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Liv Albert

Liv Albert presents Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean. 536 episodes of it here, plus 10 appearances elsewhere, 450h in all, from 2017–2026.

Mostly on Minoans and Mycenaeans, Greek Life, Thought and the Wider World and Classical Athens and Sparta.

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1. 2026A Tale of Three Tyrants (Herodotus Bk 3, Part 2)Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean40m
2. 2026A Very Odyssean Conversation, A Modern Retelling; You Are Odysseus; and The Other OneLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean1h
3. 2026AHFG Book Club: An Odyssey for Everyone (with Liv Albert)Ancient History Fangirl1h
4. 2026All Day Every Day, Therapist, Mother, Maid; a History of Women’s LabourLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean50m
5. 2026An Interbellum Period That is Just as Confusing as You’d Expect (Hellenistic Period and the Wars of the Diadochi)Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean35m
6. 2026Conversations: Even Women Had Names, Athenian Women (Without Husbands) w/ Katherine BacklerLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean1h
7. 2026Conversations: Get In the Dragon Wagon, We’re Going Shopping, Women in Euripides w/ Dr. Alecto HardwickLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean1h
8. 2026Conversations: Giving a Voice to a Lost Daughter of Sparta with Felicia DayLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean1h
9. 2026Conversations: The Americanness of Modern Masculinity... Reception in Nolan's Odyssey w/ Dr Charlotte GregoryLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean2h
10. 2026Conversations: The Only Ones Who Benefit from War Are the Bad Guys w/ Joshua CannonLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean1h
11. 2026Conversations: The Wonders of the Ancient and Mythical Mediterranean, More Sea Monsters w/ Dr Ryan DensonLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean1h
12. 2026Conversations: What Makes a Dragon Slayer?, Medea w/ Jasmine ElmerLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean1h
13. 2026Conversations: White Ain't Right, How White Supremacy Uses Classics to Defend Bigotry with Curtis DozierLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean1h
14. 2026Conversations: Why is Being 'Complicated' a Bad Thing? Translating Homer w/ Emily WilsonLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean1h
15. 2026Conversations: Will Theseus Get What’s Coming to Him? Minos with Kacper SzymczakLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean1h
16. 2026Helen, the King Maker; Lucifer the Morningstar; Enyo, the Bloody... A New Years Q&ALet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean57m
17. 2026Just a Teenage Girl Bullying a Couple of Grown A** Men (Hellenistic Period and the Wars of the Diadochi)Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean41m
18. 2026Kassandra, the Prophetess on the Killing Floor… (Aeschylus’ Agamemnon Part 3)Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean46m
19. 2026Let's Learn to Love Anachronisms! Medusa, Odysseus, and More of Your QuestionsLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean1h
20. 2026Liv Reads Homer: The Odyssey (A Modern Translation!) Book 10Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean1h
21. 2026Liv Reads Homer: The Odyssey (A Modern Translation!) Book 11Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean1h
22. 2026Liv Reads Homer: The Odyssey (A Modern Translation!) Book 14Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean1h
23. 2026Liv Reads Homer: The Odyssey (A Modern Translation!) Book 15Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean57m
24. 2026Liv Reads Homer: The Odyssey (A Modern Translation!) Book 22Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean1h
25. 2026Liv Reads Homer: The Odyssey (A Modern Translation!) Book 3Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean56m
26. 2026Liv Reads Homer: The Odyssey (A Modern Translation!) Book 4Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean1h
27. 2026Liv Reads Homer: The Odyssey (A Modern Translation!) Book 5Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean44m
28. 2026Liv Reads Homer: The Odyssey (A Modern Translation!) Books 12 & 13Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean1h
29. 2026Liv Reads Homer: The Odyssey (A Modern Translation!) Books 16 and 17Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean1h
30. 2026Liv Reads Homer: The Odyssey (A Modern Translation!) Books 18Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean55m
31. 2026Liv Reads Homer: The Odyssey (A Modern Translation!) Books 19Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean1h
32. 2026Liv Reads Homer: The Odyssey (A Modern Translation!) Books 20 and 21Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean1h
33. 2026Liv Reads Homer: The Odyssey (A Modern Translation!) Books 23 & 24Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean1h
34. 2026Liv Reads Homer: The Odyssey (A Modern Translation!) Books 6 & 7Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean1h
35. 2026Liv Reads Homer: The Odyssey (A Modern Translation!) Books 8 and 9Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean1h
36. 2026Liv Reads Homer: The Odyssey, Books 1 & 2 (This time, a Modern Translation!)Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean1h
37. 2026Men Fear What They Cannot Command or Control, the Husband-Slaying Lemnian WomenLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean50m
38. 2026Meticulous Metis, Audacious Odysseus, and the Age Old Infamy of the Orphics... A Q&A EpisodeLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean1h
39. 2026Odysseus Beyond the Odyssey, the Ancient Art of Ret-Conning and Unbelievable ThingsLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean1h
