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Alex Andreou's Podyssey

Alex Andreou revisits the classic Greek myths, and uncovers universal themes they share with us across the millennia

Alex Andreou

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Look you have to have known this was coming. How can a podcast called Podyssey, not engage with Christopher Nolan’s epic Odyssey? But I wanted to make it special. So I have assembled a star team, of ALL the experts including, as a treat, film critic and Season 1 regular, Linda Marric.

Let me alleviate the tension and tell you - we all loved the film. But that doesn’t mean we loved it equally or loved it for the same reasons. Or that we don’t disagree with plenty of the artistic choices that were made - and with each other. We discussed every aspect of the film, including some pretty controversial ones, in a session that was almost as long as the film. 

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The myths, tales, and concepts of ancient Greece echo and reach into every aspect of modern life. Often misunderstood, frequently romanticised, and sometimes deliberately twisted - to understand their origins and truth is to get a real glimpse into the universal themes that connect us to the past and each other. 

Welcome to Podyssey with Alex Andreou. Each week we will take one myth, one concept, person, place, or theme from Ancient Greece, take it apart, figure out its inner workings, trace its influence, juice it for its wisdom, reimagine, update and put it back together - all shiny and new!

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Written and presented by Alex Andreou 

Expert contributions by Alexandra Angeletaki-Røe, Debbie Challis, Amanda Potter, Dr Ruth Smith, and Linda Marric.

Music by Marianna Sangita

Artwork by Simona Kanellou 

Additional research by Kos Mantzakos

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2.6 ODD-POD: Podyssey's Deep Dive into Chris Nolan's Odyssey

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We needn't "imagine Sisyphus happy". He IS happy, just not for the reasons we thought.

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The myths, tales, and concepts of ancient Greece echo and reach into every aspect of modern life. Often misunderstood, frequently romanticised, and sometimes deliberately twisted - to understand their origins and truth is to get a real glimpse into the universal themes that connect us to the past and each other. 

Welcome to Podyssey with Alex Andreou. Each week we will take one myth, one concept, person, place, or theme from Ancient Greece, take it apart, figure out its inner workings, trace its influence, juice it for its wisdom, reimagine, update and put it back together - all shiny and new!



ADDITIONAL LINKS

Watch that incredible opening sequence from Charlie Chaplin's "Modern Times" here 

You can see a short of Wile E. Coyote as Sisyphus here 



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Expert contributions by Alexandra Angeletaki-Røe, Debbie Challis, Amanda Potter, and Dr Ruth Smith

Music by Marianna Sangita

Artwork by Simona Kanellou 

Additional research by Kos Mantzakos

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SISYPHUS LIVE Q&A - From Ironing and Chat GPT to Burnout and Camus

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Sisyphus - condemned to an eternity of torment. Forever rolling that giant boulder up the steepest mountain side, only to watch it roll back down as soon as it is almost at the top - his "sisyphean task", seen for millennia by so many artists and philosophers as the perfect allegory for the human condition. Most know the sentence. But how many know the crime? Why is Sisyphus being punished forever? The short answer is: for being human. The long answer is revealing, funny, profound, and very very surprising. 

The myths, tales, and concepts of ancient Greece echo and reach into every aspect of modern life. Often misunderstood, frequently romanticised, and sometimes deliberately twisted - to understand their origins and truth is to get a real glimpse into the universal themes that connect us to the past and each other. 

Welcome to Podyssey with Alex Andreou. Each week we will take one myth, one concept, person, place, or theme from Ancient Greece, take it apart, figure out its inner workings, trace its influence, juice it for its wisdom, reimagine, update and put it back together - all shiny and new!



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Written and presented by Alex Andreou 

Expert contributions by Alexandra Angeletaki-Røe, Debbie Challis, Amanda Potter, and Dr Ruth Smith

Music by Marianna Sangita

Artwork by Simona Kanellou 

Additional research by Kos Mantzakos

A Cooler Heads podcast 



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2.5 SISYPHUS - Papa Was a Rollin' Stone

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Welcome to a new outpost of the Podyssey Empire - PODYSSEY STORYTIME. Basically, while researching the main episodes, I stumble on many other myths - MANY other myths - that are really touching or funny or outright bizarre. They don’t necessarily warrant hours of deep analysis, but they are absolutely worth sharing. And since I cannot retain an infinite amount of information but I love giving you more content, I will put these out, as I find them, in this short, story-only format. 

Now, on to this weekend’s myth, the story of Arachne, the talented Lydian weaver, who challenged the Goddess Athena to a contest, sort of by accident, and wound up with quite the itsy-bitsy problem.



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(COVER ART: Nikolaos Gyzis/Νικόλαος Γκύζης, "Η Αράχνη/Arachne", 1884 - Εθνική Πινακοθήκη/National Gallery, Αθήνα/Athens)

(MUSIC:  Roussel: "Le Festin de l'Araignee", Jean Martinon, 1953; Canteloube: "Lo Fiolairé" (The Spinner), Madeleine Grey, 1930; Debussy: "The Maid with The Flaxen Hair", Laurindo Almeida, 1964; Verdi: Requiem "Des Irae", Tullio Serafin, 1939;  "That Old Black Magic", Beryl Davis with the Stephane Grappelli Quartet, 1943.)



Written and presented by Alex Andreou 

Expert contributions by Alexandra Angeletaki-Røe, Debbie Challis, Amanda Potter, and Dr Ruth Smith

Music by Marianna Sangita

Artwork by Simona Kanellou 

Additional research by Kos Mantzakos

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Storytime: ARACHNE - Web of Truth

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From a Phoenician Princess kidnapped from the beach, to Nazi experiments trying to revive the Zeus-Bull; from victim to mother of the Minoan civilisation; from the Catholic Church, to the euro currency... 

The myth of the abduction of Europa is, in many ways, the most consequential one for modernity. It is the source of our sense of Westerness. The link to a past that acts as a decryption key, that turns a series of points into an arc. It is the origin story of our view of the world in which we live.

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The myths, tales, and concepts of ancient Greece echo and reach into every aspect of modern life. Often misunderstood, frequently romanticised, and sometimes deliberately twisted - to understand their origins and truth is to get a real glimpse into the universal themes that connect us to the past and each other. 

Welcome to Podyssey with Alex Andreou. Each week we will take one myth, one concept, person, place, or theme from Ancient Greece, take it apart, figure out its inner workings, trace its influence, juice it for its wisdom, reimagine, update and put it back together - all shiny and new!



ADDITIONAL MUSIC

Meyerbeer: L'Africaine - "Selika's Death", Denise Monteil, 1965

"Cows Don't Fly", Pearl Trio, 1947

"Don't Fence Me In", Lee Monti's Tutones, 1951 



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Expert contributions by Alexandra Angeletaki-Røe, Debbie Challis, Amanda Potter, and Dr Ruth Smith

Music by Marianna Sangita

Artwork by Simona Kanellou 

Additional research by Kos Mantzakos

A Cooler Heads podcast 



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BONUS: Europa Live Q&A - Of Ancient Tax Havens and Flying Penises

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From a Phoenician Princess kidnapped from the beach, to Nazi experiments trying to revive the Zeus-Bull; from victim to mother of the Minoan civilisation; from the Catholic Church, to the euro currency... 

The myth of the abduction of Europa is, in many ways, the most consequential one for modernity. It is the source of our sense of Westerness. The link to a past that acts as a decryption key, that turns a series of points into an arc. It is the origin story of our view of the world in which we live.

