Podcasts

Deep in the western Sahara—in perhaps one of the driest parts of the driest desert in the world—there are cave paintings that depict people swimming. These cave paintings [...Read More...]

Crater Lake is a caldera lake in the Cascade Mountains in Oregon—the remnants of an ancient volcanic eruption. It’s the deepest lake in the country and one of the deepest [...Read More...]

Mammoths existed on our planet for roughly five million years, and they were perfectly adapted to the ice age world they inhabited. So perfectly adapted that when the last [...Read More...]

Ten thousand years ago, there was no North Sea. Instead, there was a vast landscape that connected the UK and Ireland to the rest of Europe. Archaeologists call it [...Read More...]

The story of The Ten Plagues of Egypt is featured in both Jewish and Christian mythology. It’s a dark, haunting tale that features a capricious God meting out increasingly [...Read More...]

Feminism in Lord of the Rings: let’s discuss. How were women depicted in the famous trilogy, and how has that depiction changed from the books to the movies and then to the [...Read More...]

We’re joined today by YA romance author and Tiktok star Bea Fitzgerald, who brings Greek mythology to life on her Tiktok channel Chaos on Olympus. In this conversation, we [...Read More...]

Just who are the classics for, anyway? Our guest Jasmine Elmer has been an educator in the Classics for decades—through educational charity work, as a TV presenter and [...Read More...]

This week, we delve deeper into the legend of Atalanta, with bestselling author Jennifer Saint as our guide. Join us as we discuss Atalanta’s heroine’s journey, her [...Read More...]

Today, we’re joined by Caribbean feminist biblical scholar and author Princess O’Nika Auguste to discuss the female monsters of Caribbean lore, African diaspora [...Read More...]