Conversations: The Conspiracy & Conspirituality of Atlantis w/ Steph Halmhofer

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

Liv Albert

History, Comedy, Arts

4.8 • 5.5K Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2022

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

CW/TW: brief mention of Canadian Residential Schools and recent and ongoing discovery of graves.

Liv speaks with archaeologist Steph Halmhofer about conspiracy and conspirituality in archaeology and pseudoarchaeology, Atlantis and its dangerous development into what it is today, and more. Follow Steph on Twitter @cult_archaeo.

Further Reading: Plato’s Timaeus and Critias, quotes translated by Benjamin Jowett; A Brief History of Atlantis: Plato’s Ideal State by Stephen P. Kershaw (includes alternate translation of Plato); PDF: Truth, Lies, and History in Plato's Timaeus and Critias by Thomas K Johansen, 1998.

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1:06.8	Oh, hi, hello.
1:07.8	Yes, it's me again.
1:08.8	This is Let's Talk About Myths, baby.
1:12.8	And I'm your host, Liv.
1:14.8	She who has learned so, so, so much during this run of Atlantis episodes.
1:21.8	I've honestly been so blown away by what I've learned both in research and in speaking
1:26.5	with these archaeologists.
1:28.5	I'm willing to bet most of you have learned a few things along the way too.
1:32.4	I mean, honestly, who knew Atlantis wasn't even a myth, let alone all the other wild and
1:36.5	often troubling things floating just below the surface.
1:41.4	Get it?
1:43.4	Anyway, bad jokes aside, this is the last episode of my series of conversations with archaeologists
1:50.7	about Atlantis, the real archaeology of the Mediterranean, pseudo-archeology, and even
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