Conversations: Get In the Dragon Wagon, We’re Going Shopping, Women in Euripides w/ Dr. Alecto Hardwick
Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean
Liv Albert
4.6 • 5.6K Ratings
🗓️ 13 March 2026
⏱️ 97 minutes
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This week Liv speaks with Dr. Alecto Hardwick about women in Euripides! Okay well it started with all about Medea and then it quickly falls into Euripides' women because of course, we simply cannot help it.
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| 1:16.0 | Music description. Thanks and happy listening. Hello everyone, and welcome back to Let's Talk About Mids Baby. |
| 1:24.3 | This episode, Liv is speaking with Dr. Electo Hardwick, who is all about women and other marginalized groups in antiquity. So, AKA, you know, perfect for our show. |
| 1:28.9 | This was a really fun conversation to listen to and to edit |
| 1:32.0 | and just to hear all these wonderful thoughts bouncing around. |
| 1:35.8 | And also just to hear how Electo approaches thinking about these topics. |
| 1:42.3 | They have such a, like she has such a mindful way of touching on these |
| 1:49.3 | things and thinking about them. And anyways, it was just really delightful to listen to. And I'm sure |
| 1:53.6 | you guys will all have an absolute delightful time with her as well. You can find her at her website, |
| 2:00.1 | which she mentions in the credits, the end bit, |
| 2:03.9 | and also which is linked in the episode description. And if you have any project ideas, |
| 2:08.7 | as you will hear her mention at the end, I'm sure she would be absolutely happy to have you |
| 2:13.0 | there with her. Thanks so much, guys. See you later. |
| 2:37.0 | Thank you. her. Thanks so much,. But yeah, okay. I guess because we sort of changed this up at the last minute i don't |
| 2:57.0 | totally know where you want to go with medea but i would love to talk about anything that |
| 3:01.0 | you want to talk about with medea so do you want to like i mean maybe tell me about a bit about |
| 3:04.1 | yourself and your research like a little bit don't feel like you have to to go crazy, but like, how do we get into Medea? Sure. Um, so I, also no pressure. I've been drawn, |
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