...

The myths, tales, and concepts of ancient Greece echo and reach into every aspect of modern life. Often misunderstood, frequently romanticised, and sometimes deliberately twisted - to understand their origins and truth is to get a real glimpse into the universal themes that connect us to the past and each other. 

Welcome to Podyssey with Alex Andreou. Each week we will take one myth, one concept, person, place, or theme from Ancient Greece, take it apart, figure out its inner workings, trace its influence, juice it for its wisdom, reimagine, update and put it back together - all shiny and new!



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Written and presented by Alex Andreou 

Expert contributions by Alexandra Angeletaki-Røe, Debbie Challis, Amanda Potter, and Dr Ruth Smith

Music by Marianna Sangita

Artwork by Simona Kanellou 

Additional research by Kos Mantzakos

A Cooler Heads podcast 



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2.4 EUROPA II: How to invent a continent

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From a Phoenician Princess kidnapped from the beach, to Nazi experiments trying to revive the Zeus-Bull; from victim to mother of the Minoan civilisation; from the Catholic Church, to the euro currency... 

The myth of the abduction of Europa is, in many ways, the most consequential one for modernity. It is the source of our sense of Westerness. The link to a past that acts as a decryption key, that turns a series of points into an arc. It is the origin story of our view of the world in which we live.

...

The myths, tales, and concepts of ancient Greece echo and reach into every aspect of modern life. Often misunderstood, frequently romanticised, and sometimes deliberately twisted - to understand their origins and truth is to get a real glimpse into the universal themes that connect us to the past and each other. 

Welcome to Podyssey with Alex Andreou. Each week we will take one myth, one concept, person, place, or theme from Ancient Greece, take it apart, figure out its inner workings, trace its influence, juice it for its wisdom, reimagine, update and put it back together - all shiny and new!



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Expert contributions by Alexandra Angeletaki-Røe, Debbie Challis, Amanda Potter, and Dr Ruth Smith

Music by Marianna Sangita

Artwork by Simona Kanellou 

Additional research by Kos Mantzakos

A Cooler Heads podcast 



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2.3 EUROPA I: Quite a lot of bull

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The myths, tales, and concepts of ancient Greece echo and reach into every aspect of modern life. Often misunderstood, frequently romanticised, and sometimes deliberately twisted - to understand their origins and truth is to get a real glimpse into the universal themes that connect us to the past and each other. 

Welcome to Podyssey with Alex Andreou. Each week we will take one myth, one concept, person, place, or theme from Ancient Greece, take it apart, figure out its inner workings, trace its influence, juice it for its wisdom, reimagine, update and put it back together - all shiny and new! 



MUSIC

Red River Dave, "I wish I had my first wife back",  1944

Richard Wagner, Lohengrin: "Mein lieber Schwan", Lauritz Melchior, 1938



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Expert contributions by Alexandra Angeletaki-Røe, Debbie Challis, Amanda Potter, and Dr Ruth Smith

Music by Marianna Sangita

Artwork by Simona Kanellou 

Additional research by Kos Mantzakos

Illustrated Guide design by Daniel Block

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BONUS: Pandora Live Q&A

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Pandora’s tale demands deconstruction, because it makes no sense, even on its own terms. When a story lacks internal logic, one must look for the external factors pressing on it, twisting it out of shape. 

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The myths, tales, and concepts of ancient Greece echo and reach into every aspect of modern life. Often misunderstood, frequently romanticised, and sometimes deliberately twisted - to understand their origins and truth is to get a real glimpse into the universal themes that connect us to the past and each other. 

Welcome to Podyssey with Alex Andreou. Each week we will take one myth, one concept, person, place, or theme from Ancient Greece, take it apart, figure out its inner workings, trace its influence, juice it for its wisdom, reimagine, update and put it back together - all shiny and new!



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Written and presented by Alex Andreou 

Expert contributions by Alexandra Angeletaki-Røe, Debbie Challis, Amanda Potter, and Dr Ruth Smith

Music by Marianna Sangita

Artwork by Simona Kanellou 

Additional research by Kos Mantzakos

A Cooler Heads podcast 



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2.2 PANDORA: Worst. Unboxing. Video. Ever.

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What is there to be said about Prometheus that has not been said already, by voices much more illustrious than mine - from Plato to Goethe and Aeschylus to Mary Shelley? 



Quite a lot it turns out. This is the beauty of myths - they wrap around each present differently, always revealing different things. 

Make sure you are on ko-fi as a monthly subscriber, with the right email, so you get an invite to these LIVE sessions every other Thursday, as well as an illustrated guide to each episode.

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The myths, tales, and concepts of ancient Greece echo and reach into every aspect of modern life. Often misunderstood, frequently romanticised, and sometimes deliberately twisted - to understand their origins and truth is to get a real glimpse into the universal themes that connect us to the past and each other. 

Welcome to Podyssey with Alex Andreou. Each week we will take one myth, one concept, person, place, or theme from Ancient Greece, take it apart, figure out its inner workings, trace its influence, juice it for its wisdom, reimagine, update and put it back together - all shiny and new!



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Written and presented by Alex Andreou 

Expert contributions by Alexandra Angeletaki-Røe, Debbie Challis, Amanda Potter, and Dr Ruth Smith

Music by Marianna Sangita

Artwork by Simona Kanellou 

Additional research by Kos Mantzakos

A Cooler Heads podcast 



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Bonus PROMETHEUS: Live Q & A

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What is there to be said about Prometheus that has not been said already, by voices much more illustrious than mine - from Plato to Goethe and Aeschylus to Mary Shelley? 



Quite a lot it turns out. This is the beauty of myths - they wrap around each present differently, always revealing different things. 

Make sure you are on ko-fi as a monthly subscriber, with the right email, so you get an interview to next week's LIVE episode on Prometheus. Thursday the 12th, at 8pm. 

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The myths, tales, and concepts of ancient Greece echo and reach into every aspect of modern life. Often misunderstood, frequently romanticised, and sometimes deliberately twisted - to understand their origins and truth is to get a real glimpse into the universal themes that connect us to the past and each other. 

Welcome to Podyssey with Alex Andreou. Each week we will take one myth, one concept, person, place, or theme from Ancient Greece, take it apart, figure out its inner workings, trace its influence, juice it for its wisdom, reimagine, update and put it back together - all shiny and new!



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Written and presented by Alex Andreou 

Expert contributions by Alexandra Angeletaki-Røe, Debbie Challis, Amanda Potter, and Dr Ruth Smith

Music by Marianna Sangita

Artwork by Simona Kanellou 

Additional research by Kos Mantzakos

A Cooler Heads podcast 



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2.1 PROMETHEUS: I Don't Want to Set The World On Fire

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Did the Ancient Greeks keep pets? What did they think of them and how did they treat them? 

This was the question asked by a subscriber, during a live zoom session. And although the topic did not fit well within the format of the show, it was nonetheless so tantalising a question, that I thought it merited a little bonus episode of its own. 

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The myths, tales, and concepts of ancient Greece echo and reach into every aspect of modern life. Often misunderstood, frequently romanticised, and sometimes deliberately twisted - to understand their origins and truth is to get a real glimpse into the universal themes that connect us to the past and each other. 

Welcome to Podyssey with Alex Andreou. Each week we will take one myth, one concept, person, place, or theme from Ancient Greece, take it apart, figure out its inner workings, trace its influence, juice it for its wisdom, reimagine, update and put it back together - all shiny and new!



