Turns Out Disney's Hercules is Super Duper Queer (feat. Historical Homos)

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

Liv Albert

History, Comedy, Arts

4.8 • 5.5K Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2025

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Hear ye! Here ye! Liv met up with the Historical Homos again to talk all things Disney Hercules and how wonderfully queer it is! Thebes as the big city! Feeling out of place as a child because of something that's just a part of you! Merch as success! It's simply the most beautiful thing in the world.

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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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0:33.1	description. Thanks and happy listening. Hi, hi, hello. It's, uh, let's talk about a myths baby.
0:40.5	Uh, it's not, let's not live. It's Michaela. Hi. Uh, Liv is on vacation and we have, by we,
0:48.2	I mean, me and her have decided that she needs to take a vacation that is fully just off from work,
0:53.7	which is really hard to do when you have a podcast.
0:57.9	It's the amount of times you just need to be on all the time is exhausting.
1:03.2	But she really, really needed the break.
1:05.2	So she's off, enjoying herself.
1:08.1	And said you get an introduction by me.
1:10.8	So this week, we are doing a
1:14.6	collaboration with historical homos and on Disney Hercules. Isn't that fun? Live and Bash got
1:23.0	together and talked about the show and all its queerness and its delightfulness. And it was so much fun to
1:29.9	give this a listen to and get ready for you guys because, oh my God, I loved Disney Hercules
1:37.0	growing up. It was my favorite, and still is my favorite Disney movie. I swear to God, Meg was
1:43.6	like my queer awakening. I either wanted to be her
1:48.0	or be with her. You know, it was one of those vibes. But anyways, yes, it is so delightfully
1:55.2	fun and exciting. So without further ado, here is the collab. Bye.
2:01.6	Welcome back to another episode of historical homos, the world's only no fucks given guide to queer history.
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