, the Husband-Slaying Lemnian Women
24 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Just a casual, not at all timely, look at the myth of women taking revenge on their abusers and oppressors. For funsies. Check out the next group trip...
Conversations: Even Women Had Names, Athenian Women (Without Husbands) w/ Katherine Backler
20 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Liv speaks with expert Katherine Backler about all the lives and lore of the very REAL women of ancient Athens, from the the beautifully mundane to th...
Hey Guys, There’s Mice in this One!! (Herodotus The Histories Book 2, Part 4)
17 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We are finally at the end of book 2 of Herodotus' Histories!! Yaayy!! Go us, it took us a bit, but it was such a fun little journey full of insanity a...
Conversations: Weave, Baby, Weave, Women’s Work in Ancient Sumeria with Alex Wells
13 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Liv and Michaela sit down with past episode guest Alex Wells, host of The Drumbeat Forever After podcast, all about women and their work in ancient Su...
RE-AIR: Conversations: But How Many Bears Is It? Sharks, Whales, and Sea Monsters in Greek Mythology w/ Ryan Denson
10 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Hermes here! Sorry for the re-air but unfortunately life got in the way. Today we will go back in time to 2022 with this episode with Dr. Ryan Denson ...
Liv Reads Homer: The Odyssey, Part 1 (This time, a Modern Translation!)
06 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Liv reads Homer's Odyssey, translated by Ian Johnston. This modern translation is used with immense gratitude to translator Ian Johnston and Vancouver...
From Mummification to the Building of the Pyramids (Herodotus The Histories Book 2, Part 3)
03 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We continue on in our Egyptian adventures with Book 2 of Herodotus' Histories! We finish up looking at the customs of the Egyptians, and start with th...
Conversations: No Culture is a Vacuum, the Winding World of Ancient Jewish Travel Narratives w/ Dr Gillian Glass
30 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Liv speaks with Dr Gillian Glass about the history of ancient Jewish travel narratives and the beautiful multiplicity of the ancient world. Learn more...
Oy With the Cows Already (Herodotus The Histories Book 2, Part 2)
27 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Herodotus continues on his narrative about Egypt talking now about the Egyptian people, priesthoods, oracles, and then animals. It's certainly a fasci...
RE-AIR: Conversations: There’s Much to Do, and Many Unknowns On the Horizon… Herodotus in Egypt w/ Dr Kate Minniti
23 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Herodotus was an incredibly influential ancient figure... And he also wrote a lot of bizarre stuff. Liv is joined by Kate Minniti who shares all the w...
On the Nature of the Nile River (Herodotus The Histories Bk 2, Part 1)
20 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We are back to Herodotus folks, and here we enter the wonderful work of Egypt as understood by him. How's he gonna do? Who knows, we shall find out. E...
Conversations: Celebrating Imperial Violence, Roman Triumphs and Triumphal Arches w/ the Partial Historians
16 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Submit your question for the next Q&A via email or a voice note. Get ad-free episodes and so, so much more, by subscribing to the Oracle Edition a...
RE-AIR: Conversations: A Long and Storied History of Sparta, Modern Misuse & Misconception w/ Stephen Hodkinson
13 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This episode originally aired as part of the Spartan Mirage series, in January 2023. It's time we listen and learn (again). Liv speaks with Stephen Ho...
Conversations: The Only Ones Who Benefit from War Are the Bad Guys w/ Joshua Cannon
09 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Liv speaks with classicist, author, and veteran, Joshua Cannon about the Iliad, warfare in the ancient Mediterranean, and how War is Bad, Actually. Th...
Conversations: White Ain't Right, How White Supremacy Uses Classics to Defend Bigotry with Curtis Dozier
06 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Liv speaks with classicist Curtis Dozier about the troubling (and tragically unsurprising) connections between the world's worst people (white suprema...
Helen, the King Maker; Lucifer the Morningstar; Enyo, the Bloody... A New Years Q&A
02 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Liv answers all your burning questions (and some notably less urgent as well!). Submit your question for the next Q&A via email or a voice note. G...
RE-AIR: Slow But Steady Wins the Race, Ancient Aesop & His Fables
30 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode originally aired in January 2023. Not at all a children's author... We're talking ancient Aesop and his oh so famous fables.Submit your q...
RE-AIR: Conversations: How Women Became Poets, Gender History in Greek Literature w/ Emily Hauser
26 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode originally aired in November 2024. Liv speaks with author Emily Hauser about her book How Women Became Poets. They look at women in Greek...
