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ShedunnitOxford vs CambridgeWhy do these two historic university cities appear in so many murder mysteries?Books mentioned in this episode:— The Masters by C.P. Snow— Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis— Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh— Zuleika Dobson by Max Beerbohm— Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers— The Case of the Gilded Fly by Edmund Crispin— The Cambridge Murders by Dilwyn Rees— Death at the President’s Lodging by Michael Innes— An Oxford Tragedy by J.C. Masterman (£825.00)— Death on the Ch...
2025-03-1925 min
Our Scotland: A Fantasy 24 Hours in ScotlandS2E4 Scottish History Podcast's Owen Innes (Orkney, including Maeshowe, Skara Brae and Ring of Brodgar plus Cairnpapple, Castle Sinclair Girnigoe)Scottish History Podcast host Owen Innes has been interested in history since he was a youngster and for the last eight years has been working as a tour guide bringing history to life.
His podcast means he can share his love of Scottish History with more than just the folk on his bus trips.
You’re going to hear about his first history trips, the history at your doorstep and more, as we discover where Owen would spend his ideal 24 hours in Scotland.
Owen’s links:
https://scothistorypod.com/
Orkne...
2024-05-0640 minOur Scotland: A Fantasy 24 Hours in ScotlandS2E3 Trad musician Gary Innes (Mànran) takes us to Isle of ArranIn this episode we are going to hear from musician and radio presenter Gary Innes.
Gary has been performing and composing music for over two decades. Born in the village of Spean Bridge in the North of Scotland, Gary is one of the founding members of award-winning Scottish super-group Mànran,
Gary is also host of longest running radio show on BBC Radio Scotland – the world renowned Take the Floor, and an ex-Scottish Shinty captain and internationalist.
Gary’s links:
Website: https://www.garyinnes.com/
Mànran: h...
2024-04-2932 min
Jock's Celtic CalamityJCC Show No 479Send us a text | Artist | Title | Album| Aisling Lyons | Buster's Dreams / Pigtown / The West Clare Reel /… | Aistear| Gina Williams & Guy Ghouse | Koorlangka | Koorlangka| Harry Manx | Crazy Love (Wedding Version) | 20 Strings and the Truth| Catherine Fraser & Duncan S… | Cromarty | Unity| Tolka | Let Them Fly | Tunes From the External Hard Drive| The Spooky Men's Chorale | Every Time We Say Goodbye | Deep| Gary Innes, Mischa MacPher… | Feel the Power | Feel the Power| The Mischa Macpherson Trio | Cha D'fhuair Mi'n Cadal (I Got No Sleep) - Live | The Mar...
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My Hockey HeroMy Hockey Hero Live Podcast RecordingBlack History Month/ African Heritage Month at Brock and the Podcast Learning Network are pleased to present a live recording of My Hockey Hero with host Dean Barnes and guest Tony McKegney. The Podcast Learning Network is open to all members of the Brock community interested in learning more about podcasting. Undergraduate and graduate students, staff, faculty, and instructors are welcome to join in discussions, share experiences, and learn more about creating and using podcasts. No previous podcast experience is required. Join us throughout the year as you are able. The Podcast Learning Network is funded b...
2024-03-1159 minMy Hockey HeroMy Hockey Hero Live Podcast RecordingBlack History Month/ African Heritage Month at Brock and the Podcast Learning Network are pleased to present a live recording of My Hockey Hero with host Dean Barnes and guest Tony McKegney. The Podcast Learning Network is open to all members of the Brock community interested in learning more about podcasting. Undergraduate and graduate students, staff, faculty, and instructors are welcome to join in discussions, share experiences, and learn more about creating and using podcasts. No previous podcast experience is required. Join us throughout the year as you are able. The Podcast Learning Network is funded b...
2024-03-1159 min
ForewordS4E10 Bonus: A Walk Through Mackenzie Chown with Lesley BellJoin our guest Lesley Bell as we take a "Snow walk" through Mackenzie Chown Complex to discuss artist Michael Snow's 1972-1973 installation "Timed Images," the architecture of Raymond Moriyama and the murals by James Sutherland.
View the accompanying 1970s and current images on our special episode webpage Michael Snow Art Walk.
Links
Timed Images: Michael Snow, 1972. Documentary by Lesley Bell and Tracey Van Oosten, 2021.
A flock of geese fly again at Toronto's Eaton Centre (CBC Here and Now, 8 March 2023)
Acclaimed artist Michael Snow remembered with campus art (Brock News, 13 Jan. 2023)
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2023-05-0137 minForewordS4E09 Getting Lost in Mackenzie Chown Complex with Lesley BellIf you're a Brock student, employee, or even visitor, chances are you have tried to navigate Mackenzie Chown Complex at some point and possibly even gotten lost. But have you ever wondered why it is built the way it is, or wondered about the art work inside it? Today's guest, Lesley Bell, has, and she's done the research to find the answers.
To mark the 50th anniversary of Canadian artist Michael Snow's 1972-1973 art installation in Mackenzie Chown (then called the Academic Staging Building), we talk with Lesley about the artist's work and his collaboration with the b...
2023-04-2446 minForewordS4E08 Research Creation with Julie GemuendWritten texts, journal articles, and printed books are not the only way we create and share knowledge in the Humanities. The process of research creation brings together multiple disciplines to explore a more comprehensive understanding of what it means to be human. This episode, we speak with artist and researcher Julie Gemuend, who shares how she is using research creation to explore what it means to be human in the Anthropocene age, including our physical vulnerabilities and responsibilities to other beings.
Julie is a PhD candidate in the Interdisciplinary Humanities program. She has an MFA from Toronto...
2023-04-1039 minForewordS4E07 Luxury with Dr. Jessica Clark and Dr. Nigel LezamaWhat does the word "luxury" mean to you? In this episode of Foreword, we unpack the idea of what luxury is, how we can study it, and why studying it matters.
