 Welcome to a special episode of MythTake! Rather than bring you our usual format of myth analysis, we're doing something a little different. We're giving this episode over to talk about race in classics. The Black Lives Matter movement has been gaining renewed momentum, and hashtags like #shutdownacademia and #blackintheivory are highlighting the experiences of Black people in academia. Classics itself is a predominately white whose area of research gets co-opted for white supremacist causes. To push back against this, and to help elevate Black voices in Classics, we put out a Twitter call for Black classicists to use our platform to share their stories. Today, we're pleased to bring you this interview with John Bracey. John Bracey, aka @magisterbracey on Twitter, is a Latin teacher in Massachusetts teaching Latin using the Comprehensible Input technique.. He has an MA in Classics from Boston College and in 2016 he was named Latin Teacher of the Year by the Massachusetts Foreign Language Association. He leads workshops for teachers around the US on language teaching. He has written in Eidolon about his experience trying to get hired as a Black Latin teacher and why students of color don’t take Latin. Find John online at https://magisterbracey.com. This episode is kindly sponsored by Our Voices in Classics, a not-for-profit organization that proactively seeks to amplify and uplift the voices of students and scholars at all levels whom the field of Classics has traditionally marginalized, ignored, or silenced.   Links Find our growing collection of links to resources on talking about race and on race and racism in academia on Wakelet. We want to hear from you! Join us on Twitter @InnesAlison and @darrinsunstrum or @MythtakePodcast. Give us a like, let us know what you think, and follow along on Facebook at MythTake. Subscribe on iTunes or Google Play so you don’t miss an episode! Find our RSS on Podbean. We’re a part of the #HumanitiesPodcasts podcasting community. Check out the hashtag and follow @HumCommCasters to find many more engaging and knowledgeable podcasts. This week’s theme music: “Super Hero” by King Louie’s Missing Monuments from the album “Live at WFMU” (2011). Used under Creative Commons license and available from Free Music Archive. 

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Episode 32: An Interview with John Bracey

We're baaack! We've been hearing a lot about heroes in the news lately and it's got us thinking. The word's being used to describe doctors, nurses, paramedics, delivery people, truck drivers, and grocery store workers-- all the people who are keeping our society going through the COVID-19 pandemic. But what do we really mean when we call someone a hero? Do our heroes today resemble the heroes of myth? Or are we using the label "hero" to escape societal responsibilities? Join Darrin and Alison for this special pandemic issue of MythTake. Guest appearance by our new feline production manager!   Links: Mattel Commemorates the Heroes of the Pandemic With New Line of Action Figures (Adweek) America's Heroism Trap (Slate) Healthcare Workers Deserve More than Hero Memes (Passage) I’m An NHS Doctor. I Don’t Want To Be A Hero – I Want To Do My Job Without The Risks (Huffington Post) Calling Healthcare Workers "Heroes" Sets Them Up to be Sacrificed (GQ) 'Hero' Rings Hollow (LA Times)   We want to hear from you! Join us on Twitter @InnesAlison and @darrinsunstrum or @MythtakePodcast. Give us a like, let us know what you think, and follow along on Facebook at MythTake. Subscribe on iTunes or Google Play so you don’t miss an episode! Find our RSS on Podbean. We're a part of the #HumanitiesPodcasts podcasting community. Check out the hashtag and follow @HumCommCasters to find many more engaging and knowledgeable podcasts. This week’s theme music: “Super Hero” by King Louie’s Missing Monuments from the album “Live at WFMU” (2011). Used under Creative Commons license and available from Free Music Archive.

Episode 31: Heroes in the Time of COVID

This episode we head to the movies and apply our mythological skills to the recent release Aquaman (starring Jason Momoa and Amber Heard and Directed by James Wan). Spoiler alerts!  Patrons These people like our show so much, they decided to support us on Patreon! Thank you so much! Aven McMaster & Mark Sundaram (Alliterative); Joelle Barfoot; Erika Dilworth; Stargate Pioneer (Better Podcasting); Dan Lizotte; and Greg Beu. We want to hear from you! Join us on Twitter @InnesAlison and @darrinsunstrum or @MythtakePodcast. Give us a like, let us know what you think, and follow along on Facebook at MythTake. Subscribe on iTunes or Google Play so you don’t miss an episode! Find our RSS on Podbean. Like what you hear? Please support us on Patreon. We're a part of the #HumanitiesPodcasts podcasting community. Check out the hashtag and follow @HumCommCasters to find many more engaging and knowledgeable podcasts. This week’s theme music: “Super Hero” by King Louie’s Missing Monuments from the album “Live at WFMU” (2011). Used under Creative Commons license. Music used under Creative Commons license and available from Free Music Archive.