40. 2026Roll Out the Red Carpet, King Agamemnon’s Home (Aeschylus’ Agamemnon Part 2)Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean37m
41. 2026SPOILER SPECIAL: Liv's Unorganized Thoughts on Nolan's Odyssey (Mostly the Women)Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean35m
42. 2026SPOILER SPECIAL: Truly ADHD-fueled Ramblings on Nolan's Odyssey and Wilson's Review of ItLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean1h
43. 2026The Hero We Don't Deserve, Memnon and Other Answers to Your QuestionsLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean53m
44. 2026The King is Broken, Battered, and Bloody… Long Live the Queen! (Aeschylus’ Agamemnon Part 4)Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean48m
45. 2026The Man, the Myth, the Monstrous Legend... Retelling the Odyssey for a Modern OdysseyLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean50m
46. 2026Woman, You Speak Like a Sensible Man! Aeschylus' Agamemnon (Part 1)Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean43m
47. 2025#JusticeforDennis: the Gods and Casual Cruelty... KAOS Takeover w/ Christie VoglerLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean1h
48. 2025A Tale of Two Cities, oh and the Capture of a Third (Herodotus' The Histories Bk 1, Part 2)Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean35m
49. 2025Angry Women Speaking Truth to Power; a Q&A Episode (Part 1)Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean34m
50. 2025Battle of the Bad B*tches: Helen and ClytemnestraLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean57m
51. 2025Behind Every ‘Great’ Man… Metis, Thetis, and the Power of ProphecyLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean41m
52. 2025Conversations: Deconstructing 'Classicism' and So-Called Western Civilization, w/ Dr Dan-el Padilla PeraltaLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean1h
53. 2025Conversations: For the Love of a Good Man, Gays in the Ancient Greek Military w/ H. VossLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean1h
54. 2025Conversations: From Mythical to Curative to Poisonous, Mythic Plants w/ Ellen ZachosLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean2h
55. 2025Conversations: It Turns Out Women Are People, Women's Collective Memory w/ Emily HauserLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean1h
56. 2025Conversations: Not the Glory of War, but the Horror of it... The Iliad (kind of) w/ Joel ChristensenLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean1h
57. 2025Conversations: Old Tales, New Media, The EPIC (!!) Takeover w/ Christie Vogler, Joe Goodkin, and Joel Christensen (Part 2)Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean1h
58. 2025Conversations: Othering Women in the Origins of Western Medicine w/ Dr Christie Vogler (Part 1)Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean1h
59. 2025Conversations: Real Women's Voices at Real Ancient Work, w/ Andromache KaranikaLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean1h
60. 2025Conversations: Sing, Muse, of a Woman... Mythica, Penelope's Bones, w/ Emily HauserLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean2h
61. 2025Conversations: The Empire is Back. . .and This Episode is the Seleucids w/ Dr. Talia PrussinLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean1h
62. 2025Conversations: Women's Patience/Patients & Hippocratic Medicine w/ Dr Christie Vogler (Part 2)Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean1h
63. 2025Conversations: the Divine Rage of Dionysus, a Transgender Translation of Bacchae w/ Emma PaulyLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean2h
64. 2025From the Horrors of Zeus to the Intricacies of the Patriarchy's Hold on Society, 8 Years of LTAMBLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean1h
65. 2025Greek Myth is So Much More Than Terrible Gods and Misogynist MonstersLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean50m
66. 2025Hermes Historia: Giorgos the Oikist, Colonization in Greek AntiquityLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean43m
67. 2025Hermes Historia: Homer, have you heard of him? Pretty chill dudeLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean52m
68. 2025Herodotus, Father of Tangents, Asides, and Digressions (Herodotus' The Histories Bk 1, Part 1)Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean36m
69. 2025Heroes Crying to Mommy (Actually!) and Deconstructing Gender, A Q&A EpisodeLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean50m
70. 2025LIVE in London! Let's Talk About Medusa, Baby! w/ Cosi CarnegieLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean1h
71. 2025Let's F--k With the Patriarchy, LTAMB x the Missing Witches PodcastLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean53m
72. 2025Let's Talk Pronunciation, Merch, the Odyssey, Heracles vs. 100 Gorillas (Anniversary Q&A pt.2)Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean1h
73. 2025Moms, Prophecies, and oh ya Orpheus is there too... KAOS Takeover w/ Christie Vogler and Anastasia Pantazopoulou (Part 2)Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean1h
74. 2025Muse, Sing the Songs of Persephone's Women... Dead Women of the OdysseyLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean44m
75. 2025Odysseus, Man or Monster? The EPIC (!!) Takeover w/ Christie VoglerLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean55m
76. 2025Oracle You Glad to Hear From Me? Decoding Ancient Oracles & Prophecies...Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean41m
77. 2025Othering in the Odyssey; Liv & Michaela Chat Polyphemus the CyclopsLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean50m
78. 2025That One Time When Alex Said Hey Guys, Figure It Out (The Wars of the Diadochi and the Hellenistic Period)Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean40m
79. 2025The Forgotten Goddess of Memory, Mnemosyne & All She Gave UsLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean36m