Dr. Jessica Clark, Associate Professor with the Department of History, and Dr. Nigel Lezama, Associate Professor of French with the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures, talk about their recent joint publication "Canadian Critical Luxury Studies: Decentering Luxury".
Links
Jessica Clark (faculty bio)
Nigel Lezama (faculty bio)
Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Culture
Department o...
2023-03-2756 minForewordS4E06 Following Eliza Fenwick from London to Barbados to Niagara-on-the-Lake with Dr. Lissa PaulToday we meet Dr. Lissa Paul, a researcher in children's literature, who has followed the story of 19th century writer and educator Eliza Fenwick from London to Barbados to Niagara-on-the-Lake. Lissa shares who Eliza was and how researching Eliza's story lead her to stories of fugitive slaves and current efforts to decolonize the landscape by memorializing former enslaved people in Niagara-on-the-Lake.
Episode Highlights
(1:23) What is children's literature?
(4:50) Life and times of Eliza Fenwick
(21:20) Eliza Fenwick in Niagara-on-the-Lake
(29:30) Researching Eliza's story
(37:20) Digitizing the Barbados Mercury and Bridgetown Gazette and fugitive slave ads
(47:30) Work on the so-called "Negro Buri...
2023-02-271h 10ForewordS4E05 Archives & Special Collections with David SharronWhat is an archive? How do papers and books wind up in one? And how is technology changing the way we collect and use archival materials? David Sharron, Head of Archives and Special Collections here at Brock University is on hand with the answers!
In this episode, David shares the joy of archival research and some of the collection's highlights, including the Terry O'Malley collection (featuring branding for the famous 1972 hockey Summit Series!) and the papers of one of Canada's early female pilots, Dorothy Rungeling, alongside treasures from the middle ages. David and his team also work...
2023-02-1358 minForewordS4E04 Short Stories and Canadian Masculinity with Dr. Neta GordonToday we're joined by Dr. Neta Gordon, Professor with the Department of English Language and Literature. We talk about her passion for teaching, particularly first year courses, and her recently published book, Bearers of Risk: Writing Masculinity in Contemporary English-Canadian Short Story Cycles (McGill-Queens, 2022). We talk about her work on author Ann-Marie MacDonald, the research and publishing process, graduate student research assistantships, and literary geography. Neta also shares some insight into her past work as Associate Dean Undergraduate Student Affairs and Curriculum for the Faculty of Humanities (2018-2022) and the place of academic integrity at all stages of research...
2022-12-191h 06ForewordS4E03 Childhood in Ancient Rome with Dr. Fanny DolanskyWhat was life like for children in ancient Rome? How did Romans think about the idea of family? And why should we bother studying Latin in the 21st century? Our guest this episode is Dr. Fanny Dolansky, Associate Professor with the Department of Classics and Archaeology. She shares how she became interested in Roman history, her work on childhood and Roman religion, and how the pandemic has presented her with new avenues of research.
Links
Dr. Fanny Dolansky (faculty bio)
Department of Classics and Archaeology
"Brock University professor explores gender identity in award-winning p...
2022-12-051h 08ForewordS4E02 War Crimes, Genocides, and Conspiracies with Dr. Gregor KranjcToday's episode deals with some of the heavier topics in the news cycle-- war, war crimes, terrorism, genocide, and the war in Ukraine. We speak with Dr. Gregor Kranjc, Associate Professor with the Department of History on his research into war and society and his courses on genocide, terrorism, and the Holocaust, as well as how to teach heavy topics and why studying history is important to countering conspiracy theories. We talk about the challenges of having family connections to your research topic, the importance of memorialization, and connections between landscape and identity.
Given these topics, today's...
2022-11-211h 08ForewordS4E01 Monsters are People, Too with Dr. Sarah StangWitches, harpies, succubi, brood mothers--video games are known for some pretty grotesque female monsters. What do these depictions of monsters in games say about how we view and treat people with bodies that society considers "non standard"? Why do these depictions of monstrous women matter?
Assistant Professor with the Department of Digital Humanities Sarah Stang, spoke with us earlier this fall about the state of feminist scholarship in video game studies and the importance of thinking critically about the monsters on our screen. We talk about fan communities, the need for more diverse games telling different types...
2022-11-0754 minForewordSeries 4 TrailerWe're back! Series 4 will launch Monday, Nov. 7 with a full line up of fascinating conversations with humanities researchers. We take on timely and challenging ideas in thought-provoking interviews that you don't need a humanities background to understand. Look for us in your feed every other Monday starting November 7. Subscribe in your favourite podcast app so you don't miss an episode!
Credits
Thank you for listening to Foreword.
Find our footnotes, links to more information, transcripts, and past episodes on our website brocku.ca/humanities.
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2022-10-3101 min
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Release date: September 22, 2022
Genres: Sports
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Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 32 hours 15 minutes
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Genres: Sports
Publisher's Summary:
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2022-09-2205 min
Download Best Full Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, Arts & EntertainmentChain Reaction: The Complete BBC Radio 4 Hostless Chat Show by VariousPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/592225 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Chain Reaction: The Complete BBC Radio 4 Hostless Chat Show Author: Various Narrator: Katherine Ryan, Johnny Vegas, Joe Lycett, Sara Pascoe, Caitlin Moran, Frankie Boyle, Ian Hislop, Jo Brand, Eddie Izzard, Various Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 32 hours 15 minutes Release date: September 22, 2022 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The tag-team interview show where the celebrity guest becomes the interviewer A complete collection of the talk show with a twist - the guest each week becomes the interviewer in the following episode. Focusing on the career and passions of a figure in...
2022-09-2205 minForewordS3E05 Breaking Into the Game Industry with alumnus Adam HendersonIn this episode, we pass the mic to third year Interactive Arts and Science student Mitch Kogan. Mitch interviews Game Design graduate Adam Henderson (BA '20) who, along with Agusia Krzywinska (BSc '20 in Game Programming) has launched the game studio Adjective Noun.
