Prometheus 5: “We’re gonna stick it to Zeus!”
Live from Mount Olympus
Onassis Foundation
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🗓️ 7 May 2024
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
It’s always upsetting when best friends fight, but when your best friend is the king of the gods, you’re bound to get burned. What will come of this stormy dispute between Zeus and Prometheus? Well, wedding-crashers Prometheus and Epimetheus plan to go home with a glowing gift of their own…
Live from Mount Olympus is produced by the Onassis Foundation. Karen Brooks Hopkins is executive producer. Our series creator and showrunner is Julie Burstein. Live from Mount Olympus is co-produced by Brooklyn-based theatre collective The TEAM. Our co-directors are Rachel Chavkin, Zhailon Levingston, and Keenan Tyler Oliphant, with additional directing from Sara Blush.
And our actors are: Rolls Andre, Ato Blankson-Wood, Sean Carvajal, Jill Frutkin, Abel Garcia, Divine Garland, Monée Cherie Hunter, Modesto “Flako” Jimenez, Libby King, Ian Lassiter, Zhailon Levingston, Christina Liberus, Kimberly Marable, Jake Margolin, Lizan Mitchell, James Harrison Monaco, Gregg Mozgala, Xavier Pacheco, Maya Sharpe, Kristen Sieh, Ahmad Simmons, Nedra Marie Taylor, Eirene Tuakora, Ching Valdes-Aran, vickie washington, and André De Shields is Hermes.
Special thanks to Adrienne Hopkins, Caroline Hopkins, and Natalie Hopkins.
The TEAM’s Producing Director is Emma Orme, and Associate Producer is Sabine Decatur. We thank the artists and leaders of Epic Theater Ensemble for their continued collaboration!
Live from Mount Olympus is written by Nathan Yungerberg with Julie Burstein and Jason Adam Katzenstein.
Audio production and mix by John Melillo. Audio editing and sound design by Yonatan Rekem. Magdalini Giannikou composed our original music which is performed by Banda Magda. Music mix and mastering by Luca Bordonaro. Jason Adam Katzenstein created our illustrations and is series humor consultant.
A big thank you to our creative advisors: Dr. Michael Cohen, Richard Nodell, and Effie Tsiotsiou.
Mandy Boikou is Administrative Director and Sofia Pipa is Project Manager at Onassis USA. Gizelle Winter is our series antiquities consultant.
Live from Mount Olympus was recorded with engineers Roy Hendrickson, Ian Kagey, Mor Mezrich, Matthew Sullivan, and Benjamin Miller at The Power Station at Berklee NYC. Press by Grand Communications. Graphic design by Onassis Creative Studio.
Live from Mount Olympus is distributed by PRX.
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| 0:00.0 | Previously on live from Mount Olympus. I want to create beings that will adore us. |
| 0:08.0 | These creatures will stand on two legs and have a poseable thumbs. |
| 0:16.0 | Huge egos. |
| 0:17.0 | Yeah, big heads with great hair like mine. |
| 0:20.0 | I have an idea. Give them fire. |
| 0:23.0 | Fire? |
| 0:24.0 | Do you really think it's wise to give the technology of the gods to creatures with Stone Age emotions? |
| 0:31.0 | No way! Fire stays on Olympus. I'm not Sharon. Are you looking for another podcast to spark your imagination? |
| 0:47.0 | Then tune into What If World, Stories for Kids, |
| 0:51.6 | Where kids questions are transformed into audio adventures by a cast of fantastical |
| 0:58.0 | characters. Wonder what might happen if it snowed on the moon or if cats ruled the world? |
| 1:05.0 | Find out on What If World. |
| 1:08.0 | Available on Apple Podcast or wherever you find your favorite shows. |
| 1:12.0 | That's What If World. or wherever you find your favorite shows. |
| 1:13.0 | That's What If World, Stories for Kids. |
| 1:17.0 | Live for Mount Olympus is produced by the Onasis Foundation |
| 1:21.0 | and distributed by PRX. |
| 1:24.0 | So, my little heroes, I knew you'd be back. |
| 1:31.0 | Like Tantalus, you cannot resist, and we in the God's podbiz know to always leave you wanting more. |
| 1:40.0 | Now, where were we? |
| 1:43.0 | Ah yes. |
| 1:47.0 | Even with a warning from my father, Zeus, |
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