80. 2025The Myth of Aspasia, Woman, Politician, Philosopher, Wh*reLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean40m
81. 2025The Worst Friendship Breakup of All Time (The Wars of the Diadochi and the Hellenistic Period)Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean35m
82. 2025Toxic Boyfriends of Greek Mythology (feat. Historical Homos)Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean1h
83. 2025Turns Out Disney's Hercules is Super Duper Queer (feat. Historical Homos)Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean1h
84. 2025What Does it Mean to Rebel? (Ancient) Resistance to Imperial ViolenceLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean41m
85. 2025Why Did Clytemnestra Kill Cassandra, Another Q&A (Part 2)Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean43m
86. 2024Apollo: God of the SunThe Ancients48m
87. 2024Battle of the Bastards: Achilles v Odysseus w/ Hermes MichaelaLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean45m
88. 2024Beloved of Aphrodite, the Lives & Legacies of Ancient Greek Sex WorkersLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean36m
89. 2024Beware the Blood of a Gorgon, Euripides’ Ion (Part 1)Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean38m
90. 2024Can You Talk About the Cats in Greece? Another Q&ALet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean1h
91. 2024Conversations: A Man of Many Turns, Odysseus & the Odyssey w/ Joel ChristensenLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean1h
92. 2024Conversations: A Peek Behind the Ancient Scenes, the Culture of Theatre w/ CW MarshallLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean1h
93. 2024Conversations: Better Off With Bears, Artemis & Goddess Worship w/ Dr Carla IonescuLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean1h
94. 2024Conversations: Beyond the Binary, the Divine Madness of Dionysus w/ Chiara BaldiniLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean1h
95. 2024Conversations: Charybdis, a Gaping, Hungry Hole; Fear of the Monstrous Woman w/ Cosi CarnegieLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean1h
96. 2024Conversations: From Homer, With Love… The Evolution of Oral Storytelling w/ Dr Joel ChristensenLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean1h
97. 2024Conversations: From the Mythical to the Very Real, Ancient Women in Power w/ Stephanie McCarterLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean1h
98. 2024Conversations: Giving a Voice to the Very Specifically Voiceless, Alcestis w/ Katharine BeutnerLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean1h
99. 2024Conversations: How Women Became Poets, Gender History in Greek Literature w/ Emily HauserLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean1h
100. 2024Conversations: It's Hestia's World, We're Just Living In It... Divine Might w/ Natalie HaynesLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean57m
101. 2024Conversations: Nothing Like a Little Ritual Tearing Apart! Bacchae's Sparagmos, w/ Cosi CarnegieLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean1h
102. 2024Conversations: Novelizing the *Best* Ancient City-State, Riddles of the Sphinx w/ Meagan ClevelandLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean1h
103. 2024Conversations: On Circe's Island Anything is Possible, Queer Theory w/ Julia PerroniLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean1h
104. 2024Conversations: Performance and Gender Blending in Euripides w/ Sarah OlsenLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean1h
105. 2024Conversations: Real Men Compete Naked, the Ancient Olympics w/ Alexandra SillsLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean1h
106. 2024Conversations: The Evidence is in the Thigh Bone, Climate and Collapse in the Bronze Age w/ Dr Flint DibbleLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean1h
107. 2024Conversations: The Feminism of Female Rage, Demeter's Winter Harvest w/ Ioanna PapadopoulouLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean1h
108. 2024Conversations: The Love of a Good Woman, Translating Sappho w/ Brendon ZatirkaLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean1h
109. 2024Conversations: The Missing Women of Euripides, Fragments w/ Dr Melissa FunkeLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean1h
110. 2024Conversations: The Next Great Athenian Blockbuster, Euripidean Competition w/ CW MarshallLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean1h
111. 2024Conversations: The Things They Found in Tombs, Bronze Age Mycenae w/ Dr Kim SheltonLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean1h
112. 2024Conversations: What Makes a Serial Killer, Mythological or Otherwise? w/ Debbie FeltonLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean1h
113. 2024Conversations: When the Network Went Down, the Bronze Age Collapse w/ Dr Eric H ClineLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean1h
114. 2024Conversations: Women Are Wet & Spongy, the History of the Female Body w/ Prof Helen KingLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean1h
115. 2024Digging Deeper Into Minor Gods, Exploring Greece, and Praising Dionysus (New Year Q&A Part 1)Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean1h
116. 2024Digging Deeper Into Minor Gods, Exploring Greece, and Praising Dionysus (New Year Q&A Part 2)Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean1h
117. 2024For Love or Possession, Defining Ancient Parenthood (Euripides’ Ion Part 3)Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean34m
118. 2024Getting to Know An Ancient Greek Theatre Kid, Euripides’ Life & TimesLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean50m
119. 2024He Is Not All That, Pygmalion the Misogynist Mythological IncelLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean34m
120. 2024Hermes Historia: How Do You Pronounce Extispicy?!Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean46m

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