Links
Adjective Noun Studios
First cohort graduates from Brock-Niagara College GAME program (Brock News, June 26, 2020)
BA GAME Design program
BSc GAME Programming program
Interactive Arts and Science program
Centre for Digital Humanities
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Thank you for listening to Fore...
2022-06-0824 minForewordS3E04 Talking About Food with Genevieve WilsonLet's talk about food! English MA student Genevieve Wilson talks about food delivery services, keto diet culture, Instagram, and economics with us in this episode . Genevieve shares her ongoing research into the rhetoric and discourse around meal prep services and explores links between keto diet discourse and the far right movement.
Links
Master of Arts in English
Department of English Language and Literature
Credits
Thank you for listening to Foreword.
Find our footnotes, links to more information, transcripts, and past episodes on our website brocku.ca/humanities.
We...
2022-05-2540 minForewordS3E03 Place and Displacement with Alex WedlerThis episode we talk with English MA student Alex Wedler. Our conversation ranges from Chernobyl to Paradise Lost as we explore ideas of environment, place, and exile in literature. Alex unpacks the idea of hyper objects and how events can stick to people, as well as sharing his insights into the grad student experience.
Works Mentioned
The Tiger by John Valliant
Paying the Land by Joe Sacco
Chernobyl Prayer by Svetlana Alexievich
Hyper Objects by Timothy Morton
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
Paradise Lost by John...
2022-05-1857 minForewordS3E02 Disability, Difference and Deinstitutionalization in Ontario with Carolyn Fast, MAOur grad series continues this episode with an exploration of the history of disability in Ontario. We speak with recent MA History graduate Carolyn Fast (BA '14, MA '21), whose MA thesis focussed on the stories of people who experienced institutionalization and explores the continuing impact of this lesser-known aspect of Ontario history.
Between 1876 and 2009, more than 50,000 people with intellectual disabilities were housed in institutions across Ontario. Carolyn shares how her research on the institutionalization experience can help us think about COVID, long term care, the housing crisis, and inclusive education.
Links
The Un...
2022-05-121h 00ForewordS3E01 Finding a Homosexual Subculture in Ancient Athens with Shakeel AhmedWelcome to series three of Foreword! This series we will be bringing you interviews with our graduate student researchers in our Classics, History, and English MA programs, as well as our Interdisciplinary Humanities PhD program.
Today's featured guest is Shakeel Ahmed, an MA student in the Department of Classics and Archaeology. Shakeel shares with us his research on homosexual culture in Ancient Athens, the importance of queer history, and how the study of the ancient world continues to be relevant to modern issues.
Some tech issues were encountered during the remote recording of t...
2022-05-041h 01ForewordS2E09 Identity and Trauma with Dr. Cristina SantosHow are our personal and communal identities shaped by the stories we tell ourselves and the traumas we experience? Today's guest, Dr. Cristina Santos, shares how stories like Twilight, the Hunger Games, and Divergent, repackage old ideas of what it means to be a woman and how these fairytale archetypes translate into our social psyche. She will also share her latest project, which investigates the lived experiences of children of survivors of the forced disappearances in Argentina between 1976-1983 and the psychological impact trauma has on both individuals and society as a whole.
Dr. Santos’ research investigates mon...
2021-07-2158 minForewordS2E08 Populism and (Mis)information with Ibrahim BerradaPopulism: What is it, where do we see it, and why does it work? Today's episode explores some of the nuances of this political approach and how the American shift to Trumpism impacts Canada and other countries. Guest Ibrahim Berrada also shares how misinformation arises, the risks it poses, and the need for people to work together to overcome COVID.
Ibrahim Berrada is a lecturer in Canadian Studies at Brock University and a PhD candidate at Laurentian University, where his research explores populist influence in a Canadian-American cross-border context. He is also an adjunct professor in Sociology...
2021-07-2148 minForewordS2E07 Societies in Hard Times with Dr. Colin RoseIt’s pretty fair to say that the last year has been a tumultuous one. We are still living through the pandemic, and we lived through the endless news cycles and uncertainties of the American election in 2020. Climate change is still threatening, with dramatic weather happening around the globe. But this certainly isn’t the first time that a society has lived through disruption and this episode takes a look back at history to help us understand today.
Our featured guest is Dr. Colin Rose, a professor with the Department of History and a social historian examining conf...
2021-07-1454 minForewordS2E06 Entangled Humans with Dr. Christine DaigleWhat does it mean to be human in a post-COVID world? How are we connected to other humans? What is the role of privacy and social justice when responding to a global pandemic? What is our place in the natural world and our connection with non-human animals? What does it mean for us as humans when we see viruses jumping from the animal world to the human? These are some of the big questions philosophy researchers are asking and that we explore in today’s episode of Foreword.
Dr. Christine Daigle is a philosophy professor with Brock’s Interdisci...
2021-07-071h 08ForewordS2E05 April in Paris with alumna April PettThis episode is a little bit different from our usual. Instead of interviewing a researcher, we're talking with one of our graduates. April Pett graduated from our French program in 2007 and has gone on to build up a successful tour company in Paris, France. Her company, April in Paris Tours, offers private walking and chauffeured tours of the city of lights. Listen in to learn more about April’s story as she shares her journey from studying French at Brock to running her own company in France.
Links
April in Paris Tours
Stepping Up Surgi...
2021-06-3027 minForewordS2E04 History Beyond the Classroom with Dr. Elizabeth VlossakToday’s guest is the recipient of this year’s Faculty of Humanities Award for Teaching Excellence. Dr. Elizabeth Vlossak is an Associate Professor with the Department of History where her courses include 20th-century European and World History, Weimar and Nazi Germany, comparative urban history, and women’s and gender history. She has also taught a directed-reading course in historic gardening using Brock University’s community garden and directed students in research projects involving oral history.
Dr. Vlossak has been bringing her students together with members of the local community to work on Niagara history projects. This includes work with the N...