Battle of the Bad B*tches: Helen and Clytemnestra
23 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Liv and Michaela come together for the third (?) annual Battle of the Bas--no wait that's actually the Battle of the Bad B*tches. Helen and Clytemnest...
Liv Reads Statius: The Thebaid (Final)
19 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Liv reads the final book of Statius' Thebaid, translated by JH Mozley. The brothers of Thebes, Eteocles and Polynices, are dead. Their wives and siste...
Now for Cleopatra Senior!: Revisiting The Very Real Cleopatra VII with The Partial Historians
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On Friday we looked at Cleopatra Selene (aka Cleopatra Jr, Cleopatra VIII), so it's only fitting to revisit an old (and very fun!) episode with the am...
Conversations: Cleopatra Selene. . .A Queen her Mother Would Be Proud Of w/ Jane Draycott
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Liv speaks with Jane Draycott again this week about her book Cleopatra's Daughter: Egyptian Princess, Roman Prisoner, African Queen. Jane Draycott is ...
The Worst Friendship Breakup of All Time (The Wars of the Diadochi and the Hellenistic Period)
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We are back with the Wars of the Diadochi and finally Ptolemy gets his proper introduction. Join me today to see what goes on after the Lamian War, se...
Conversations: The Empire is Back. . .and This Episode is the Seleucids w/ Dr. Talia Prussin
05 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Liv and Michaela speak with Dr. Talia Prussin about the Seleucid empire and the Hellenistic Period generally. Much shenanigans went down, and many dis...
That One Time When Alex Said Hey Guys, Figure It Out
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Some more fun history time for you all! This time we are diving into the Wars of the Diadochi, well more like Alex dying and all the Greek rebellions ...
Conversations: Life At the Far Edges of a Crumbling Empire... w/ Owen Rees
28 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Liv speaks with returning guest Owen Rees about his new book looking at the fringes of ancient empire... From Egypt to Greece to Rome and China. Learn...
Hermes Here, Admitting All My Sins: the Remix
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Michaela here giving you a remix of past episodes, looking at three different times that we have explored Hermes here on the show. From the Homeric Hy...
Conversations: Deconstructing 'Classicism' and So-Called Western Civilization, w/ Dr Dan-el Padilla Peralta
21 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Liv and Michaela speak with Dan-el Padilla Peralta about his new book Classicism and Other Phobias, breaking down the 'Founders of Western Civilizatio...
Liv Reads Statius: The Thebaid (Part 12)
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Liv reads (the second half) of Book 11 of Statius' Thebaid, translated by JH Mozley. It's the beginning of the end... The brothers, Eteocles and Polyn...
Conversations: Real Women's Voices at Real Ancient Work, w/ Andromache Karanika
14 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Liv speaks with Andromache Karanika about women's work, work songs, and the very concept of real ancient women's lives. Set fire to the patriarchy, my...
Oracle You Glad to Hear From Me?
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We're here this Tuesday with another fun history episode because Liv deserves a break too! This was a fun one to research and write for you all, just ...
Turns Out Disney's Hercules is Super Duper Queer (feat. Historical Homos)
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hear ye! Here ye! Liv met up with the Historical Homos again to talk all things Disney Hercules and how wonderfully queer it is! Thebes as the big cit...
Liv Reads Statius: The Thebaid (Part 11)
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Liv reads (the first half) of Book 11 of Statius' Thebaid, translated by JH Mozley. It's the beginning of the end... The brothers, Eteocles and Polyni...
Do You Like Scary Stories? Spooky Selections from Spooky Conversations...
31 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Halloween! Today we've cobbled together selections from three favourite Spooky Season Conversations, featuring selections from 2022's Halloween ...
RE-AIR: Blood-soaked Trees, Erysichthon Eats Himself & Bonus Boogeywomen of Ancient Greece
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode originally aired in October 2020... It might be old, but the story feels right on point in 2025. We travel to Thessaly where their king, ...
RE-AIR: Conversations: Sorceresses & Satire, Witches of Ancient Greece & Rome w/ Maxwell T Paule
24 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks for your patience... New episodes are (fingers crossed) coming soon! For now, this episode originally aired in October 2021 (which, yes, Liv lo...
BONUS! Hermes Historia: We Yearn for the Grave (Re-air)
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hey, did you know that Michaela and Liv are running a bonus history series over on the show's Patreon?! Last year we aired a few Hermes Historia episo...
