UPDATE: Technology Failed Me
Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean
Liv Albert
4.6 • 5.6K Ratings
🗓️ 5 June 2026
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
This is an update where Liv explains how technology failed her, and you all, and why the next Odyssey reading will be slightly delayed. UGH!!!! Pre-order Liv's Odyssey adaptation (!!!), The Odyssey: a Modern Retelling. 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. Enter our podcast guest form if you'd like to be on the show as a conversation guest!
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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 | Hey nerds, quick bit of enormous news. I am so excited to say that I have a new book coming out in |
| 0:06.3 | June of this year, and not only is it just a new book, but it is a fully illustrated retelling |
| 0:12.0 | of The Odyssey. It's aimed at children 9 to 12, but don't let that fool you. It's a shortened |
| 0:17.4 | retelling, but I kept it true to the original in every way that matters. |
| 0:22.5 | Check out the link in the episode's description for where to pre-order or just ask your local independent bookstore. |
| 0:27.9 | Thank you. The Oh, hi there. |
| 1:01.8 | Hello. |
| 1:04.8 | Let's talk about Mitzbaby and I'm your host, Liv, |
| 1:07.4 | and I'm just here with a quick update right now because I literally just |
| 1:12.3 | spent almost an hour and a half doing a really, really fun read-through of book 12 and the first half |
| 1:24.8 | of book 13 of The Odyssey. |
| 1:30.3 | I answered some really fun questions in the middle. |
| 1:32.1 | I was literally so excited. |
| 1:33.9 | And I had just scrolled through to be like, |
| 1:35.4 | oh, how close am I to being done? |
| 1:37.4 | Oh my God, we got two episodes in the, |
| 1:38.8 | or two books in this episode. |
| 1:39.6 | It's going to be so good. |
| 1:41.5 | I'm so happy. |
| 1:48.7 | And then literally for the first time in years, years, the program I use, like, |
| 1:55.3 | literally just in the middle of it, I was, I was just in. And it just blipped. And it gave me this error that was like, some kind of backup failed. And then it was just gone. It was just gone. |
| 2:00.5 | The whole recording was just gone. |
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