RE-AIR: Conversations: But How Many Bears Is It? Sharks, Whales, and Sea Monsters in Greek Mythology w/ Ryan Denson
Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean
Liv Albert
4.6 • 5.6K Ratings
🗓️ 10 February 2026
⏱️ 91 minutes
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Summary
Hermes here! Sorry for the re-air but unfortunately life got in the way. Today we will go back in time to 2022 with this episode with Dr. Ryan Denson all about sea monsters. Hope you enjoy, and I will be back with the end of book 2 of Herodotus next week.
Liv speaks with Ryan Denson who studies ancient SEA MONSTERS... Ketos and beyond, sharks, whales, and everything in between. It's possible Liv feels too strongly about ocean life...
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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 | Oh, hi there. Live here, speaking from the future. If you are keen to support this podcast, |
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| 0:29.1 | Myths Baby or via the link in the podcast description. Thanks and happy listening. |
| 0:36.1 | Hello everyone. It's Michaela. and I'm so sorry to say we're |
| 0:41.3 | having a rear today. I had every intention to get you guys the last Herodotus episode out and I will |
| 0:47.7 | still be doing that next week. However, had a bit of a rough past couple of days. |
| 1:00.5 | A family member's cat was ill and they were out of town. |
| 1:07.3 | And since the one who lives with them can't drive, I had to be the courier for said animal. |
| 1:12.1 | Basically, there were lilies in the house that the cat was munching on. And if any of you know cats, lilies are extremely toxic to them and can destroy their kidneys. But don't you worry, |
| 1:19.1 | Drusilla, sweet, sweet juicy, is A-OK. She is fine. She has gotten a clear bill of health |
| 1:25.4 | from the veterinarian. And she's very lucky to be alive. |
| 1:30.3 | Now, the reason why we're not having a robotic episode today is, quite frankly, it is 4.15 p.m. on |
| 1:36.2 | the 9th, and I have been awake since about noon on the 8th. |
| 1:40.9 | So my brain is not in a place to put together a good episode for you all. I had a |
| 1:45.9 | midterm. I just started studying and didn't stop. And yeah. So I will get the episode to you, but in the |
| 1:53.5 | meantime, how about we enjoy some more wacky, animal fun with a past conversation with Dr. Vian denson on all kinds of sea monsters give me more i love |
| 2:06.0 | them so much thank you all i will see you um next week i think i'm going to be talking to you on friday as |
| 2:13.2 | well i'll be doing the intro for that episode. I love you all. Bye-bye. Oh, hi, hello there. |
| 2:50.7 | How's it going? This is Let's Talk About Myths, baby. And I'm your host. The woman who loves sharks just as much as she loves Greek mythology. Live. And yes, today I am here with an episode that features sharks, sharks, you guys. |
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