Conversations: It's All Greek to Me! Ancient History 101 w/ Alexandra Sills
Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean
Liv Albert
4.6 • 5.6K Ratings
🗓️ 3 April 2026
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Liv chats with Alexandra Sills about her new podcast with the Memory Collective, Ancient History 101. Subscribe to Ancient History 101 wherever you get your podcasts or learn more. Pre-order Liv's Odyssey adaptation (!!!), The Odyssey: a Modern Retelling. 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. Enter our podcast guest form if you'd like to be on the show as a conversation guest!
CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. I try to provide direct warnings when there is reference to anything with overtly traumatic themes but be aware that Greek mythology regularly features assault, death, and many other potentially triggering events.
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Learn more about Liv's next group trip to GREECE, this time following along with Ariadne's escape from Theseus. Pre-order Liv's new book, The Odyssey: a Modern Retelling. Get ad-free episodes and so, so much more, by subscribing to the Oracle Edition at patreon.com/mythsbaby.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, nerds, I'm just here with a quick bit of news. So if you've ever thought of splurging on a trip to a couple of Greek islands and Athens, and you want to do it with me in October of this year, check the link in this episode's description or go to mythsbaby.com slash group trip for more information. It's happening. |
| 0:20.0 | Highlights include following in Ariadne's footsteps as she flees the dreaded Theseus. |
| 0:25.6 | Mythsbaby.com slash grouptrip. |
| 1:06.5 | Music The Hello, this is let's talk about myths, baby, and I am your host, as always, live. |
| 1:13.3 | And today I'm here with another conversation episode, and the intro is going to be short and sweet, |
| 1:19.7 | because the conversation says it all. Today I have on fan favorite, the queen of gladiators, |
| 1:26.1 | and weird aspects of the Olympics, Alexandra Sills. And we are talking about Alexandra's new show, |
| 1:49.8 | Ancient History 101, which is a fresh new show from the Memory Collective. And I am so excited about it. We had so much fun. And I hope you all go check out this new show because we're really excited to be bringing stuff that is independent and intentional and, you know, meant to be accessible to all and appreciated by all. |
| 1:50.9 | I don't know. |
| 1:52.2 | We're having a great time. |
| 1:54.5 | So come and check out that new show. |
| 2:00.6 | You can find Ancient History 101 at any of the links in the episode's description or wherever you find your podcasts. conversations. It's all Greek to me. Ancient History 101 with Alexandra Sells. I hate that my camera doesn't work. |
| 2:40.0 | Okay, this is how we're starting it. |
| 2:43.5 | To the listeners, I'm going to express my quick fury. |
| 2:47.5 | You don't understand this because you can't watch this anyway because I never |
| 2:51.3 | released the video. |
| 2:52.6 | But normally we do at least have access to seeing the other person in these conversations. |
| 2:57.3 | But not today because Anchovi Jr., the Gremlin Cross cat that I brought back from Greece, |
| 3:06.0 | pushed a mug of coffee onto my computer, and it broke my camera |
| 3:10.7 | and also apparently the port that will accept a external camera. We're doing great over here. |
| 3:18.6 | I'm an adult. And I'm here with Alexandra Sills. Hello. Best known for, well, gladiators, if I'm being accurate, but if I'm being my favorite thing, |
| 3:32.0 | I would say you're best known for explaining to me how the men during the Olympics would tie |
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