Heroes Crying to Mommy (Actually!) and Deconstructing Gender, A Q&A Episode

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

Liv Albert

History, Comedy, Arts

4.8 • 5.5K Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Liv answers more listener questions including the lost Heroes Crying to Mommy question, all things virgin-goddess-gender-fluidity, Bad Women of Homer, and so much more... 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. 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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0:00.0	Oh, hi there. Live here, speaking from the future. If you are keen to support this podcast,
0:05.6	if you are enjoying the episodes as you find them and you want to listen ad-free, check out
0:11.4	the Oracle edition on Patreon. It didn't exist way back when these early episodes were recorded,
0:17.5	but I'm telling you about it now. You can get all 700 and counting episodes of Let's Talk About Myths Baby,
0:24.6	ad free, along with so much more at patreon.com slash mythsbaby or via the link in the podcast description.
0:34.1	Thanks and happy listening.
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1:11.9	Geographical restrictions apply, minimum spend plus charges apply, terms at akado.com. Hello, this is let's talk about, baby, and I am your host, Liv, who basically, I feel like now, you know, when I say, I start saying one of those words and it all just like comes out in exactly the same form.
1:57.9	It's a truly odd experience saying the same thing into a microphone.
2:04.0	I don't know, twice a week, once to twice a week for going on nine years. What a while time.
2:10.1	I don't know why I said that, but here we are. So today's episode, I was kind of going back and
2:16.0	forth with what to give you all this week. I hope you enjoyed last Friday's episode. I was kind of going back and forth with what to give you all this week. I hope you
2:20.0	enjoyed last Friday's episode with Joel Christensen on the Iliad. Oh, that's one I wish I'd
2:26.1	released earlier. It just kind of became lost and we recorded so many a few months back.
2:31.9	And I've had trouble listening to myself,. Um, but yeah, I just,
2:37.2	ugh, that episode was just very powerful and I think really necessary and we didn't go as deep
2:43.6	into the Iliad as originally planned, but I think that's because too many things are too
2:48.4	relevant today. So all to say, I really hope you liked that episode.
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