Conversations: They Make Rome Fun, Rome’s First Kings w/ the Partial Historians

Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean

Liv Albert

History, Comedy, Arts

4.8 • 5.5K Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2023

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Liv speaks with the Partian Historians, Dr Rad and Dr G, who share the stories of the seven kings of Rome! Learn more about the Partial Historians here. Follow them on Twitter here. And order their book here! Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreon for bonus content!

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	The phrase black market evokes sinister images, caged tigers, hidden stashes of explosives.
0:15.0	But potted succulents on a windowsill?
0:17.8	No one is calling crime stoppers for that.
0:20.8	But maybe you should.
0:23.0	Because the biggest black market you've never heard of might be blooming right under your
0:28.0	nose.
0:29.0	This plant could sell for between 10 and $15,000 on the open market.
0:32.5	And where there's big money, there are bigger risks.
0:36.0	We just tied up with what looked like garden string behind our backs and dragged off into
0:40.3	the woods for 10 months in captivity.
0:42.9	I'm Summer Rain Oaks.
0:44.3	I'm a plant expert and author.
0:46.0	On the Bad Seeds podcast, we plunge straight into the underworld of plant crime.
0:50.7	From Mexican drug cartels to corrupt elected officials, we explore how the black market for
0:56.1	plants has repercussions for you, me, and the fate of the planet.
1:01.8	Listen to Bad Seeds on the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your
1:06.6	podcasts.
1:26.1	Oh, hi, hello, and welcome.
1:34.3	This is Let's Talk About Myths, Baby, and I am your host, Liv, she who doesn't normally
1:40.0	care for Rome unless brilliant people like the partial historians do all of the work for
1:45.3	me.
1:46.3	And that is exactly what today is.
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