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This is a bonus episode for a reason! Liv rants and rambled and goes on various ADHD tangents about Christopher Nolan's Odyssey and (thank the GODS!) Emily Wilson's recent review of the movie in the LRB.AVAILABLE NOW! The Odyssey: a Modern Retelling. Submit your question for the ...  Show more

Liv answers listener questions about the Ethiopian king Memnon, the missing pieces of the Trojan War, and more. This episode (and Emily Wilson's recent review of Nolan's Odyssey!) have inspired another rambling Odyssey episode which will be in your feeds soon after this one. AVAI ...  Show more

During the next two weeks, we’ll be bringing you episodes of Mythology on Tuesdays and Thursdays, as we begin our four-part re-telling of the ancient classic, the Aeneid: After the fall of Troy, the Trojan hero Aeneas leads a band of refugees across the sea in search of a new hom ...  Show more

Today, we continue our four-part re-telling of the ancient classic, the Aeneid. Tune in this Thursday for the fourth and final part: Aeneas's adventure doesn't end when he reaches Italy. While he sets out to make allies of the people who live there, Juno conspires to throw the Tr ...  Show more

Today, we conclude our four-part re-telling of the ancient classic, the Aeneid: The war between the Latins and the Trojans comes to a head, while Venus seeks to put a stop to Juno's cruelty once and for all. Meanwhile, Aeneas charges head-long toward his destiny: a final battle w ...  Show more

In this famous story from Greek Mythology, we'll meet Cupid (not a baby), as he accidentally nicks himself with his own arrow. In a podcast episode that is like the movie "Mean Girls" with a trip to the Greek underworld, you'll see why it is against the law to harbor someone who' ...  Show more