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Written and presented by Alex Andreou 

Expert contributions by Alexandra Angeletaki-Røe, Debbie Challis, and Dr Ruth Smith

Music by Marianna Sangita

Artwork by Simona Kanellou 

A Cooler Heads podcast 



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The Beast In Me - Ancient Greece And Its Pets

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Apples - especially Golden Apples - keep popping up throughout mythology, dripping with rich - and often conflicting - symbolism. The influence of these stories pervades religion, music, modern art, cinema, and  technology. Funny story: they probably weren't apples.

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The myths, tales, and concepts of ancient Greece echo and reach into every aspect of modern life. Often misunderstood, frequently romanticised, and sometimes deliberately twisted - to understand their origins and truth is to get a real glimpse into the universal themes that connect us to the past and each other. 

Welcome to Podyssey with Alex Andreou. Each week we will take one myth, one concept, person, place, or theme from Ancient Greece, take it apart, figure out its inner workings, trace its influence, juice it for its wisdom, reimagine, update and put it back together - all shiny and new!



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Expert contributions by Alexandra Angeletaki-Røe, Debbie Challis, Linda Marric, and Dr Ruth Smith 

Music by Marianna Sangita

Artwork by Simona Kanellou 

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NOTES 

TO COME



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BONUS - How Do You Like Them Golden Apples?

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Most of what you think you know about the story of Narcissus, is wrong. This isn’t a story of conceit or vanity. It isn’t even the story of one person. It is a story of unrequited love and pain, of the corruption of innocence, of losing oneself. 

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The myths, tales, and concepts of ancient Greece echo and reach into every aspect of modern life. Often misunderstood, frequently romanticised, and sometimes deliberately twisted - to understand their origins and truth is to get a real glimpse into the universal themes that connect us to the past and each other. 



Welcome to Podyssey with Alex Andreou. Each week we will take one myth, one concept, person, place, or theme from Ancient Greece, take it apart, figure out its inner workings, trace its influence, juice it for its wisdom, reimagine, update and put it back together - all shiny and new! 



Written and presented by Alex Andreou 

Expert contributions by Alexandra Angeletaki-Røe, Debbie Challis, Linda Marric, and Dr Ruth Smith 

Music by Marianna Sangita

Artwork by Simona Kanellou 

A Cooler Heads podcast 



NOTES 

MUSIC 

Podyssey Theme: “⁠⁠To Margoudi ki o Alexandris⁠⁠”, Marianna Sangita, 2018 (with permission)

Alphonse Hasselmans: Gitane Op.21, Rosa Spier, 1954

Antonio Vivaldi: LE QUATTRO STAGIONI "L'Estate" - Allegro, Henry Swoboda, 1950

Belle Baker: "Mad about the boy", 1939 

Walter Feldkamp: "Reflections in the water", 1933

Domenico Bartolucci: "Crux Fidelis", Cappella Sistina, 1960

Charles Gounod: FAUST “Jewel Song”, Joan Sutherland, 1959

Camille Saint-Saëns: “The Swan”, Clara Rockmore, 1953

Giacomo Meyerbeer: DINORAH “Shadow Song”, Maria Callas, 1954

Lena Horne: "You go to my head", 1946

Daniel Pinkham: "Slow, slow fresh fount", John McCollum, 1961

Rudolf Friml: ROSE-MARIE “Indian Love Call”, Ann Blyth & Lorenzo Lamas, 1954



FILM

The Talented Mr Ripley (1999) ⁠https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0134119⁠/

Snow White (1937) ⁠https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029583/⁠ 

All About Eve (1950) ⁠https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042192/⁠ 

The Shape of Water (2017)  ⁠https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5580390/⁠ 

The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) ⁠https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037988/⁠ 

Black Swan (2010) ⁠https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0947798/⁠ 

Ingrid Goes West (2017) ⁠https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5962210/⁠ 



ART

“Narcissus” by Caravaggio ⁠https://www.caravaggio.org/narcissus.jsp⁠ 

“Metamorphosis of Narcissus” by Salvador Dalí ⁠https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/dali-metamorphosis-of-narcissus-t02343⁠ 

“The Nymph Echo” by Max Ernst ⁠https://www.moma.org/collection/works/79316⁠ 

Narcissus Fresco in Pompeii by Anon. ⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissus_%28mythology%29#/media/File:Narcissus_on_a_Pompeian_fresco.jpg⁠ 

“Echo and Narcissus” by John William Waterhouse ⁠https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/artifact/echo-and-narcissus⁠ 

“Narcissus” by Follower of Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio ⁠https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/follower-of-giovanni-antonio-boltraffio-narcissus⁠ 

"Mr. O'Wilde, You are not the first one that has grasped at a Shadow" by Thomas Nast 

 ⁠https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/820022⁠ 



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Director's Cut: ECHO & NARCISSUS - The Influencer & The Follower

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The myths, tales, and concepts of ancient Greece echo and reach into every aspect of modern life. Often misunderstood, frequently romanticised, and sometimes deliberately twisted - to understand their origins and truth is to get a real glimpse into the universal themes that connect us to the past and each other. 

Welcome to Podyssey with Alex Andreou. Each week we will take one myth, one concept, person, place, or theme from Ancient Greece, take it apart, figure out its inner workings, trace its influence, juice it for its wisdom, reimagine, update and put it back together - all shiny and new! 

… 



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Written and presented by Alex Andreou 

Music by Marianna Sangita

Artwork by Simona Kanellou 

A Cooler Heads coproduction



NOTES

MUSIC 

Podyssey Theme: “⁠⁠To Margoudi ki o Alexandris⁠⁠”, Marianna Sangita, 2018 (with permission)

Irving Berlin: “⁠I'm beginning to miss you”, Jon and Sondra Steele, 1949

Lerner & Lowe:  ⁠“⁠⁠Come to me, bend to me⁠”, Floyd Sherman, 1947 
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Podyssey Season 2 - All The Details

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The myths, tales, and concepts of ancient Greece echo and reach into every aspect of modern life. Often misunderstood, frequently romanticised, and sometimes deliberately twisted - to understand their origins and truth is to get a real glimpse into the universal themes that connect us to the past and each other. 

Welcome to Podyssey with Alex Andreou. Each week we will take one myth, one concept, person, place, or theme from Ancient Greece, take it apart, figure out its inner workings, trace its influence, juice it for its wisdom, reimagine, update and put it back together - all shiny and new! 

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Before Medusa was monstrous, she was beautiful. And before she was beautiful, she was powerful. Everything I thought I knew was wrong. She is a riddle that defies solution, because she comes from a time before the shape of things was settled. She laughs. 



