BTS BONUS: Conversations: Becoming One With Gaia, Plant Myths & Sacred Groves w/ Eva Rummery (2022)

Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean

Liv Albert

History, Comedy, Arts

4.8 • 5.5K Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2025

⏱️ 80 minutes

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It's time for another 'Back to School' BONUS!... That is, we're re-sharing some fun and (extra) educational episodes because there's always more to learn... This episode originally aired in September 2022. Liv is joined by Eva Rummery to talk all things plants in Greek myth and even some archaeology. Plant myths, sacred groves, and even how some plants were grown in the ancient world! Submit your question for the next Q&A via email or a voice note. Get ad-free episodes and so, so much more, by subscribing to the Oracle Edition at patreon.com/mythsbaby.

CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing.

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0:00.0	Oh, hi there. Live here, speaking from the future. If you are keen to support this podcast,
0:05.6	if you are enjoying the episodes as you find them and you want to listen ad-free, check out
0:11.4	the Oracle edition on Patreon. It didn't exist way back when these early episodes were recorded,
0:17.5	but I'm telling you about it now. You can get all 700 and counting episodes of Let's Talk About Myths Baby,
0:24.6	ad free, along with so much more at patreon.com slash mythsbaby or via the link in the podcast description.
0:34.1	Thanks and happy listening. They did it again.
0:46.7	Flower instead of flowers on my birthday.
0:50.9	And 95 minutes late, but it's hard to leave when you've shared so much your postcode your gluten intolerance then i saw it 25% off your first ocardo shop plus free delivery and i just knew i'd found the online supermarket of my dreams a cardo life restrictions, min to spend 60 pounds and charges apply.
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1:15.7	Thank you. Oh, hello, hello, hello. This is Let's Talk About Myths, Baby, and I'm your host who loves all things greenery. Live.
1:53.0	Now, how many plant nerds do I have as listeners? I have to imagine it's lots of you, particularly after the plant boom that was a lot of people's COVID lockdowns.
2:02.1	Plants are just so incredibly fun, and having a houseplants just makes me personally so incredibly
2:06.4	happy. So I was thrilled when I heard from Eva, who's studying plant myths and sacred groves
2:13.1	across the ancient Mediterranean, focusing on those in Greece, it turns out we know so much about
2:19.6	how the ancient Greeks intentionally planted trees and plants in honor of the divine, and how
2:25.6	fucking cool is that. Eva and I had an amazing time talking about this. I learned so much and just
2:33.5	got to nerd out about both my love
2:35.2	of plants and trees and Greek myth, so I could not have asked for more. Because of where I grew up
2:41.2	on Vancouver Island, which is home to so many unique trees and also like old growth forests,
2:45.6	like you wouldn't believe, I really developed an interest in these things, but never really
2:50.2	thought to pair it with Greek myth.
2:52.0	That and my mom was an enormous hippie when I was a kid, so it came with the territory.
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