Best Chaara Podcasts (2024)

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Conversations: What Does It Mean to Die by the Sword? Suicide in Ovid's Heroides w/ Asrar Mattsson Chaara 1:19:31

20d ago1:19:31

1:19:31

Liv speak with Asrar Mattsson Chaara about female suicides in Ovid's Heroides. Submit your questions to the quarterly Q&A episodes! Sign up for the newsletter here! 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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RE-AIR: Wandering Across the Ancient World, the Mesopotamian & Phoenician Origins of Aphrodite 39:22

2d ago39:22

39:22

This episode originally aired in July of 2023. Before she was Aphrodite, she was Kypris, and before she was Kypris, well, she was Astarte and Inanna/Ishtar. This is the story of Aphrodite's origins in ancient Phoenicia and Mesopotamia. You can submit your questions or comments or favourites here! Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv's Patreo…

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Conversations: The Horrors Persist! Disability in the Ancient Roman World 1:29:17

6d ago1:29:17

1:29:17

Liv speaks with PhD student Cecily Bateman about their research in disability in the ancient world (spoilers: it's as horrifying as it is fascinating). 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. Attributions…

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Hermes Historia: How Do You Pronounce Extispicy?! 45:31

7d ago45:31

45:31

Happy Halloween! On today's Hermes Historia Michaela tells Liv all about the ancient practices of divination and speaking with the dead... Sign up for a new newsletter to stay in the loop about the upcoming ad-free subscriptions where future Hermes' Historia episodes will live! Submit your questions to the quarterly Q&A episodes! CW/TW: far too man…

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RE-AIR: Liv Reads Lucian, The True History 1:45:46

9d ago1:45:46

1:45:46

A re-airing of all three parts of Liv's 2022 reading of Lucian's True History, translated by Francis Hickes. In this 2nd Century CE satirical novel of epic proportions, Lucian if Samosata invents a world where he visits rivers of wine, takes a trip to space, a war inside a whale, and a heroic journey through the Underworld. This is not a standard n…

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It's Always Witching Hour Here, Revisiting Ancient Witchcraft (and More) 1:11:28

13d ago1:11:28

1:11:28

Featuring clips from episodes on Ovid's Medea, Chthonic Cuties, conversations with Antonia Aluko and Dr Ellie Mackin Roberts, and readings of Homer's Odyssey, translated by Samuel Butler. 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 refe…

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Hermes Historia: We Yearn for the Grave 50:21

14d ago50:21

50:21

In this (late, it's still free for a reason) Hermes Historia episode, Michaela shares a brief history of ancient Greek funerary practices. Because Spooky Season. Sign up for a new newsletter to stay in the loop about the upcoming ad-free subscriptions where future Hermes' Historia episodes will live! Submit your questions to the quarterly Q&A episo…

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This Episode is Full of Lies, Lucian's True History w/ Ancient History Fangirl 1:21:20

16d ago1:21:20

1:21:20

Liv teams up with Genn and Jenny of Ancient History Fangirl to tell the first half of Lucian's True History. Sign up for the newsletter here. 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. Sources: Lucian's True…

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Liv Reads Ovid: Three (Relevant) Heroides 45:47

23d ago45:47

45:47

Liv reads three letters of Ovid's Heroides: Dido to Aeneas, Deianeira to Hercules, and Phyllis to Demophoon, to prepare for Friday's converSubmit your questions to the quarterly Q&A episodes! Sign up for the Iris' Rainbow newsletter! CW/TW: Today's episode specifically references suicide, though brief. This is not a standard narrative story episode…

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BONUS: The Partial Historians Talk Spartacus, With A Rebel Yell 28:37

27d ago28:37

28:37

An episode of the Partial Historians podcast about Spartacus, because why not? Pre-order Dr Rad and Dr G's new book, Your Cheeky Guide to the Roman Empire now! Find out more and listen to the Partial Historians here. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Liv Albert and iHeartPodcasts

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Liv Reads Ancient Spooky: Speeches from Seneca's Thyestes and Agamemnon 1:00:17

27d ago1:00:17

1:00:17

Liv reads speeches from Seneca's Thyestes and Agamemnon, translated by Frank Justus Miller. Ask your questions for the next Q&A episode here! This is not a standard narrative story episode, it's a reading of an ancient source, audiobook style. For regular episodes look for any that don't have "Liv Reads..." in the title! For a list of Roman/Latin n…

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RE-AIR: She Gives, She Takes Away, the Goddess Hecate & Her World of Witchcraft 42:00

1M ago42:00

42:00

Revisiting... Hecate! A re-airing of the 2022 episode looking at everything there is to know about Hecate, all powerful goddess of witchcraft, and some real life women accused of witchcraft in ancient Greece. Submit your question for the next Q&A episode here, or sign up for our new newletter here! CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. G…

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Conversations: Nothing Like a Little Ritual Tearing Apart! Bacchae's Sparagmos, w/ Cosi Carnegie 1:07:27

1M ago1:07:27

1:07:27

Liv speaks with Cosi Carnegie about sparagmos, the tearing apart of Pentheus, in Euripides Bacchae. Check out more from Cosi here. Submit your questions to the quarterly Q&A episodes! 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 referenc…

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Conversations: What Does It Mean to Die by the Sword? Suicide in Ovid's Heroides w/ Asrar Mattsson Chaara 1:19:31

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RE-AIR: Wandering Across the Ancient World, the Mesopotamian & Phoenician Origins of Aphrodite 39:22

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Conversations: The Horrors Persist! Disability in the Ancient Roman World 1:29:17

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Hermes Historia: How Do You Pronounce Extispicy?! 45:31

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RE-AIR: Liv Reads Lucian, The True History 1:45:46

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It's Always Witching Hour Here, Revisiting Ancient Witchcraft (and More) 1:11:28

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Hermes Historia: We Yearn for the Grave 50:21

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This Episode is Full of Lies, Lucian's True History w/ Ancient History Fangirl 1:21:20

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Liv Reads Ovid: Three (Relevant) Heroides 45:47

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BONUS: The Partial Historians Talk Spartacus, With A Rebel Yell 28:37

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Liv Reads Ancient Spooky: Speeches from Seneca's Thyestes and Agamemnon 1:00:17

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RE-AIR: She Gives, She Takes Away, the Goddess Hecate & Her World of Witchcraft 42:00

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Conversations: Nothing Like a Little Ritual Tearing Apart! Bacchae's Sparagmos, w/ Cosi Carnegie 1:07:27

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