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Some More Herodotean Madness (Herodotus Bk. 3, pt. 3)

More Herodotus because why not at the end of the day? AVAILABLE NOW! The Odyssey: a Modern Retelling. Submit your question for the next Q&A via email or a voice note. Ge

Liv Reads Homer: The Odyssey (A Modern Translation!) Book 22

Liv reads Book 22of Homer's Odyssey, translated by Ian Johnston. This entire book is basically just a massacre... thanks Odysseus! This modern translation is used with im

Back To School Replay: A Most Sophoclean Prophecy, Women & Wordplay in Sophocles’ Trachiniae w/ Amy Pistone

This episode originally aired in March 2022. Liv speaks with returning guest Amy Pistone who specializing in Sophoclean tragedy. Amy shares some of the complexities hidde

Back To School Replay: When Poisoned Shirts Have Got You Down, Deianeira & the Women of Trachis (Heracles & Sophocles’ Trachiniae Part 3)

This episode originally aired in March 2022. In the finale of the Trachiniae series, Deianeira deals with what she has inadvertently done, and Heracles finally returns to

Back To School Replay: Deianeira, Iole, & the Violence of Heracles’ Love (Hercules & Sophocles’ Trachiniae Part 2)

This episode originally aired in March 2022. Continuing on with Sophocles' Women of Trachis, Deianeira learns the truth of where Heracles has been all this time, and what

Back To School Replay: A Husband Like Heracles (Hercules), the Tragedy of Deianeira (Sophocles’ Trachiniae Part 1)

This episode originally aired in March 2022. Heracles is a complicated fellow... Or maybe it's not so complicated. Sophocles' Trachiniae, the Women of Trachis, looks at t

Conversations: Picking Apart Truth from Satire in Lucian's On the Syrian Goddess w/ Dr Gillian Glass

Liv speaks with returning guest Dr Gillian Glass, and this one is for the hell of it (ie., not at all Gillian's specialty). Learn more about Gillian's work here, and the

A Tale of Three Tyrants (Herodotus Bk 3, Part 2)

We now explore the madness of Cambyses, the Samian tyrant Polykrates, and good old Periander, the tyrant of Corinth. It's a tyrant heavy episode y'all but perhaps Herodot

Liv Reads Homer: The Odyssey (A Modern Translation!) Books 20 and 21

Liv reads Books 20 and 21 of Homer's Odyssey, translated by Ian Johnston. It's time for Odysseus and Penelope to have a little chat, before things really kick off. This m

Wine Can Make You Live Forever, My Mother Was Right! (Herodotus Bk 3, Part 1)

Oh the wonders of Herodotus and his histories! We are back into book three of Herodotus' Histories and getting to experience the wonders of Cambyses doing his own invasio

Conversations: The Wonders of the Ancient and Mythical Mediterranean, More Sea Monsters w/ Dr Ryan Denson

Everyone's favourite Sea Monster Guy, Dr Ryan Denson, is back for more! Liv and Ryan talk all things ancient and mythical sea monsters, Liv's lifelong love of sharks, and

Liv Reads Homer: The Odyssey (A Modern Translation!) Books 19

Liv reads Book 19 of Homer's Odyssey, translated by Ian Johnston. It's time for Odysseus and Penelope to have a little chat, before things really kick off. This modern tr

Conversations: The Americanness of Modern Masculinity... Reception in Nolan's Odyssey w/ Dr Charlotte Gregory

Liv is joined by returning guest (of Achilles Reception Fame!) Charlotte Gregory to talk about Christopher Nolan's Odyssey, reception of masculinity in Hollywood epic, an

Liv Reads Homer: The Odyssey (A Modern Translation!) Books 18

Liv reads Book 18 of Homer's Odyssey, translated by Ian Johnston. Odysseus returns to the palace in the disguised, things aren't looking good in Ithaca! This modern trans

Conversations: What Makes a Dragon Slayer?, Medea w/ Jasmine Elmer

Today Liv is joined by Jasmine Elmer all about Medea in her new book Slay! We are always down to talk that wonderful goddess/woman/general badass Medea and there was much

SPOILER SPECIAL: Truly ADHD-fueled Ramblings on Nolan's Odyssey and Wilson's Review of It

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 recen

The Hero We Don't Deserve, Memnon and Other Answers to Your Questions

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

Liv Reads Homer: The Odyssey (A Modern Translation!) Books 16 and 17

Liv reads Books 16 and 17 of Homer's Odyssey, translated by Ian Johnston. Time for the Father-Son reunion Nobody asked for... Telemachus is back in Ithaca and it's time f

ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL: The Most Infamous Woman of Greek Myth, A History of Helen

This two part series on Helen originally aired in December 2021. Helen is simultaneously the most well known mortal of myth and a complete and utter enigma. What do we ac

ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL: Women Are Human Too (Women's 'Health & Medicine')

This (EPIC) episode is a melding of episodes covering the history of women's health and medicine, featuring coversations with Dr Helen King and Dr Christie Vogler. First,