TW - rape, sexual assault, male violence



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Written and presented by Alex Andreou 

Expert contributions by Alexandra Angeletaki-Røe, Debbie Challis, Linda Marric, and Dr Ruth Smith 

Exec. Producers Naomi Smith & Kenny Campbell 

Music by Marianna Sangita

Artwork by Simona Kanellou 

For Cooler Heads, in collaboration with Sandstone Global 



NOTES

MUSIC 

Podyssey Theme: “⁠To Margoudi ki o Alexandris⁠”, Marianna Sangita, 2018 (with permission)

Sergei Rachmaninov: “The Isle of The Dead, Op.29”, Dimitri Mitropoulos, 1949

Béla Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta, Harold Byrns, 1949

Dinah Washington: “You go to my head”, live 1954 

Betty Hutton: “Why do you wanna make those eyes at me for?”, 1945 

Giacomo Puccini: Tosca, Act II Finale, Adriana Guerrini & Paolo Silveri, 1952 

Frances Faye: “Dummy Song”, 1953

The Mort Lindsey Trio: “Jeepers Creepers”, 1953 

The Toppers: “Don’t be angry”, 1955 

WA Mozart: Don Giovanni, Vengeance Duet, Maria Curtis Verna & Cesare Valletti, 1956 

Gaetano Donizetti, Anna Bolena “Coppia iniqua”, Maria Callas, 1959 

Leslie Hutchinson, “Close your eyes”, 1932

 

FILM 

Clash of The Titans (1981)

Marnie (1964)

I Spit on Your Grave (1978)

Revenge (2017)

Serial Mom (1984)

Carrie (1976)

Gilda (1946)

Gone Girl (2014)

Les Diaboliques (1955)

The First Wives Club (1996)

Ex Machina (2014) 

The Omen (1976) 

Hereditary (2018)

Midsommar (2019)

Raiders of The Lost Ark (1981)

Mars Attacks (1996)

Alien (1979)

The Thing (1982)



ART 

Prehistoric figures believed to be early “gorgoneia”, Thessaly, c.6000 BCE

“Danaë” by Antonio de Correggio, c.1531 

“Danaë” by Gustav Klimt, 1907 

Gigantomachy pediment, Old Athena Temple, Acropolis, Athens 525-520 BCE

Gilgamesh and Enkidu slaying Humbaba at the Cedar Forest, Sumerian, 19-17C BCE 

Perseus beheading the sleeping Medusa, red figure terracotta pelike, by Polygnotos (attr.) c.450–440 BCE 

Medusa Victorious, Archaic marble sculpture, Paros, mid-6C BCE  

Archaic Gorgon, temple of Artemis, Corfu, c.580 BCE 

Medusa and Centaurs, early black figure vase, by Nessos, c.620 BCE 

Examples of "Gorgoneion" masks and ornaments, from 6th Century BCE 

“Medusa”, painted shield by Caravaggio, 1597 

“Perseus with the Head of Medusa”, Benvenuto Cellini, c.1550

“Dreadlocks”, Times cartoon, 2015 

“Trump & Triumph” after Cellini, meme and merchandise, 2016
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10. MEDUSA - Here's Looking at You, Kid

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What is the moral of "The Tortoise and The Hare"? What is the warning in "A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing"? What is "The Fox and The Grapes" about? You're probably wrong about all three.

In the last instalment of the Aesop Trilogy, Alex delves into the fables themselves and finds the many ways in which they have been twisted and why. 



Welcome to Podyssey with Alex Andreou. Each week we will take one myth, one concept, person, place, or theme from Ancient Greece, take it apart, figure out its inner workings, trace its tentacles, juice it for its wisdom, refresh, clean and put it back together - all shiny and new!  



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Written and presented by Alex Andreou 

Expert contributions by Alexandra Angeletaki-Røe, Debbie Challis, Linda Marric, and Dr Ruth Smith 

Exec. Producers Naomi Smith & Kenny Campbell 

Music by Marianna Sangita

Artwork by Simona Kanellou 

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The Miller, His Son, and Their Donkey: A Fable by Aesop for Modern Politicians

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What is the moral of "The Tortoise and The Hare"? What is the warning in "A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing"? What is "The Fox and The Grapes" about? You're probably wrong about all three.

In the last instalment of the Aesop Trilogy, Alex delves into the fables themselves and finds the many ways in which they have been twisted and why. 



Welcome to Podyssey with Alex Andreou. Each week we will take one myth, one concept, person, place, or theme from Ancient Greece, take it apart, figure out its inner workings, trace its tentacles, juice it for its wisdom, refresh, clean and put it back together - all shiny and new!  

"Our Aesop-muscle has atrophied. We have forgotten how to craft and tell our stories - and in the process forgotten how to listen to the stories of others. Humanity without stories is humanity with no identity."

"How the story made us feel is what we store and recall - not the hard logic, nor the facts and figures. And while it is ludicrous to say 'people have had enough of experts', it’s perfectly fair to say that they have had enough of how their teaching style makes them feel."



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Written and presented by Alex Andreou 

Expert contributions by Alexandra Angeletaki-Røe, Debbie Challis, Linda Marric, and Dr Ruth Smith 

Exec. Producers Naomi Smith & Kenny Campbell 

Music by Marianna Sangita

Artwork by Simona Kanellou 

For Cooler Heads, in collaboration with Sandstone Global 



NOTES

MUSIC

Podyssey Theme: “To Margoudi ki o Alexandris”, Marianna Sangita, 2018 (with permission)

Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Concerto No. 2 for Violin and Orchestra ("The Prophets”), Jascha Heifetz 1956

Dorothy Collins: “To Make A Long Story Short”, 1953

Hans Werner Henze: Moralitäten 1. Teil, conducted by the composer, 1968

Tom Lehrer: “Smut”, public domain, 1965

Sandra Church: Gypsy “Little Lamb”, 1959

Giorgos Gounaris: “To Pazari” (The Market), 1939

Jean-Philippe Rameau: “Platée”, Michel Sénéchal, 1956

Gioachino Rossini: “Duetto Buffo di Due Gatti”, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf & Victoria de los Angeles, Royal Festival Hall, 1967

Modest Mussorgsky: “The Song of The Flea”, Feodor Chaliapin, 1936

Gerónimo Giménez: La Tempranica “La Tarantula”, Victoria de los Angeles, BBC 1968

Bizet: “La Coccinelle”, Cecilia Bartoli, (fair usage for review) 1996

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte “Pa-pa-pa-gena”, Walter Berry & Emmy Loose, 1955

Emma Papikyan: “Dzidzernak” (Swallow), Armenia Radio Archives, 1993

Saint-Saens: Parysatis "Le Rossignol Et La Rose" , Mado Robin, RTF archive 1954

Manos Hadjidakis: “Magiki Poli” (Magical City), Zoe Maggou, 1954

Leoš Janáček: Cunning Little Vixen - Finale, Prague National Theatre, 1958

Jerome Kern: Show Boat “Make Believe”, Marion Marlowe & Frank Parker, 1953



ART

Frans Snyders: "The Cock and the Jewel", oil on canvas 1620 - Auckland Art Gallery

Agnes Miller Parker: “The Cock and the Jewel”, wood engraving c1931 - private collection

“The Cock and the Jewel”, Chelsea Porcelain, c1770 - Fitzwilliam Museum

“The Cock and the Jewel”, pendant in gold and pearl with rubies, Dutch 16C - private collection

“The Miller, His Son, And Their Ass”, John Tenniel illustrations, 1882 



FILM

“Fantastic Mr. Fox” 2009

“Bambi” 1942

“Spirited Away” 2001

“Howl’s Moving Castle” 2004
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9. AESOP III - How to Lose a Donkey in 10 Ways

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Welcome to Podyssey with Alex Andreou. Each week we will take one myth, one concept, person, place, or theme from Ancient Greece, take it apart, figure out its inner workings, trace its influence, juice it for its wisdom, reimagine, update and put it back together - all shiny and new! 

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Last week we explored the complicated, and largely made-up, biography that is "The Aesop Romance". In this part I talk to experts to try and understand why it is that we need a "back story" for the creators of stories that we connect with, what is the difference between a reliable and unreliable narrator, how populism has refined the art of story-telling, and why only better stories - not better facts - can help us.   



