Alex Andreou's Podyssey

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  • Alex Andreou revisits the classic Greek myths, and uncovers universal themes they share with us across the millennia
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  • BONUS - The Making of Podyssey

    BONUS - The Making of Podyssey
    Apr 19 2025
    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 For Cooler Heads, in collaboration with Sandstone Global Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    44 mins
  • 4. Persephone I - If You Can't Be Free, Be A Mystery

    4. Persephone I - If You Can't Be Free, Be A Mystery
    Apr 13 2025
    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 - coming on Monday 14 April MUSIC FILM ARTWORK READING Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    1 hr and 33 mins
  • 3. King Midas - All That Glitters

    3. King Midas - All That Glitters
    Apr 11 2025
    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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    1 hr and 30 mins

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so enjoyable and absolutely fascinating

I just loved it. it was so interesting and gives you so much to think about.

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