2021-06-231h 02ForewordS2E03 Art and Engineering with Dr. Troy OuelletteToday's interview is with Troy Ouellette, an Assistant Professor with the Department of Visual Arts, where he specializes in assemblage theory, technology and conceptual art.
Our wide-ranging conversation explores the multi-disciplinary nature of assemblage and conceptual art, touching on the environment, politics, trade, gardening, and the Bauhaus art movement. Troy discusses some of his recent pieces exhibited at the Embassy Cultural House in London, Ont., as well as his current project looking at art and disability. We also learn about the course Troy will be teaching as part of Brock's new engineering program.
Note: Troy's pod...
2021-06-1642 minForewordS2E02 Literary Journalism with Dr. Rob AlexanderWhat is literary journalism and why is it important? How does literary journalism engage with social justice issues? How do we navigate the rise of "fake news" and the decline of local journalism? How does a professor teach immersive journalism during a pandemic lockdown?
To answer these questions, our guest this episode is Rob Alexander, an Associate Professor with the Department of English Language and Literature. He specializes in the areas of rhetoric and composition and journalism studies. His research looks at how journalistic subjectivity expresses itself in literary journalism.
Rob’s scholarly work has appear...
2021-06-0946 minForewordWelcome to Foreword Series TwoWelcome to the second series of Foreword!
We’re excited to bring you even more fascinating conversation with researchers from Brock University’s Faculty of Humanities.
This past year has definitely been an interesting one. Our world has changed a lot with the COVID pandemic—we’ve been forced to reconsider how we work, how we play, and yes, how we teach and research. And while we might think of the pandemic as a science problem, it’s a Humanities problem, too, and we’ll be hearing from our researchers how the Humanities can help us understan...
2021-05-2502 min
Seriously...Daft Punk Is Staying at My House, My HouseIt was 1994, and legendary techno duo Slam were booked to play an event in Disneyland Paris. “We had a couple of days to kill, and a friend got in touch to say he knew these two young French musicians who wanted to give us music they’d made.”The “young French musicians” Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo were still in their teens at that point, and Daft Punk was under a year old. Stuart McMillan distinctly remembers hearing their 4-track demo for the first time; “We were blown away!”Composed of Orde Meikle and Stuart McMilla...
2021-05-2529 min
Unboxing the CanonEpisode 5: Taken from the HeadlinesEpisode 5: Taken from the Headlines
October 7, 2020
“Taken from the Headlines” considers European history painting, its roots and its legacies. What exactly are history paintings? And why are they significant in the canon of Western art? In this episode of “Unboxing the Canon” Dr. Steer examines these questions along with some historical examples before turning to the present moment to consider how artists use this genre today and reflect on some of its limitations. This episode covers the concept of istoria and Renaissance narrative paintings, dramatic 19th century history paintings in France and their r...
2020-10-0723 minUnboxing the CanonEpisode 4: Swallowed WholeIn this episode, called “Swallowed Whole,” Dr. Steer considers Gothic cathedrals as an art form and examines their relationship to European power structures. The episode begins with the earliest Christian art, in the catacombs of Rome, and ends with a brief consideration of the role and function of Western European churches today. This episode also covers the important role of relics in Medieval Christianity, the rise of pilgrimage culture in Europe and its connections to economics and architectural innovation, as well as the affective impact of the interior spaces of cathedrals.
Sources + further reading:
“A...
2020-09-3020 minUnboxing the CanonUnboxing the Canon - Trailer“Unboxing the Canon” will take a deeper look at the history of Western art. The first episode airs September 9.
Credits:
Unboxing the Canon is hosted and produced by Linda Steer for her course “Introduction to the History of Western Art” in the Department of Visual Arts at Brock University. Brock University is located on the traditional lands of the Haudenosaunee and Anishaabe peoples.
Our sound designer and editor is Devin Dempsey. Our logo was created by Cherie Michels. The music for this podcast has been adapted from Night In Venice by Kevin Mac...
2020-09-0101 minForewordS1E08 Unabridged: Early Modern BookscapesThe final episode in our current series features an extended interview with Dr. Leah Knight, Associate Professor with the Department of English Language and Literature.
Dr. Knight discusses her early work exploring the connections between books and botany and how her research interests transitioned into examining women’s participation in Early Modern book culture in England through the figures of Anne Clifford (1590-1676) and Hester Pulter (1605-1678). She shares what it is like to work with rare books and manuscripts and considers our modern relationship with text in print and digital formats.
Knight’s most rece...
2020-08-2648 minForewordS1E07 Unabridged: Indigenous MascotsWelcome to the first of two special episodes of Foreword that we’re calling Unabridged. In these episodes we’ll be bringing you the full conversation I had with one of our researchers.
This episode you’ll hear our full conversation with Dr. Jason Black, Fulbright researcher with the Centre for Canadian Studies, recorded in February 2020. We wanted to bring you this conversation because Jason explains important concepts that come up in many academic disciplines and popular media, such as coloniality, decolonization, and identity. He shares how he became interested in activism and the Indigenous mascot controversy, why the language and im...
2020-08-1951 minForewordS1E06 Drug Photography with Dr. Linda SteerWe’re bombarded by images every day, whether we’re on Instagram or Twitter, reading a newspaper or Googling a recipe. Some images, like pictures of kittens, might make us feel happy. Other images, such as pictures of violence or drug use, might evoke feelings of disgust. But can those pictures also help us become more empathetic? Dr. Linda Steer from the Department of Visual Art talks about her work on drug photography and how empathy can be a complicated a thing. Join us as we consider how the images we consume can make us more empathetic to others.
Find...
2020-08-1224 minForewordS1E05 Games with Dr. Jason HawreliakLike most people, you might be playing a lot of games these days: board games, video games, or games on your phone. But have you thought about how those games communicate meaning? In this episode we speak with Dr. Jason Hawreliak from Brock’s Centre for Digital Humanities, about how games communicate meaning and even propaganda.