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Written and presented by Alex Andreou 

Expert contributions by Alexandra Angeletaki-Røe, Debbie Challis, Linda Marric, and Dr Ruth Smith 

Exec. Producers Naomi Smith & Kenny Campbell 

Music by Marianna Sangita

Artwork by Simona Kanellou 

For Cooler Heads, in collaboration with Sandstone Global 



NOTES 



MUSIC 

Podyssey Theme: “To Margoudi ki o Alexandris”, Marianna Sangita, 2018 (with permission)  

⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-LAVj5l9Uc⁠⁠ 



Rimsky-Korsakov: "Scheherazade; 2nd Movement"; Societe de Concerts Du Conservatoire, Ernest Ansermet 1955 

https://archive.org/details/lp_scheherazade



Bernice Parks: "You Intrigue Me" 1952 

https://archive.org/details/78_you-intrigue-me_bernice-parks



Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani "In alto mare... Coraggio!", Maria Callas 1951 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibMCTUPC_6g 



Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffman " O Dieu, de quelle ivresse" (reprise), Raoul Jobin 1950 

https://archive.org/details/lp_the-tales-of-hoffman 



Anton Karas: The Third Man "Harry Lime Theme", Hermann Stachow 1950

https://archive.org/details/78_harry-limes-melodi



Ravel: Shéhérazade "1. Asie", Suzanne Danco 1955 

https://archive.org/details/lp_le-roi-david-sheherazade



Mahalia Jackson: "MyStory" 1953 

https://archive.org/details/78_my-story_mahalia-jackson 



Verdi: Il Trovatore "Condotta all'era", Cloe Elmo 1941 

https://archive.org/details/cloe-elmo-giuseppe-verdi 



Rossini: La Cenerentola "Questo e un nodo avviluppato", Glyndebourne Company 1955 

https://archive.org/details/lp_la-cenerentola_gioacchino-rossini 



ART



Attic red-figure Kylix, circa 5C BCE, Vatican Museum.

A sample  "Karagiozis" 19C folk shadow puppet figure, for comparison.

Plaster casts of the Hellenistic statue believed to be of Aesop, avec and sans fig leaf.

Aesopus (c. 1639-40), by Diego Velazquez.

Chelsea porcelain figure of Aesop as a black man, c.1755, and candlestick depicting the fable of The Cockerel and The Jewel, c.1780, Fitzwilliam Museum.

Aesop Telling his Fables, by Johann Michael Wittmer, 1855, Royal Collection.

Illustration by Kawanabe Kyōsai for the Japanese 1770 edition of "Aesop's Fables for All".

 

FILM - Coming Soon 

SOURCES - Coming Soon 
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8. AESOP II - A dolphin and a seagull were hurling insults at each other

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Welcome to Podyssey with Alex Andreou. Each week we will take one myth, one concept, person, place, or theme from Ancient Greece, take it apart, figure out its inner workings, trace its influence, juice it for its wisdom, reimagine, update and put it back together - all shiny and new! 

… 

Stories have had a moral, for as long as we have told stories. This week, Aesop; A crowd-sourced literary celebrity. What is the fact and what is the fiction? And why it matters.  



Written and presented by Alex Andreou 

Expert contributions by Alexandra Angeletaki-Røe, Debbie Challis, Linda Marric, and Dr Ruth Smith 

Exec. Producers Naomi Smith & Kenny Campbell 

Music by Marianna Sangita

Artwork by Simona Kanellou 

For Cooler Heads, in collaboration with Sandstone Global 



NOTES 



MUSIC 

Podyssey Theme: “To Margoudi ki o Alexandris”, Marianna Sangita, 2018 (with permission)  

⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-LAVj5l9Uc⁠ 



César Cui: "Orientale"; Capitol Symphony Orch, Carmen Dragon 1958 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDx-kRbXoCU 



Xiomara Alfaro: "Angelitos Negros" 1957 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_9XyHOHiLw 



Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, Winifred Atwell 1957 

https://archive.org/details/lp_winifred-atwell-plays-gershwin_winifred-atwell-ted-heath-and-his-music/disc1/01.01.+Rhapsody+In+Blue.mp3 



Charlie Gore: "Absolutely Free", 1953

https://archive.org/details/78_absolutely-free_charlie-gore-charlie-gore-gore-young_gbia0484950b



Manos Hadjidakis: "The Myth", Christiana,  1960

https://archive.org/details/lp_ilios-thalassa.mp3 



Richard Strauss: Dance of the Seven Veils from "Salome", Paul Paray, 1959 

https://archive.org/details/lp_the-heart-of-the-opera_antal-dorati-paul-paray-detroit-symphony-o/disc1/02.01.+Dance+Of+The+Seven+Veils+From+%22Salome%22.mp3



Manouche: "Miri Louloudi", 1989 (with permission) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMtzBs5bSIE 
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7. AESOP I - Virtue Signaller or Fake News Merchant?

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This week Alex gets to quiz the show's cultural historian, Dr Debbie Challis,  starting with the obvious question: What the hell is a cultural historian? 



Listen to Debbie explain her complicated on-again-off-again love affair with the classical and the classic - but also Greece itself. And her battle to be heard without being labelled and filed away - something which every contributor to this podcast seems to share; a compulsion to explore not just our allotted piece of the puzzle, but how the pieces connect.

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The myths, tales, and concepts of ancient Greece echo and reach into every aspect of modern life. Often misunderstood, frequently romanticised, and sometimes deliberately twisted - to understand their origins and truth is to get a real glimpse into the universal themes that connect us to the past and each other. 



Welcome to Podyssey with Alex Andreou. Each week we will take one myth, one concept, person, place, or theme from Ancient Greece, take it apart, figure out its inner workings, trace its influence, juice it for its wisdom, reimagine, update and put it back together - all shiny and new! 



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Written and presented by Alex Andreou 



Expert contributions by Alexandra Angeletaki-Røe, Debbie Challis, Linda Marric, and Dr Ruth Smith 

Exec. Producers Naomi Smith & Kenny Campbell 

Music by Marianna Sangita

Artwork by Simona Kanellou 

For Cooler Heads, in collaboration with Sandstone Global
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BONUS - No thing is just one thing

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The myths, tales, and concepts of ancient Greece echo and reach into every aspect of modern life. Often misunderstood, frequently romanticised, and sometimes deliberately twisted - to understand their origins and truth is to get a real glimpse into the universal themes that connect us to the past and each other. 

Welcome to Podyssey with Alex Andreou. Each week we will take one myth, one concept, person, place, or theme from Ancient Greece, take it apart, figure out its inner workings, trace its influence, juice it for its wisdom, reimagine, update and put it back together - all shiny and new! 

… 

There is an elegant symmetry to Cassandra being misunderstood - still, millennia later - as a symbol for pessimism. A prophet of doom. But that wasn’t her curse at all. Her curse was to have true insight and yet be unable to get those around her to listen.

And is the reason we prioritise some voices over others not the central, existential question at a time when real knowledge struggles to make itself heard over a chorus of populism? What wooden horses have we let through our cities’ gates?  



