SPOOKY SEASON RE-AIR: Liv Reads Homer, The Od...

YOU ARE ODYSSEUS - the immersive, interactive audiobook podcast.EPISODE 1: The BeginningThe War at Troy is over. What will you do now?CW: implied references to physical and s*xual abuse, as per historical context and mythology and the original story. Listen and become Odysseus, t ...  Show more

Happy Spoooooky Season! Today Dr Charlotte Spence joins Liv to talk about the weird, wacky, and deeeeeeeply f---ed up tradition of ancient curse tablets... (Many awkward and icky laughs are had!) AVAILABLE NOW! The Odyssey: a Modern Retelling. Submit your question for the next Q& ...  Show more

Oh Muses! Help us continue the tale of Odysseus attempting to make his way home from the ruins of Troy. In this episode we encounter upsetting pig facts, still-mooing beef, the burdens of leadership, hungry sea monsters, and that feeling you get when one of your sailors die? But ...  Show more

This week it is the very very spooky* Halloween episode about a terrifying** trek through the Greek underworld. It's definitely not a lighthearted romp where a Greek god makes a podcast, trick-or-treats as Hercules, and emcees a poetry competition. Nope. Not at all.The creatures ...  Show more

STORY  53:00 listening time Odysseus visits the underworld and has some interesting conversations with the dead.  His mom warns him about the deteriorating situation in Ithaka; Agamemnon warns him about the fidelity of wives (an Odyssey “recurring theme); and Achilles shares h ...

Oh Muses! We return to Ithaca with Odysseus after 20 years of adventuring. In this episode we encounter PTSD in action, elaborate disguises, the death penalty, double standards, Agamemnon’s ghost, and a test of furniture. This episode has a lot of death, so if you don’t want to l ...  Show more