Listen on to hear more about Animal Crossing, Call of Duty, and the field of game studies.
Find a full transcript at https://brocku.ca/humanities/foreword
Links
Multimodal Semiotics and Rhetoric in Videogames (Routledge 2018)
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2020-08-0527 minForewordS1E04 Nova Scotia Colonial History with Dr. Danny SamsonHow can we get to know people from the past? Primary sources, like government records, letters and diaries, give historians valuable insight into human experiences of the past and making connections with modern crises.
Episode four of Foreword features a conversation with Danny Samson, an Associate Professor of History, about his work on Acadian and Nova Scotian colonial history and shares how historians use primary sources to build a more thorough understanding of past events.
Danny discusses his most recent work with his fourth year students on the Acadian expulsion from modern-day Prince Edward Island...
2020-07-2930 minForewordQuotable: Data Privacy and Surveillance CapitalismAs we live more of our lives online, data privacy issues become more important. Who is collecting our data and what are they doing with it? Aaron Mauro, Assistant Professor with the Centre for Digital Humanities, spoke about identity and surveillance captalism with social media intern Hayley Wilhelm for this bonus mini episode.
Links
Working from home during the pandemic creates new cybersecurity threats (The Conversation, 9 April 2020)
Coronavirus contact tracing poses serious threats to our privacy (The Conversation, 10 May 2020)
Canadians need to consider implications of COVID-19 surveillance, says Brock pr...
2020-07-2207 minForewordS1E03 Early Modern Bookscapes with Dr. Leah KnightYou’ve heard of landscapes and seascapes, but have you ever head of bookscapes? Today’s researcher investigates the history of reading and attempts to unravel the complex relationship between women and written text in Early Modern Britain. Dr. Leah Knight from the Department of English Language and Literature spoke with us about textual culture and her digital project featuring the unpublished manuscript of 17th century poet Hester Pulter.
Dr. Knight studies early modern English poetry, prose, and the culture they emerge from. She’s authored two books, Of Books and Botany in Early Modern England and Reading Green in Earl...
2020-07-1531 minForewordS1E02 Indigenous Mascots with Dr. Jason BlackBefore COVID-19 took over our news headlines, Canadians were worried about other issues. There were bushfires in Australia, impeachment in the United States, and royals leaving the United Kingdom. Here in Canada, one of the growing issues making headlines was the spreading demonstrations in support of the Wet’suwet’en protest against Coastal Gaslink Pipeline in BC.
At the time, Brock’s Centre for Canadian Studies was hosting a researcher in Indigenous activism as part of the international Fulbright program. Dr. Jason Black from the University of North Carolina was at Brock to work on research for his new book project. ...
2020-07-0831 minForewordS1E01 Viking Culture with Dr. Andrew McDonald and Dr. Angus SomervilleWhat image comes to mind when you hear the word Vikings? A violent warrior society, raiding and pillaging? A seafaring people trading and migrating across vast distances of the North Atlantic?
Vikings have a hold on the popular imagination, but new directions in Norse studies might just challenge our preconceptions of who and what the Vikings were. We spoke with professors Andrew McDonald and Angus Somerville from Brock University's Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies about their research into gender roles in Viking society.
Dr. Andrew McDonald is a professor with the Centre for Medieval and...
2020-07-0118 min
MythTakeEpisode 32: An Interview with John Bracey
Welcome to a special episode of MythTake! Rather than bring you our usual format of myth analysis, we're doing something a little different. We're giving this episode over to talk about race in classics.
The Black Lives Matter movement has been gaining renewed momentum, and hashtags like #shutdownacademia and #blackintheivory are highlighting the experiences of Black people in academia. Classics itself is a predominately white whose area of research gets co-opted for white supremacist causes. To push back against this, and to help elevate Black voices in Classics, we put out a Twitter...
2020-06-3000 minForewordIntroducing ForewordWelcome to a brand new podcast from the Faculty of Humanities at Brock University!
Foreword will introduce you to Humanities researchers at Brock and explore how their work can help us make sense of the rapidly changing world around us.
Together, we'll explore the place of Humanities in the modern world.
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2020-06-1501 min
Valley 101What does Arizona's COVID-19 data mean? Is the situation improving?Valley 101 podcast parses through Arizona's COVID-19 data to better understand the nuances and clarify how the virus is taking shape in Arizona.Includes: Taylor Seely, Stephanie Innes and Alison Steinbach. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2020-06-0823 minMythTakeEpisode 31: Heroes in the Time of COVIDWe're baaack! We've been hearing a lot about heroes in the news lately and it's got us thinking. The word's being used to describe doctors, nurses, paramedics, delivery people, truck drivers, and grocery store workers-- all the people who are keeping our society going through the COVID-19 pandemic. But what do we really mean when we call someone a hero? Do our heroes today resemble the heroes of myth? Or are we using the label "hero" to escape societal responsibilities?
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2020-05-1900 min
The Corporate Escapists PodcastWHY ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL with Alison Callan | The Corporate Escapists Podcast | Episode 020Welcome to The Corporate Escapists TV Show
This week I am joined by the delightful Alison Callan
About our guest Alison: Alison Callan is a female entrepreneur who has been inspired in her new career direction thanks to her first year as a mum, when she was determined to not buy into the hype surrounding the stress of parenting, and instead consciously chose to create a positive mindset to help her overcome challenges. An empathic and heart-led purposeful Business Coach to aspiring and existing female entrepreneurs and career women, Alison started her own coaching business whilst...
2020-02-1038 minMythTakeEpisode 30: MythTake at the Movies-- AquamanThis episode we head to the movies and apply our mythological skills to the recent release Aquaman (starring Jason Momoa and Amber Heard and Directed by James Wan). Spoiler alerts!