Written and presented by Alex Andreou 

Expert contributions by Alexandra Angeletaki-Røe, Debbie Challis, Linda Marric, and Dr Ruth Smith 

Exec. Producers Naomi Smith & Kenny Campbell 

Music by Marianna Sangita

Artwork by Simona Kanellou 

For Cooler Heads, in collaboration with Sandstone Global 



NOTES 



MUSIC 

Oluf Dimitri Røe: “Fajum” ON YOUTUBE  

Aldo Ciccolini: Erik Satie “Gnossiennes No.1  FROM ARCHIVE  

Lulu Belle: “Never take ‘no’ for an answer” FROM ARCHIVE  

ON ft Marianna Sangita: “Et Glimt” ON YOUTUBE    

Risë Stevens: Bizet; Carmen “Card Scene” FROM ARCHIVE  

Betty Lou Allen: J.S.C. Bach; Cassandra Cantata FROM ARCHIVE  

Fedora Barbieri: Verdi; Un Ballo in Maschera “Re dell’abisso” FROM ARCHIVE  

Marisa Ferrer & Charles Cambon: Berlioz; Les Troyens "Reviens a toi, vierge adorée” FROM ARCHIVE  

Anna Maria Alberghetti: “They didn’t believe me” FROM ARCHIVE  



FILM

Helen of Troy 1956 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049301/  

Scream 2 1997 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120082/ 

The Matrix 1999 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133093/ 

The Eyes of Laura Mars 1978 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077530/ 

Doctor Sleep 2019 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5606664/ 

Nightmare Alley 2021 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7740496/ 

Agamemnon 1983 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UyouI7BUsI 

Promising Young Woman 2020 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9620292/ 

Kaos 2024 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8550732/ 

Don't Look Up 2021 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11286314/ 



ART

Attic Red cup with the taking of Cassandra 

Terracotta amphora with the taking of Cassandra 

Evelyn de Morgan's Cassandra 

Pompeii mosaic of Ajax dragging Cassandra from Palladium. 

Solomon J. Solomon's Ajax & Cassandra



Ronsard's "Avant le temps tes tempes fleuriront" 

Louise Bogan's "Cassandra" 
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6. Cassandra - Everything Must Be Said Again

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This week we meet the show's archaeologist, Alexandra Angeletaki-Røe,  and talk about her profession: What it used to be, what it is now, and what it isn't. The romantic ideas of it and how far they are from the practical reality...  And why nothing can substitute being in a place, touching, smelling, hearing, and feeling the context of what is unearthed from below. 

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The myths, tales, and concepts of ancient Greece echo and reach into every aspect of modern life. Often misunderstood, frequently romanticised, and sometimes deliberately twisted - to understand their origins and truth is to get a real glimpse into the universal themes that connect us to the past and each other. 



Welcome to Podyssey with Alex Andreou. Each week we will take one myth, one concept, person, place, or theme from Ancient Greece, take it apart, figure out its inner workings, trace its influence, juice it for its wisdom, reimagine, update and put it back together - all shiny and new! 



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Written and presented by Alex Andreou 



Expert contributions by Alexandra Angeletaki-Røe, Debbie Challis, Linda Marric, and Dr Ruth Smith 

Exec. Producers Naomi Smith & Kenny Campbell 

Music by Marianna Sangita

Artwork by Simona Kanellou 

For Cooler Heads, in collaboration with Sandstone Global
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BONUS - Archaeology: The Art of Interpreting Science

The myths, tales, and concepts of ancient Greece echo and reach into every aspect of modern life. Often misunderstood, frequently romanticised, and sometimes deliberately twisted - to understand their origins and truth is to get a real glimpse into the universal themes that connect us to the past and each other. 



Welcome to Podyssey with Alex Andreou. Each week we will take one myth, one concept, person, place, or theme from Ancient Greece, take it apart, figure out its inner workings, trace its influence, juice it for its wisdom, reimagine, update and put it back together - all shiny and new! 



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Persephone has been assigned the story of a victim, but bears none of the hallmarks. Why has this magnificent Queen been reduced to a Page 3 girl? 





Written and presented by Alex Andreou 

Expert contributions by Alexandra Angeletaki-Røe, Debbie Challis, Linda Marric, and Dr Ruth Smith 

Exec. Producers Naomi Smith & Kenny Campbell 

Music by Marianna Sangita

Artwork by Simona Kanellou 

For Cooler Heads, in collaboration with Sandstone Global 



NOTES 

Will be added in a few hours
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5. Persephone Part II - You Do Something To Me

Naomi Smith gets the behind the scenes skinny on Podyssey from Alex Andreou. Where did the idea come from? What's coming up in Season 2? What is the most surprising fact so far? 

Lots of exclusive access, previews, and exclusive announcements. 
… 

The myths, tales, and concepts of ancient Greece echo and reach into every aspect of modern life. Often misunderstood, frequently romanticised, and sometimes deliberately twisted - to understand their origins and truth is to get a real glimpse into the universal themes that connect us to the past and each other. 

Welcome to Podyssey with Alex Andreou. Each week we will take one myth, one concept, person, place, or theme from Ancient Greece, take it apart, figure out its inner workings, trace its influence, juice it for its wisdom, reimagine, update and put it back together - all shiny and new! 

… 


Written and presented by Alex Andreou 
Expert contributions by Alexandra Angeletaki-Røe, Debbie Challis, Linda Marric, and Dr Ruth Smith 
Exec. Producers Naomi Smith & Kenny Campbell 
Music by Marianna Sangita
Artwork by Simona Kanellou 
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3b. BONUS - The Making of Podyssey

The myths, tales, and concepts of ancient Greece echo and reach into every aspect of modern life. Often misunderstood, frequently romanticised, and sometimes deliberately twisted - to understand their origins and truth is to get a real glimpse into the universal themes that connect us to the past and each other. 

Welcome to Podyssey with Alex Andreou. Each week we will take one myth, one concept, person, place, or theme from Ancient Greece, take it apart, figure out its inner workings, trace its influence, juice it for its wisdom, reimagine, update and put it back together - all shiny and new! 

… 

Persephone has been assigned the story of a victim, but bears none of the hallmarks. Why has this magnificent Queen been reduced to a Page 3 girl? 


Written and presented by Alex Andreou 
Expert contributions by Alexandra Angeletaki-Røe, Debbie Challis, Linda Marric, and Dr Ruth Smith 
Exec. Producers Naomi Smith & Kenny Campbell 
Music by Marianna Sangita
Artwork by Simona Kanellou 
For Cooler Heads, in collaboration with Sandstone Global 

NOTES 

MUSIC 
Podyssey Theme - “To Margoudi ki o Alexandris” Marianna Sangita - YOUTUBE.
“Kori” (Acoustic) Marianna Sangita - YOUTUBE
“Kori” (Album Version) ON - YOUTUBE
Camille Saint-Saëns “Danse Macabre”, Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra - ARCHIVE  
Claudio Monteverdi “Addio Roma” from L’Incoronazione di Poppea - ARCHIVE 
Antonio Vivaldi “Autumn” from The four Seasons - ARCHIVE  
Heitor Villa Lobos “Bachianas Brasileiras No.5”, Bidu Sayao - ARCHIVE  
Giacomo Puccini “Flower Duet” from Madama Butterfly, Renata Tebaldi/Nell Ranking - ARCHIVE 
Francesco Sacrati “E dove t’aggirli” from Proserpina, Victoria de los Angeles - YOUTUBE 
“Sobbin’ Women” from Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Howard Keel - ARCHIVE
Francesco Cilea “Esser madre e un inferno” from L’Arlesiana, Ebe Stignani - ARCHIVE  
“Am I blue” Ethel Waters - YOUTUBE 
Amilcare Ponchielli “Oh Madre Mia” Act I finale from La Gioconda, Maria Callas/Maria Amadini - ARCHIVE 
WA Mozart “Lacrimosa” from Requiem, Eugen Jochum - ARCHIVE 
Kurt Weill “September Song”, Sarah Vaughan - ARCHIVE 