RE-AIR: So Many Snakes, the Prolific Monster Dynasty of Typhoeus & Echidna
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode originally aired in October 2021... So. Many. Snakes. To continue Spooky Season, a look at the Father of Monsters, Typhoeus (or Typhon), ...
RE-AIR: Liv Reads Ancient Spooky Selections from Pliny, Ovid, Aeschylus, and Lucan
17 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode originally aired in October 2023. Liv reads a selection of spooky content from ancient authors: Aeschylus' Agamemnon, translated by Herbe...
Let's F--k With the Patriarchy, LTAMB x the Missing Witches Podcast
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Liv teams up with the Missing Witches podcast to talk ancient Greek witches and women... Because when a woman wields freedom, she must be a witch! Che...
RE-AIR: Conversations: Taking Inspiration from the Furies, Seneca’s Medea w/ Dr Lauren Ginsberg
10 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode originally aired in summer of 2023. So! Much! Seneca! Lauren Ginsberg joins Liv to RAVE about Seneca's Medea, and provide some helpful an...
Spooky Special... Liv's Favourite F--ked Up Family (aka Must Not Eat Children, Part 2)
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Happy spooooky season! It's about time we revisit the most HORRIFYING and GORY play Liv's ever read... Seneca's Thyestes, the play whose only woman ch...
Spooky Special... Liv's Favourite F--ked Up Family (aka Must Not Eat Children, Part 1)
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Happy spooooky season! It's about time we revisit the most HORRIFYING and GORY play Liv's ever read... Seneca's Thyestes, the play whose only woman ch...
RE-AIR: Conversations: Dragons! Witches! Werewolves! The Ancient Supernatural w/ Daniel Ogden
03 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode originally aired in October 2022! Liv speaks with professor and (prolific!) author Daniel Ogden about all things Spooky! Find his many bo...
She Crashes into the Scene, Wine Skin Filled with Human Blood (Herodotus The Histories Bk 1, Part 4)
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We've finally made it to the end of the first book of Herodotus' Histories. It's been a wild ride folks, with all those twists and turns, but it ends ...
Liv Reads Statius: The Thebaid (Part 10)
26 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Liv reads Book 10 of Statius' Thebaid, translated by JH Mozley. The war is in full swing and even the gods get involved. Submit to the quarterly Q&...
The Definitely Real, Totally Accurate Story of Cyrus (Herodotus The Histories Bk 1, Part 3)
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
And we are back again with another week of Herodotus and his Histories. This time, we go backwards to explore how the Persian Empire got power within ...
TRAILER! Let's Talk About Myths, Baby!
20 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's that time again... A fresh trailer for the ninth year of Lets Talk About Myths, Baby! Listen wherever you get your podcasts or learn more at myth...
Conversations: Joining the Vestal Virgins Sounds Nice Until You Realize You Might Get Buried Alive, w/ Dr Peta Greenfield
19 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Liv speaks with Peta Greenfield (aka the Partial Historian's Dr. G) about the HORRORS of ancient Rome's Vestal Virgins, one of the most disturbing rel...
A Tale of Two Cities, oh and the Capture of a Third (Herodotus' The Histories Bk 1, Part 2)
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We return to the wonderful world of Herodotus to see what happens next in Croesus' mad dash to take on the Persian Empire? Will he succeed? Will we ev...
Herodotus, Father of Tangents, Asides, and Digressions (Herodotus' The Histories Bk 1, Part 1)
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Come one, come all to a new episode exploring the wonders that is Herodotus' The Histories! Today Michaela takes on an adventure into the beginnings o...
BTS BONUS Conversations: A Peek Behind the Ancient Scenes, the Culture of Theatre w/ CW Marshall
06 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's time for another 'Back to School' BONUS!... That is, we're re-sharing some fun and (extra) educational episodes because there's always more to le...
BTS BONUS: Conversations: Can You Smell the God In the Air?! Epiphanies in Antiquity w/ Gillian Glass
05 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's time for another 'Back to School' BONUS!... That is, we're re-sharing some fun and (extra) educational episodes because there's always more to le...
BTS BONUS: Conversations: Women Are Wet & Spongy, the History of the Female Body w/ Prof Helen King
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's time for another 'Back to School' BONUS!... That is, we're re-sharing some fun and (extra) educational episodes because there's always more to le...
BTS BONUS: Conversations: Becoming One With Gaia, Plant Myths & Sacred Groves w/ Eva Rummery (2022)
03 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's time for another 'Back to School' BONUS!... That is, we're re-sharing some fun and (extra) educational episodes because there's always more to le...