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2019-01-2800 minMythTakeEpisode 29: From the Vault--Crossover Episode with Jeff Wright and Ryan StittIt's New Year's Eve and that means out with the old and in with the new! While cleaning out the MythTake vault, we found this unreleased recording from earlier this year, so we're wrapping it up and giving it to you now.
In the summer of 2018, four intrepid podcasters-- Alison, Darrin, Ryan, and Jeff-- headed off to the Shaw Festival to watch Stephen Fry perform Heroes, the second part of his three-part trilogy Mythos, based on his book by the same name. Then we talked about it. Here is that conversation.
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2019-01-0100 minMythTakeEpisode 28: Antigone
This episode is all about Antigone. We discuss a recent local production of Antigone that explores the current cultural significance of the play and explore a variety of themes. We also have a special free give away for our listeners!
Antigone, Adapted and Directed by Mike Griffin
Literature & History Episode 32 Antigone
History of Ancient Greece Episode 51 Sophocles
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2018-12-0900 min
SiberCast - Topics That We're Passionate About"Mythology"Have you always been fascinated by tales of long ago passed down through generations? Stories of the Gods of Olympus, the heroes that fought their battles, and the women and creatures they met on their quests? Well join me on this journey through time as we talk mythology with a pair of guests that study and teach the subject. I welcome Alison Innes and Darrin Sunstrum from their podcast, MythTake to the show and they share with us a vast knowledge of the literature that spawned the stories of old and the movies of today. ...
2018-07-021h 24
The Endless KnotSymposium!This episode, we travel to Calgary, Alberta for a conference, and try some very questionable "ancient" potables! Aven takes a microphone on the road, and chats with a bunch of classicists about Roman beer, barley water, Homeric kykeon, conference papers, social media, and more!Matt Gibbs' article in The ConversationThe slides & papers & resources from the Public-Facing Scholarship panelOur previous episode about ancient and medieval beer brewing Kevin SolezMatt GibbsAmber PorterMary DeminionCarolyn WillekesConor Whately
2018-05-1853 minMythTakeEpisode 27: A Bard and a Horse
We're back with a full-length episode! For episode 27, we crack open our shiny new copy of Emily Wilson's translation of Odyssey! After a chat about the challenges of accessing myths through translation, we take a look at a small episode that makes up a big part of the Trojan War myth. We hope we do this beautiful translation justice!
We also have listener mail from Andrew, who asks us for some reading recommendations. Check out our recommended reading and listening!
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Odyssey 8. 482- 520 (Trans. Wilson).
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2018-01-2100 minMythTakeEpisode 26: The BakkhaiWarning: This podcast discusses adult themes and theatre scenes of an erotic nature.
Blood. Violence. Passion. Wine. This episode has it all, as we discuss the Stratford Festival production of Bakkhai, a new translation of Euripides' Bacchae by Ann Carson.
We apologize for a few audio glitches, especially around the eleven minute mark. We thought this episode was worth sharing anyway and hope you enjoy it.
Find out more about the Stratford Festival production of Bakkhai, including photos and a video trailer, on the production's website.
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2017-10-2300 min
Wonders of the WorldThe Oracle of Delphi and the Persian WarThe priestess of Apollo will answer your questions, if not how you expect. Will Athens survive the war with the Persians? Should Sparta march to help? Will you enjoy this episode on the Oracle of Delphi in Greece, featuring the brilliance of Alison Innes and Darrin Sunstrum from the MythTake podcast and Lantern Jack from Ancient Greece Declassified? Yes. Yes you will. We'll talk about the Oracle, how it came to be and how it worked. We'll follow the Greeks in their war with the Persians. We'll visit Delphi and eat roast lamb and greens. You won't...
2017-09-121h 03MythTakeEpisode 25: The PerseidsWhat do you see when you look up at the night sky in August? The story of Perseus! The classicists return to thinking about outer space this episode when we talk about the Perseid meteor shower and the constellations around it.
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2017-08-3100 minMythTakeEpisode 24: Wonder Woman
In this very special episode, we turn our talent for analysis to a modern myth: Wonder Woman!
Wonder Woman. Dir. Patty Jenkins. Gal Gadot. Warner Brothers, 2017. Film. http://wonderwomanfilm.com
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2017-07-1900 min
RURUTIA/?????Arabidopsis Research Roundup: July 3rd.The Arabidopsis Research Roundup returns this week with selection of publications from institutions across the UK. Firstly George Bassel (Birmingham) leads a study that investigates the integration of inductive signals in the embryonic root. Secondly a group from the Oxford Brookes plant science group look into the literal linkages between the golgi apparatus and ER. Thirdly John Christie (Glasgow) and co-workers define a new variant of the phototropin receptor. Next Caroline Dean and Martin Howard (John Innes Centre) collaborate on work that defines the relationship between FLC, COOLAIR and cell size. The fifth paper is led by members of SLCU...
2017-07-0311 minMythTakeEpisode 23: Homeric Hymn to Apollo (Part 3)
We pick up the pace a bit and wrap up the second half of the Homeric Hymn to Apollo. Learn about the Apollo's connection with the ancient site at Delphi.
Passage: Homeric Hymn to Apollo
Mentioned Reading: William J. Broad The Oracle: Ancient Delphi and the Science Behind its Lost Secrets
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2017-06-1300 minMythTakeEpisode 22: Homeric Hymn to Apollo (Part 2)This episode we return to our close analysis of the Homeric Hymn to Apollo. We examine the description of his birth and the festival established on Delos in his honour.
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Passage: Homeric Hymn to Apollo
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2017-05-0900 minMythTakeEpisode 21: TheseusIt's been a wait for episode 21, we know, but we think it will be worth it! This episode is a very special joint project between us here at MythTake and our friends Aven and Mark at The Endless Knot Podcast.
If you're already subscribing to The Endless Knot (and really, you should be!), you'll know that our areas of interest often intersect and overlap. We've had many conversations with Mark and Aven over the last year, and finally decided to do a joint podcast--with a twist. To get the whole episode, you'll have to listen to both ou...