FILM
“The Goddess of Spring” (1934) 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zvnAypUSJs
Children of Men (2006) 
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0206634/ 
Lady Bird (2017)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4925292/ 
Terms of Endearment (1983) 
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086425/ 
Steel Magnolias (1989) 
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098384/ 

ARTWORK 
Two examples of a Melian amphoras, with Kore figure, c. 6thC BCE here and here.  
“Hades Abducting Persephone” fresco Vergina 4C BCE 
“Statue of Isis-Persephone holding a sistrum” marble statue Gortyn 180-190 CE
“Head of Persephone” earthenware Centuripae, c.420 BCE
“Bronze statuette of a female votary with pomegranate” 4th–3rd century BCE
“Persephone and Hades” red-figure kylix Vulci, c. 440-430 BCE
“The abduction of Persephone by Hades” terracotta hydria c. 340–330 BCE
“Persephone on the Throne” terracotta tablet Locri, 470 BCE
“Enthroned Deity” (probably Persephone) Taranto, c. 480-470 BCE
Bernini Gian Lorenzo “Rape of Proserpine” 
Peter Paul Rubens “The Rape of Proserpine” 
Luca Giordano “The Abduction of Proserpina” 
Maxfield Parrish “Proserpina and the Sea Nymphs”
Hiram Powers “Proserpine”
Dante Gabriel Rossetti eighth and final version of “Proserpine”

READING
Taffy Brodesser-Akner “Let’s Go to Jerusalem for Soup Again” 
Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz, Marian Villancico 
Edna St Vincent Millay “Prayer to Persephone”
Rita Dove “Canary”  
Rita Dove “The Bistro Styx”
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4. Persephone Part I - If You Can't Be Free, Be A Mystery

The myths, tales, and concepts of ancient Greece echo and reach into every aspect of modern life. Often misunderstood, frequently romanticised, and sometimes deliberately twisted - to understand their origins and truth is to get a real glimpse into the universal themes that connect us to the past and each other. 

Welcome to Podyssey with Alex Andreou. Each week we will take one myth, one concept, person, place, or theme from Ancient Greece, take it apart, figure out its inner workings, trace its influence, juice it for its wisdom, reimagine, update and put it back together - all shiny and new! 

… 

When was it - and why? - that the cautionary tale of King Midas, a myth about the absurdity of excess, the consequences of greed and spectacularly bad judgment, magically transformed into an aspirational example of success? When did we elevate him from lowly figure of fun to a gold penthouse and the Oval Office? 


Written and presented by Alex Andreou 
Expert contributions by Alexandra Angeletaki-Røe, Debbie Challis, Linda Marric, and Dr Ruth Smith 
Exec. Producers Naomi Smith & Kenny Campbell 
Music by Marianna Sangita
Artwork by Simona Kanellou 
For Cooler Heads, in collaboration with Sandstone Global 

NOTES 
MUSIC 

MOZART - A Musical Joke - Vienna Konzerthaus Quartet - PRIVATE COLLECTION 

GRIEG - Peer Gynt Suite No.1 “In the Hall of the Mountain King” - Eugene Ormandy - PRIVATE COLLECTION 

BERLIN - After you get what you want you don’t want it - Marilyn Monroe - YOUTUBE 

ROSSINI - Il Barbiere di Siviglia “Largo al factotum” - Rolando Panerai - YOUTUBE  

BORODIN/WRIGHT - Kismet “Baubles, Bangles, and Beeds” - Ann Blyth - PRIVATE COLLECTION 

BERLIN - Call Me Madam “The Money Song” - Dinah Shore - YOUTUBE 

MENOTTI - Amahl And The Night Visitors “All that gold” - Rosemary Kuhlmann - PRIVATE COLLECTION 

STRAUSS - Die Liebe der Danae - 1952 Broadcast - PRIVATE COLLECTION  

PUCCINI - Manon Lescaut “In quelle trine” - Renata Tebaldi - PRIVATE COLLECTION 

BERNSTEIN - Candide “Glitter and be gay” - Roberta Peters - YOUTUBE 

BACH - "Geschwinde, Geschwinde, Ihr Wirbelnden Winde", BWV 201 - PRIVATE COLLECTION 

GOUNOD - Faust “Le veau d’or” - Nicolai Ghiaurov - Public Television - YOUTUBE 

All that glitters is not gold - Mildred Bailey - YOUTUBE 


FILM

Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol (2010) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1672218/ 

Wall Street (1987) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094291/  

The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0993846/   

Goodfellas (1990) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099685/   

Scarface (1983) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086250/  

Big (1988) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094737/  

Trading Places (1983) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086465/ 

Limitless (2011) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1219289/ 

Avengers: Infinity War (2018) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4154756/  

Goldfinger (1964) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058150/ 


ARTWORK 

Silenus riding a donkey 

The Judgment of Midas by Nicolas Mignard, 1667. 

King Midas Judging the Musical Contest between Apollo and Pan, by Filippo Lauri, c1650-1694 

LIFE magazine Goldfinger cover. 

Images of Ancient Gordion 

Midas Gate in Anatolia 

Map of Ancient Anatolia 

Electrum coins 

Gold Croeseid 

Andy Warhol - Dollar Signs 

“Siren” by Marc Quinn (2008) 

“America” by Maurizio Cattelan (2016) 

“Madonna and child” by Sandro Boticelli (1480-81)

“Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I” by Gustav Klimt (1907) 

Ceiling Paintings by Gustav Klimt (1894) 

Gold Death Mask (Tomb V, Mycenae) 

Meowdas (fortnite) 


READING

Proust “Mensonges” dedication 

“King Midas” by Howard Moss 

“Mrs. Midas” by Carol Ann Duffy 

Essay on Gold and Melancholy 

John Lyly’s "King Midas"  

“The Reading Mother” by Strickland Gillilan 
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3. King Midas - All That Glitters

The myths, tales, and concepts of ancient Greece echo and reach into every aspect of modern life. Often misunderstood, frequently romanticised, and sometimes deliberately twisted - to understand their origins and truth is to get a real glimpse into the universal themes that connect us to the past and each other. 

Welcome to Podyssey with Alex Andreou. Each week we will take one myth, one concept, person, place, or theme from Ancient Greece, take it apart, figure out its inner workings, trace its influence, juice it for its wisdom, reimagine, update and put it back together - all shiny and new! 

… 

This week we meet the creator of the theme tune and much of the music on Podyssey - Musician Marianna Sangita. 

WATCH THIS INTERVIEW ON YOUTUBE
https://youtu.be/A-xAKBPuSaQ 

SUBSCRIBE TO PODYSSEY ON YOUTUBE 
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLo7dIXWHNar1u1rKsXUTgYnDhJebTp-eo  

FULL VIDEO OF PODYSSEY THEME (To Margoudi ki O Alexandris) 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-LAVj5l9Uc 

MARIANNA SANGITA'S FULL MUSIC:
https://www.mariannasangita.com/

ADDITIONAL TRACKS
GLAROS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIGrYHF7jLA 
ON's KORI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zegho00jHVc&list=OLAK5uy_nv3aKiRBefjqqnpo05P__0py_gwnIdDsw&index=4 


Written and presented by Alex Andreou 

Expert contributions by Alexandra Angeletaki-Røe, Debbie Challis, Linda Marric, and Dr Ruth Smith 
Exec. Producers Naomi Smith & Kenny Campbell 
Music by Marianna Sangita
Artwork by Simona Kanellou 
For Cooler Heads, in collaboration with Sandstone Global
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2b. BONUS - The Music of Podyssey

The myths, tales, and concepts of ancient Greece echo and reach into every aspect of modern life. Often misunderstood, frequently romanticised, and sometimes deliberately twisted - to understand their origins and truth is to get a real glimpse into the universal themes that connect us to the past and each other. 

