Conversations: Sing, Muse, of a Woman... Mythica, Penelope's Bones, w/ Emily Hauser

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

Liv Albert

History, Comedy, Arts

4.8 • 5.5K Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2025

⏱️ 136 minutes

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Summary

Once again Liv is joined by the wonderful Emily Hauser, this time for the episode that started it all, a conversation about Mythica (Penelope's Bones in the US and Canada), a look at the women of Homer and through them, women of the Bronze Age. Find Mythica or Penelope's Bones wherever you get books (ideally, not Amazon). 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	May your lunches always be savoured, your sandwiches stacked high, and your tosties always be golden with Kerry gold butter.
0:17.0	May your soups be rich and creamy and your break feel well earned.
0:22.4	May your corn be dripping with flavour and your baked potatoes extra buttery.
0:27.8	May your lunch always hit the spot and your moments always be golden.
0:33.4	Kerry Gold.
0:34.7	Naturally golden butter from grass-fed cows.
0:38.3	The Hello, this is Let's talk about Myths, Baby, and I am your host, Live, here with another very exciting conversation episode.
1:16.5	And yes, it's with a guest who I've had on fairly recently, because it turns out, it turns out there's just like so much to talk about when it comes to women in the ancient world.
1:29.7	We just had to figure out where the hell to start looking. Today's episode is with returning guests. Like I said,
1:34.6	Emily Hauser. Emily and I spoke one time for the podcast and then just wanted to keep chatting
1:40.9	about this stuff. We have so much fun. We have so much in common. And we just,
1:45.7	this is a great time. We recorded this episode a few months back now. We've just been kind of
1:52.0	bouncing all over the place. But it's coming out now because Emily's new book, Mythica,
1:56.9	as it's called in the UK, or Penelope's Bones, as it's called in the U.S., is now out in the UK.
2:03.8	I think it comes out in June in the U.S.
2:05.9	Don't quote me on it, but it's like soon enough.
2:08.6	And this book, I don't even know quite how to synopsize it in this like really
2:14.8	succinct way, but essentially it is an examination of the women
2:20.6	of the Homeric epic, specifically these women of the Iliad and the Odyssey, and looking at them
2:28.3	through very real women of both the ancient world and the modern one.
2:34.6	Really, really interesting, but just really focusing on these stories of very real women
2:41.4	and kind of tying them in with these Homeric epics.
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