2017-04-1300 minMythTakeEpisode 20: Homeric Hymn to Apollo (Part 1)This week we undertake a multi-part study of the Homeric Hymn to Apollo. The first 92 lines of the hymn lead up to the birth scene of this potentially violent god and set him us a pan-Hellenic deity.
Passages: Homeric Hymn to Apollo lines 1-92.
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2017-03-1200 minMythTakeEpisode 19: PelopsPelops who? Meet this lesser-known Greek hero-king who lends his name to the Peloponnese and is connected with the founding of the Olympic games. Was he really chopped up by his father and served to the gods or is something else going on?
Passages: Pindar Olympian 1.
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2017-02-0400 min
The History of Ancient Greece030 Herodotos and the Rise of PersiaIn this episode, we discuss the life, influences, drawbacks, and positives of the "Father of History", Herodotos; and the political events of the Near East in the 7th and early 6th centuries BC, including the rise of the Medians and Neo-Babylonians and their destruction of the diminishing Assyrian Empire, and culminating with a young vassal king from the Persian city of Anshan, named Kyros, who overthrew the Medes and elevated the Achaemenid Persians among the other chief powers of the time (the Lydians, the Neo-Babylonians, and the Egyptians) Show Notes: http://www.thehistoryofancientgreece.com/2017/01/030-herodotus-and-rise-of-persia.html
2017-01-231h 03MythTakeEpisode 18: Homeric Hymn to DionysusWe celebrate the new year with the story of a new arrival: Dionysus. The newest god of the Greek pantheon, Dionysus was imported into early Greek culture, probably from the east. The Hymn describes a young, strong and beautiful god who is abducted by pirates for ransom. Long story short, it doesn't quite work out for the pirates and yet again we see the after effects of a divine encounter.
Passages: Homeric Hymn to Dionysus (Hymn 7).
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2017-01-0800 minMythTakeEpisode 17: Heroes at Home DeianaraThis week we meet an unlikely hero, Deianara. Can this fearful, anxious woman, blamed for the death of Heracles, be considered a hero? We think so!
Passages: Sophocles Trachiniae (Women of Trachis) lines 1-48, 436-469.
Translated by Michael Jameson, edited by Greene & Lattimore. Chicago, 1957.
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2016-12-3000 min
MythTakemythtake episode 16 heroes at home: helen of troy
We continue our look at heroes at home with the woman who needs no introduction, the (in)famous Helen of Troy.
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Euripides’ Trojan Women lines 914-965.
Translation Sources
Euripides. Trojan Women. Translated by Diskin Clay. Focus, 2005.
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2016-12-0600 minMythTakeEpisode 16 Heroes at Home: Helen of TroyWe continue our look at hereos at home with the one hero who needs no introduction: the (in)famous Helen of Troy!
Passages: Euripides Trojan Women lines 914-965
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2016-12-0600 minMythTakeEpisode 15: Heroes at Home: MegaraJoin our informal discussion on heroes of the home! Tonight we chat about Megara, the first wife of Heracles, from Euripides' Heracles.
Passages:
Euripides Heracles 275-311, 516-561.
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2016-11-1600 minMythTakemythtake episode 14 Hallowe’en Special: Necromancy in Greek MythologyC’est l’Hallowe’en! We have a special spooky episode for you this week: two episodes of necromancy from Greek mythology! Follow the spell-binding details (haha!) of Odysseus’ encounter with the dead and Jason’s summoning of Hekate in Argonautika.
Have a safe and spooktacular Hallowe’en!
2016-10-3100 minMythTakeEpisode 14: Necromancy in Greek Mythology (Hallowe'en Special)It's Hallowe'en! We have a special spooky episode for you this week: two episodes of necromancy from Greek mythology! Follow the spell-binding details (haha!) of Odysseus' encounter with the dead and Jason's summoning of Hekate in Argnoaautika.
Passages:
Odyssey 11.13-50
Argonautika 3.1026-1224
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2016-10-3100 minMythTakeEpisode 13: Mythological Tour of the Solar System Ceres/DemeterOur last stop on our mythological tour of the solar system is the dwarf planet Ceres! We take a look at the Greek goddess Demeter, who is anything but insignificant!
(I can't believe we've made it through 13 episodes and you guys are still listening. Thanks!)
Passage: Homeric Hymn to Demeter (Trans. Susan Shelmerdine)
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2016-10-1400 minMythTakeEpisode 12: Mythological Tour of the Solar System: Pluto/HadesThis week we visit the dwarf planet Pluto. Travel with us to the dark underworld and meet the Greek god Hades. It's not as scary as it sounds!
Passage: Homeric Hymn to Demeter (Trans. Susan Shelmerdine)
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2016-09-0700 minMythTakeEpisode 11 Mythological Tour of the Solar System Neptune/PoseidonWe travel to that last of the gas giants, Neptune, and learn about Poseidon's role in the Trojan War.
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2016-08-2400 minMythTakemythtake episode 10 mythological tour of the solar system 7: uranus/ouranos
This week we discuss the story of Ouranos, an early sky god in Greek mythology. Darrin ties it in to Frankenstein and Alison offers some summer reading recommendations for those wanting to geek out on history of astronomy. The cat also makes a guest appearance.
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Richard Holmes. “The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science.” Harper Press: 2008.
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2016-07-2700 minMythTakeEpisode 10: Mythological Tour of the Solar System Uranus/OuranosThis week we discuss the story of Ouranos, an early sky god in Greek mythology. Darrin ties it in to Frankenstein and Alison offers some summer reading recommendations for those wanting to geek out on history of astronomy. The cat also makes a guest appearance.
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2016-07-2700 minMythTakeEpisode 9: Mythological Tour of the Solar System: Saturn/Kronos
Join us for another stop on our mythological tour of the solar system as we visit Saturn! This gas giant, featuring 53 moons and multiple rings, is named after the Roman god Saturn, (Kronos) the father of Jupiter (Zeus). We'll examine how the Romans and Greeks depicted Saturn/Kronos in different ways.