Ariadne's Naxian Escape: Answers to Your Qs, a New Group Trip and So Much More...
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today Liv shares LOTS of new and exciting developments (fancy new group trip, anyone?!), answers some of your questions (we're getting crafty!), and m...
RE-AIR: Conversations: The Things They Found in Tombs, Bronze Age Mycenae w/ Dr Kim Shelton
29 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode originally aired in april 2024. Liv is joined by Dr Kim Shelton to dive deeper into the real world of Bronze Age Mycenae and all we've le...
RE-AIR: All I Really Want Is To Talk About the Fire-Breathing Goat… Bellerophon, Pegasus, and the Chimera
26 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's re-aired episode is PURE DELIGHTFUL NONSENSE! This episode originally aired in Jul 2023... Diving deeper into the story of Bellerophon, the pe...
Conversations: From Mythical to Curative to Poisonous, Mythic Plants w/ Ellen Zachos
22 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Liv and Michaela chat with author and plant and foraging expert Ellen Zachos about all things myth and plant! From mythical plants like moly to which ...
It's One of the Most Ancient Cities on the Planet, Gaza (Conversation Re-Air, w/ Dr Chance Bonar)
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Western World is ready to sit back and watch as one of the oldest cities, in one of the most historical rich countries on the planet, is wiped off...
Liv Reads Statius: The Thebaid (Part 9)
15 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Liv reads Book 9 of Statius' Thebaid, translated by JH Mozley. The battle between the Argives and Thebans, aka between the brother Polyneices and Eteo...
Heroes Crying to Mommy (Actually!) and Deconstructing Gender, A Q&A Episode
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Liv answers more listener questions including the lost Heroes Crying to Mommy question, all things virgin-goddess-gender-fluidity, Bad Women of Homer,...
Conversations: Not the Glory of War, but the Horror of it... The Iliad (kind of) w/ Joel Christensen
08 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Newsflash: the Iliad is an anti-war epic. Liv and Michaela speak with returning guest Joel Christensen about (ostensibly!) the Iliad, all the reasons ...
Liv Reads Statius: The Thebaid (Part 8)
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Liv reads Book 8 of Statius' Thebaid, translated by JH Mozley. When the prophet-hero Amphiareus dies, even the king of the Underworld is a little thro...
RE-AIR: Conversations: A Man of Many Turns, Odysseus & the Odyssey w/ Joel Christensen
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Since we're on a bit of an Odyssey kick, this episode originally aired in May 2024 and stay tuned for Joel returning to talk the Iliad! Liv speaks wit...
Othering in the Odyssey; Liv & Michaela Chat Polyphemus the Cyclops
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Liv is neck-deep in the Odyssey which means today she and Michaela chat Odysseus' travels, particularly Polyphemus and the 'othering' of the Cyclops. ...
Special! Liv's Episode of Movies We Dig... Spartacus: Gods of the Arena
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For something a little fun and different this is an episode of Movies We Dig, part of the Memory Collective Podcast Network, featuring yours truly! We...
Why Do So Many Important Gods Have so Few Stories... And So Much More (Q&A Pt 3)
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Liv answers even more listener questions because they're just so good! Submit your question for the next Q&A via email or a voice note. Get ad-fre...
Let's Talk Pronunciation, Merch, the Odyssey, Heracles vs. 100 Gorillas (Anniversary Q&A pt.2)
18 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The podcast's EIGHT year anniversary is upon us so Liv answers listener questions about any and everything including the most important question: who ...
From the Horrors of Zeus to the Intricacies of the Patriarchy's Hold on Society, 8 Years of LTAMB
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's that time again! The podcast's eight year anniversary is upon us... Today (and this Friday!) Liv answers listener questions about any and everyth...
Liv Reads Statius: The Thebaid (Part 7)
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Liv reads The Thebaid, by Statius, translated by JH Mozley. After the side quest with Hypsipyle in Nemea (and the sports!) it's time to return to warm...
RE-AIR: How Much Mythology Is Too Much?? Five Years of Let’s Talk About Myths, Baby!
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We're coming up on the EIGHT year anniversary of LTAMB so as a treat here is the special episode from the FIFTH anniversary! This episode originally a...
Moms, Prophecies, and oh ya Orpheus is there too... KAOS Takeover w/ Christie Vogler and Anastasia Pantazopoulou (Part 2)
04 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back for a slightly late part two of a KAOS Takeover episode with Michaela Pangowish, Christie Vogler, and special guest Anastasia Pantazopoul...