Welcome to Podyssey with Alex Andreou. Each week we will take one myth, one concept, person, place, or theme from Ancient Greece, take it apart, figure out its inner workings, trace its influence, juice it for its wisdom, reimagine, update and put it back together - all shiny and new! 

… 

Orpheus and his lyre. Orpheus and Euridice. Orpheus and the Argonauts. Orpheus in the Underworld. Orpheus and his lament. Orpheus and his pain. Orpheus, Orpheus, Orpheus. The quintessential suffering artist. The shining example of love’s triumph over even death. 

Or maybe just a performative, entitled, 'singer-songwriter' nepo-baby . 


Written and presented by Alex Andreou 
Expert contributions by Alexandra Angeletaki-Røe, Debbie Challis, Linda Marric, and Dr Ruth Smith 
Exec. Producers Naomi Smith & Kenny Campbell 
Music by Marianna Sangita
Artwork by Simona Kanellou 
For Cooler Heads, in collaboration with Sandstone Global 

NOTES 

MUSIC 

Roy Henderson - Orpheus with his lute - PRIVATE COLLECTION 

Reinhold Glière - Harp Concerto In B Flat Major, Op. 4, Larghetto - on YOUTUBE 
 
Salli Terri & Laurindo Almeida - Black is the color - on SPOTIFY 

Oluf Dimitri Røe - Sabouna of Mykonos - on SPOTIFY 

Elena Polonska - Ciaccona - on YOUTUBE 

Monteverdi - L’Orfeo “Tu sei morta” Enrico de Franceschi (Orfeo) - PRIVATE COLLECTION 

Glück - Orfeo e Euridice “Ché faró senza Euridice” Nan Merriman (Orfeo) - Telephone Hour TV ARCHIVE 

Pedro Infante - Soy Infeliz - on SPOTIFY 

Marianna Sangita & Oluf Dimitri Røe - Lafina (The Doe) - on SPOTIFY

Korngold - Die Tote Stadt “Glück das mir verblieb” Ilona Steingruber & Anton Dermota - on YOUTUBE 

Billie Holiday - “I’ll be seeing you” - on SPOTIFY 


FILM

Coco (2017) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2380307/  

Orphée (1950) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041719/ 

Orfeu Negru (1959) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053146/  

Inception (2010) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1375666/  

The English Patient (1996) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116209/  

Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey (1991) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101452/  

Chinatown (1974) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071315/ 

Apocalypse Now (1979) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078788/ 

Contact (1997) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118884/ 

What Dreams May Come (1998) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120889/ 

Pet Sematary (2019) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0837563/ 

Weekend at Bernie’s (1989) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098627/ 

Death becomes her (1992) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104070/ 

Vertigo (1958) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052357/ 

Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8613070/ 

Fitzcarraldo (1982) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083946/ 


ARTWORK 

Orpheus embracing his lyre by Unknown 

Red figure vase depicting the head of Orpheus by Unknown here and here.

More about red-figure pottery 

Examples of Orpheus charming the animals here, here, here, here, here, and here. 

An example of Orphic Christ

“Nymphs finding the head of Orpheus” by Waterhouse 

“Thracian Girl carrying the Head of Orpheus on his Lyre” by Moreau

“Euridice dying” by Lebœf

“Orpheus leading Euridice from the Underworld” by Cortot 

Vergil’s version of the Orpheus myth 

More about the Derveni Papyrus 

Reiner Maria Rilke’s “Sonnets to Orpheus”
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2. Orpheus - Epic Hero or Drama Queen?

The myths, tales, and concepts of ancient Greece echo and reach into every aspect of modern life. Often misunderstood, frequently romanticised, and sometimes deliberately twisted - to understand their origins and truth is to get a real glimpse into the universal themes that connect us to the past and each other. 

Welcome to Podyssey with Alex Andreou. Each week we will take one myth, one concept, person, place, or theme from Ancient Greece, take it apart, figure out its inner workings, trace its influence, juice it for its wisdom, reimagine, update and put it back together - all shiny and new! 

… 

Most of what you think you know about the story of Narcissus, is wrong. This isn’t a story of conceit or vanity. It isn’t even the story of one person. It is a story of unrequited love and pain, of the corruption of innocence, of losing oneself. 

Written and presented by Alex Andreou 
Expert contributions by Alexandra Angeletaki-Røe, Debbie Challis, Linda Marric, and Dr Ruth Smith 
Exec. Producers Naomi Smith and Kenny Campbell 
Music by Marianna Sangita
Artwork by Simona Kanellou 
For Cooler Heads, in collaboration with Sandstone Global 

NOTES 

MUSIC 

Carly Simon - “You’re so vain” - LIVE on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQZmCJUSC6g 

Marianna Sangita - “Glaros” - LIVE on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIGrYHF7jLA 

The Clerks of Christ Church - “Slow, slow fresh fount” - on SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/track/61kkAfQYSZQIhw46FDLe49 

Joan Sutherland - Gounod FAUST “Jewel Song” - on SPOTIFY 
https://open.spotify.com/track/348lGUh1TA8t0T2Kpe0Qkm 

Maria Callas - Meyerbeer DINORAH “Shadow Song” - on SPOTIFY 
https://open.spotify.com/track/1QhZtlXHBuFUwn4splxosj 

Joni Mitchell - “Both sides now” - on SPOTIFY 
https://open.spotify.com/track/1pjATX7sbd6Y4jMVqIvzHk 

Clara Rockmore - Saint-Saëns “The Swan” - LIVE on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdFSU8sn3mo 

Róisín Murphy - “Narcissus” - OFFICIAL on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88p6AwgZNaw 

Ann Blyth & Lorenzo Lamas - Friml ROSE-MARIE “Indian Love Call” - on SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/track/3Fd9Ti1AFjvEyK67Sv8U7Y 



FILM

The Talented Mr Ripley (1999) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0134119/ 

Snow White (1937) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029583/ 

All About Eve (1950) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042192/ 

The Shape of Water (2017)  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5580390/ 

The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037988/ 

Black Swan (2010) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0947798/ 

Ingrid Goes West (2017) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5962210/ 


ARTWORK 

“Narcissus” by Caravaggio https://www.caravaggio.org/narcissus.jsp 

“Metamorphosis of Narcissus” by Salvador Dalí https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/dali-metamorphosis-of-narcissus-t02343 

“The Nymph Echo” by Max Ernst https://www.moma.org/collection/works/79316 

Narcissus Fresco in Pompeii by Anon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissus_%28mythology%29#/media/File:Narcissus_on_a_Pompeian_fresco.jpg 

“Echo and Narcissus” by John William Waterhouse https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/artifact/echo-and-narcissus 

“Narcissus” by Follower of Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/follower-of-giovanni-antonio-boltraffio-narcissus 

"Mr. O'Wilde, You are not the first one that has grasped at a Shadow" by Thomas Nast 
 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/820022 

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1. Narcissus & Echo - The Influencer & The Follower

Introducing Podyssey with Alex Andreou
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