Gender Rebels of Greek Mythology: Pallas x Athena
Most myths say that Athena sprung from Zeus’ head fully formed, totally brilliant, and just a badass war goddess. We don’t get a lot of stories about her youth, the way we have about Dionysus, or Arte...
30 Juni 202250min
Gender Rebels of Greek Mythology: Heracles x Omphale
This week, we’re going to talk about that time Heracles, the strong man, son of Zeus and noted impenetrable penetrator, lived as a woman. Yes, you read that right. And not only did he live as a woman,...
23 Juni 20221h 7min
Transgender Achilles and Found Family in the Illiad (With Maya Deane)
Many of us have preconceived notions about what the Illiad was like. Prepare to have those notions blown away. In this episode, debut author Maya Deane methodically strips away the lenses of the Victo...
9 Juni 20221h 15min
Zeus x Ganymede: Not Gender Rebels
We’re taking a slight departure from our Gender Rebels series to tell you the story of Zeus and Ganymede. This is the story about the time Zeus kidnapped a teenage boy named Ganymede and brought him t...
2 Juni 202248min
Abortion in the Ancient World (With Princess O'Nika Auguste)
Not only was abortion broadly legal in ancient Greece and Rome, but some of the methods used were surprisingly similar to today. And the Bible doesn’t mention it at all—except in one obscure passage, ...
26 Maj 202246min
Abortion Rights Takeover: Silphium
This episode is part of our abortion rights takeover series. It was originally dropped on our Patreon. It deals with the miracle plant of ancient Greece and Rome: Silphium. The people of Cyrene printe...
19 Maj 202228min
Abortion Rights Takeover: Bathroom Business (With Kate the Exploress)
This episode is part of our abortion rights takeover. We'll be back to our regularly scheduled series on gender rebels on June 2. In this re-release, Kate from the Exploress podcast joined us to discu...
17 Maj 20221h 8min
The Invisible Thread: Life after Slavery in Pompeii (With Elodie Harper)
What happened to people in ancient Rome who were freed from slavery? Turns out there were still invisible threads--economic pressures, imbalances of status, and debts owed to wealthy patrons--that kep...
12 Maj 20221h 2min