This week’s passages are from Hesiod "Theogony"; Virgil "Aeneid"; Ovid "Metamorphoses."
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2016-07-0900 minMythTakemythtakes episode 8 mythological tour of the solar system 5: jupiter/zeus
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Today we visit the first of the Gas Giants, Jupiter. This mysterious planet, covered with swirling, toxic clouds in shades of orange, red, white, and brown, is the largest in our solar system. The “King of the Planets” is named after the Greek and Roman king of the gods, Jupiter (Zeus). We examine passages from Greek and Roman literature to shed some light on how the ancients thought of their god they called “the father of gods and men.”
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2016-06-2800 minMythTakeEpisode 8: Mythological Tour of the Solar System Jupiter/ZeusToday we visit the first of the Gas Giants, Jupiter. This mysterious planet, covered with swirling, toxic clouds in shades of orange, red, white, and brown, is the largest in our solar system. The "King of the Planets" is named after the Greek and Roman king of the gods, Jupiter (Zeus). We examine passages from Greek and Roman literature to shed some light on how the ancients thought of their god they called "the father of gods and men."
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2016-06-2800 minMythTakemythtake episode 7 mythological tour of the solar system 4: mars/ares
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We skip over planet earth (for now) and head to our fourth stop in our tour of the solar system: Mars. The Red Planet,, named for the Roman god of war, has intrigued humans for millennia. Today we learn about the Greek god of war, Ares, from his appearances in the Homeric Hymn to Ares, Odyssey 8.266-366 and Iliad 5.418-425, 880-969.
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2016-06-0800 minMythTakeEpisode 7: Mythological Tour of the Solar System: Mars/AresWe skip over planet earth (for now) and head to our fourth stop in our tour of the solar system: Mars. The Red Planet,, named for the Roman god of war, has intrigued humans for millennia. Today we learn about the Greek god of war, Ares, from his appearances in the Homeric Hymn to Ares, Odyssey 8.266-366 and Iliad 5.418-425, 880-969.
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2016-06-0800 minMythTakemythtake episode 6 mythological tour of the solar system 3: venus/aphrodite
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The third stop on our Mythological Tour of the Solar System is Venus (Greek goddess Aphrodite). We take a look at the origins of this mysterious goddess of sexuality.
Be advised, this episode includes discussion of sex in mythological contexts.
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Hesiod Theogony 188-206
As soon as he cut off the genitals with adamant,
he t...
2016-05-2500 minMythTakeEpisode 06: Mythological Tour of the Solar System: Venus/AphroditeThe third stop on our Mythological Tour of the Solar System is Venus (Greek goddess Aphrodite). We take a look at the origins of this mysterious goddess of sexuality.
(This episode includes discussion of sex in mythological contexts.)
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2016-05-2500 minMythTakeEpisode 05: Mythological Tour of the Solar System: Mercury/Hermes
The second stop on our tour of the solar system is Mercury! Join us as we learn how the Greek god Hermes (Roman god Mercury) goes from being a baby to a an Olympian god in the first two days of his life!
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2016-05-0400 minMythTakeEpisode 04 Mythological Tour of the Solar System: Helios
Today we embark on a mythological tour of the solar system! Our first stop is the sun, a.k.a., Helios. We take a look at the Homeric Hymn to Helios and Odyssey 12.340-403 to find out more about this lesser-known Greek god.
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2016-04-2800 minMythTakeEpisode 03 Hector (Iliad 22.99-115)
Welcome to episode 3! In this episode, we meet the great Trojan hero from the Trojan War, Hector, in his moment of decision. Will he choose to fight the Greek hero Achilles? Or does he take the easy route out? We examine his soliloquy in Iliad 22.99-115. It's not easy being a hero! Homer. Iliad. Trans. Anthony Verity. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011.
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2016-04-2200 minMythTakemythtake episode 2: odysseus & circe
Welcome to episode 2! In this episode, we are joined by our feline co-host (Muggs) as we discuss Odysseus’ and Circe’s relationship in book 10 of the Odyssey.
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This week’s passage is Odyssey 10.467-486:
There for all our days until a year was completed
we sat there feasting on unlimited meat and sweet wine.
But when it was the end of a year, and the months wasted
away, and the seasons changed, and the long days were accomplished,
then my eager c...
2016-04-1700 minMythTakeEpisode 02 Odysseus & CirceIn this episode we're joined by our feline co-host as we examine Odysseus' relationship with Circe in Odyssey 10.467-486.
Passage: Homer Odyssey 10.467-486
Translation: Homer. Odyssey. Trans. Richmond Lattimore. New York: HarperCollins, 1967. Print.
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2016-04-1700 minMythTakeEpisode 01 MedeaWho is the real Medea of Greek mythology? In our very first podcast episode, we will introduce you to this fascinating hero in her most famous appearance from antiquity. We'll see what she has to say for herself in Euripides' -Medea- lines 476-492.
Passage: Euripides Medea 476-492
Translation: Euripides. Medea. Trans. A. J. Podlecki. Ed. Stephen Esposito. Newburyport, MA: Focus Publishing, 2004. Print.
Music Credits: “Super Hero” by King Louie’s Missing Monuments from the album “Live at WFMU” (2011). Used under Creative Commons license. Available online at Free Music Archive.
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2016-04-1000 minMythTakemythtake episode 1: medea
Episode 1: Medea (Part 1)
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Passage: Euripides Medea 476-492
Music Credits: “Super Hero” by King Louie’s Missing Monuments from the album “Live at WFMU” (2011). Used under Creative Commons license. Available online at Free Music Archive.
Passage: Euripides. Medea. Trans. A. J. Podlecki. Ed. Stephen Esposito. Newburyport, MA: Focus Publishing, 2004. Print.
Brought to you by @darrinsunstrum and @InnesAlison
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