THE ORACLE Pythia

What'sHerName

Dr. Katie Nelson and Olivia Meikle

Society & Culture, Documentary, History

4.8 • 538 Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2019

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Ancient kings and rulers from across the world traveled to the remote mountain town Delphi, Greece, to visit a nameless elderly peasant woman. They made the trek because she alone could see the future, and channeled the voice of god. Her words made world leaders change the course of their lives, but no one ever documented who she really was. Travel with us on location to Delphi, Greece, to reenact an ancient visit to Pythia, the oracle of Delphi. Katie is on location with guest Dimitrios Georgaras, who has been “listening to the harmony” at Delphi for forty years. After a career in the Greek merchant navy, guest Dimitrios Georgaras began creating bronze pieces using the ancient method of sand-casting. He has been “listening to the harmony” at Delphi for forty years, having visited the site and archaeological museum over a thousand times. Music featured in this episode generously provided by Michael Levy and Sam Henderson. Want to help us “make history”? Become a Patron or Donate here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Now, are all the traitors present?
0:02.5	Let's get started, shall we?
0:04.5	From rags to riches.
0:05.8	I'm so sick of this.
0:07.0	Working like a dog and being treated worse.
0:09.1	Yorkshire to New York.
0:10.7	Or climbers, you and me.
0:12.4	A life dedicated to revenge.
0:14.4	Let's make this an occasion to remember.
0:16.9	A Woman of Substance on Channel 4.
0:19.1	Stream now.
0:19.8	This episode was sponsored by Girls Can Crate,
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0:27.5	Real women make the best heroes,
0:29.0	and every month they deliver them to your front door.
0:34.8	Hi, Olivia. Hi, Katie.
0:41.3	Question, if you could know the future, would you want to?
1:00.4	Ooh, I think about this a lot. Oh, yeah? Do tell. I don't know. Wow, a lot of thinking got you really far on that one. Yes. It got me back and forth and back and forth and back and forth and landing on I don't know.
1:10.9	Because it would be great to be able to try to avoid some things. But if science fiction has taught us anything, is that that will only make things worse.
1:11.8	Right.
1:15.5	But a lot of times we think about things in the past in terms of if I only knew then, what I know now.
1:20.1	I think of a lot of times I would be less worried or more worried
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