Conversation: Singing the Songs of Sumer, the Mesopotamian Mythology of Ancient Iraq w/ Alex W

Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold

Liv Albert

History, Comedy, Arts

4.8 • 5.5K Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2025

⏱️ 99 minutes

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Summary

Liv is joined by Alex W to discuss Sumerian mythology and some broader history of Mesopotamia/Ancient Iraq. Learn more from Alex vis his podcast, the Drumbeat Forever After, here.

As mentioned in the episode, Aseel Jad El-Haq is 28, the youngest of seven sisters. She grew up in Khan Younis, the daughter of a successful clothing company owner, going to the gym and visiting the beach with her friends and riding a horse named Beautiful (in Arabic). Her house and car were completely destroyed, the horse was killed, she's had to relocate over 20 times since the war began, and she's currently staying with her father (whose medical situation is serious), her mother (who has diabetes and needs insulin), one of her sisters, and that sister's young children. If you can help Aseel and her family, please do.

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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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0:33.8	See ASDA.com slash small stores. Online charges may apply. Offends 26 of Feb. Hello, this is let's talk about myths, baby, and I am your host, Live, here with another
1:14.0	conversation episode.
1:15.9	This week's episode was recorded back in January, I think.
1:21.9	Unfortunately, I've been having to record a lot in advance, and that's tough when the history that is so relevant to today's events,
1:31.5	or rather when the events of today just keep getting more and more relevant to history and
1:36.6	stuff when I have to wait to release episodes, let alone other sides of it. But today's episode
1:43.2	is with Alex Wells, who writes about Mesopotamian
1:48.2	mythology, specifically Sumerian mythology. So ancient Iraq, but of the specific time period of
1:55.7	the Sumerian people. And so we talk about Sumerian mythology and ancient Iraq in general. It was a really, really fun
2:04.7	conversation. I really want to move beyond Greece and Rome whenever possible. So I'm so thrilled
2:09.8	when I have people reach out who have this knowledge that I don't have and just generally have
2:15.1	research skills in that field that I don't have. I'm really good at
2:18.2	researching Greece, but when it comes to beyond that, I really love when other people can come
2:23.7	and share this stuff. And obviously, I'm also really keen on sharing the history and mythology
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