Alex Andreou's Podyssey
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2.6 ODD-POD: Podyssey's Deep Dive into Chris Nolan's Odyssey
Jul 25, 2026
1h 31m 01s
SISYPHUS LIVE Q&A - From Ironing and Chat GPT to Burnout and Camus
Jun 15, 2026
1h 01m 37s
2.5 SISYPHUS - Papa Was a Rollin' Stone
May 25, 2026
1h 37m 55s
Storytime: ARACHNE - Web of Truth
Apr 27, 2026
32m 46s
BONUS: Europa Live Q&A - Of Ancient Tax Havens and Flying Penises
Apr 18, 2026
56m 59s
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| 7/25/26 |  2.6 ODD-POD: Podyssey's Deep Dive into Chris Nolan's Odyssey | To receive the illustrated guide to each episode and an invitation to the live Q&A on Thursday 13th August at 6pm, become a monthly supporter! *** SUPPORT PODYSSEY ON KO-FI.COM/PODYSSEY *** 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. _________________ 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! *** SUPPORT PODYSSEY ON KO-FI.COM/PODYSSEY *** 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 A Cooler Heads podcast *** SUPPORT PODYSSEY ON KO-FI.COM/PODYSSEY *** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 1h 31m 01s | ||||||
| 6/15/26 | Sisyphusancient Greece+4 | — | Modern TimesWile E. Coyote | — | Sisyphusburnout+5 | KO-FI.COMPODYSSEY | 1h 01m 37s | ||
| 5/25/26 | mythologyhuman condition+4 | — | Sisyphus | — | Sisyphusmyth+5 | — | 1h 37m 55s | ||
| 4/27/26 | mythologyArachne+4 | — | Η Αράχνη/Arachne | — | ArachneAthena+5 | KO-FI.COMPODYSSEY | 32m 46s | ||
| 4/18/26 | Ancient Greecemythology+3 | — | Catholic Churcheuro currency | — | Europamyth+3 | KO-FI.COMPODYSSEY | 56m 59s | ||
| 4/11/26 | mythologyancient Greece+4 | — | Catholic ChurchPodyssey | Europa | Europamyth+7 | KO-FI.COMPODYSSEY | 1h 14m 02s | ||
| 4/9/26 | mythologyancient Greece+4 | — | Catholic Church | — | Europamyth+5 | KO-FI.COMPODYSSEY | 58m 22s | ||
| 3/8/26 | ancient Greecemyths+3 | — | I wish I had my first wife backLohengrin | — | ancient Greecemyths+5 | KO-FI.COMPODYSSEY | 53m 46s | ||
| 2/25/26 | mythologyancient Greece+3 | — | Pandora | — | Pandoramythology+3 | KO-FI.COMPODYSSEY | 1h 31m 21s | ||
| 2/25/26 | mythologyancient Greece+3 | — | Prometheus | — | Prometheusmythology+3 | KO-FI.COM | 46m 51s | ||
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| 2/25/26 | Prometheusmythology+3 | — | PodysseyA Cooler Heads podcast+1 | — | Prometheusmythology+3 | KO-FI.COMPODYSSEY | 1h 27m 38s | ||
| 2/3/26 | Ancient Greecepets+3 | — | PodysseyThe Beast In Me - Ancient Greece And Its Pets | — | Ancient Greecepets+3 | KO-FI.COM | 40m 31s | ||
| 11/26/25 | mythologyancient Greece+4 | — | Podyssey | — | Golden Applesmythology+5 | KO-FI.COMPODYSSEY | 54m 53s | ||
| 11/16/25 |  Director's Cut: ECHO & NARCISSUS - The Influencer & The Follower | *** SUPPORT SEASON 2 OF PODYSSEY ON KO-FI.COM/PODYSSEY *** 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. ....... 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 *** SUPPORT SEASON 2 OF PODYSSEY ON KO-FI.COM/PODYSSEY *** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 1h 07m 09s | ||||||
| 11/4/25 |  Podyssey Season 2 - All The Details | *** SUPPORT SEASON 2 OF PODYSSEY ON KO-FI.COM/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! … *** SUPPORT SEASON 2 OF PODYSSEY ON KO-FI.COM/PODYSSEY *** 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 9m 05s | ||||||
| 9/19/25 |  10. MEDUSA - Here's Looking at You, Kid | *** SUPPORT SEASON 2 OF PODYSSEY ON KO-FI.COM/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! … 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 *** SUPPORT SEASON 2 OF PODYSSEY ON KO-FI.COM/PODYSSEY *** 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 1h 35m 29s | ||||||
| 8/17/25 | The Miller, His Son, and Their Donkey: A Fable by Aesop for Modern Politicians | Subscribe to "Alex Andreou's Podyssey" on your favourite podcast app for the full three-part saga on Aesop - and the rest of Season 1, available now. *** SUPPORT SEASON 2 OF PODYSSEY ON KO-FI.COM/PODYSSEY *** 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! *** SUPPORT SEASON 2 OF PODYSSEY ON KO-FI.COM/PODYSSEY *** 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 4m 36s | ||||||
| 8/12/25 |  9. AESOP III - How to Lose a Donkey in 10 Ways | *** SUPPORT SEASON 2 OF PODYSSEY ON KO-FI.COM/PODYSSEY *** 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." *** SUPPORT SEASON 2 OF PODYSSEY ON KO-FI.COM/PODYSSEY *** 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 1h 19m 43s | ||||||
| 8/7/25 |  8. AESOP II - A dolphin and a seagull were hurling insults at each other | *** SUPPORT SEASON 2 OF PODYSSEY ON KO-FI.COM/PODYSSEY *** 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! … 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. *** SUPPORT SEASON 2 OF PODYSSEY ON KO-FI.COM/PODYSSEY *** 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 1h 12m 22s | ||||||
| 7/13/25 |  7. AESOP I - Virtue Signaller or Fake News Merchant? | *** SUPPORT SEASON 2 OF PODYSSEY ON KO-FI.COM/PODYSSEY *** 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 44m 11s | ||||||
| 5/24/25 |  BONUS - No thing is just one thing | *** SUPPORT A SECOND SEASON ON KO-FI.COM/PODYSSEY *** 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. _________________ 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 For Cooler Heads, in collaboration with Sandstone Global Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 34m 32s | ||||||
| 5/11/25 |  6. Cassandra - Everything Must Be Said Again | *** SUPPORT SEASON 2 OF PODYSSEY ON KO-FI.COM/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! … 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" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 57m 21s | ||||||
| 5/3/25 |  BONUS - Archaeology: The Art of Interpreting Science | *** SUPPORT A SECOND SEASON ON KO-FI.COM/PODYSSEY *** 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. _________________ 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 For Cooler Heads, in collaboration with Sandstone Global Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 42m 42s | ||||||
| 4/28/25 |  5. Persephone Part II - You Do Something To Me | 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 Will be added in a few hours Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 1h 10m 35s | ||||||
| 4/28/25 |  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! … 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” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 1h 32m 19s | ||||||
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Chart history for Alex Andreou's Podyssey
Peaked at #46 in TH, currently #46 in TH.
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2 placements across 2 markets.
Chart Positions
2 placements across 2 markets.