Episode 30: MythTake at the Movies-- Aquaman

It's New Year's Eve and that means out with the old and in with the new! While cleaning out the MythTake vault, we found this unreleased recording from earlier this year, so we're wrapping it up and giving it to you now. In the summer of 2018, four intrepid podcasters-- Alison, Darrin, Ryan, and Jeff-- headed off to the Shaw Festival to watch Stephen Fry perform Heroes, the second part of his three-part trilogy Mythos, based on his book by the same name. Then we talked about it. Here is that conversation. Mythos: A Trilogy--Gods. Heroes. Men. written and performed by Stephen Fry and directed by Tim Carroll at the Shaw Festival, 2018 Mythos by Stephen Fry, published 2017. Special Podcast Guests Jeff Wright of Trojan War Podcast Ryan Stitt of The History of Ancient Greece    Patrons These people like our show so much, they decided to support us on Patreon! Thank you so much! Aven McMaster & Mark Sundaram (Alliterative); Joelle Barfoot; Erika Dilworth; Stargate Pioneer (Better Podcasting); Greg Beu; Jeff Wright (Trojan War Podcast); and Dan Lizote. We want to hear from you! Join us on Twitter @InnesAlison and @darrinsunstrum or @MythtakePodcast. Give us a like, let us know what you think, and follow along on Facebook at MythTake. Subscribe on iTunes or Google Play so you don’t miss an episode! Find our RSS on Podbean. Like what you hear? Please support us on Patreon. We're a part of the #HumanitiesPodcasts podcasting community. Check out the hashtag and follow @HumCommCasters to find many more engaging and knowledgeable podcasts. This week’s theme music: “Super Hero” by King Louie’s Missing Monuments from the album “Live at WFMU” (2011). Used under Creative Commons license. Music used under Creative Commons license and available from Free Music Archive.

Episode 29: From the Vault--Crossover Episode with Jeff Wright and Ryan Stitt

  This episode is all about Antigone. We discuss a recent local production of Antigone that explores the current cultural significance of the play and explore a variety of themes. We also have a special free give away for our listeners! Antigone, Adapted and Directed by Mike Griffin Literature & History Episode 32 Antigone History of Ancient Greece Episode 51 Sophocles   Patrons These people like our show so much, they decided to support us on Patreon! Thank you so much! Aven McMaster & Mark Sundaram (Alliterative); Joelle Barfoot; Erika Dilworth; Stargate Pioneer (Better Podcasting); Greg Beu; Jeff Wright (Trojan War Podcast); and Dan Lizote. We want to hear from you! Join us on Twitter @InnesAlison and @darrinsunstrum or @MythtakePodcast. Give us a like, let us know what you think, and follow along on Facebook at MythTake. Subscribe on iTunes or Google Play so you don’t miss an episode! Find our RSS on Podbean. Like what you hear? Please support us on Patreon. We're a part of the #HumanitiesPodcasts podcasting community. Check out the hashtag and follow @HumCommCasters to find many more engaging and knowledgeable podcasts. This week’s theme music: “Super Hero” by King Louie’s Missing Monuments from the album “Live at WFMU” (2011). Used under Creative Commons license. Music used under Creative Commons license and available from Free Music Archive.

Episode 28: Antigone

  We're back with a full-length episode! For episode 27, we crack open our shiny new copy of Emily Wilson's translation of Odyssey! After a chat about the challenges of accessing myths through translation, we  take a look at a small episode that makes up a big part of the Trojan War myth. We hope we do this beautiful translation justice! We also have listener mail from Andrew, who asks us for some reading recommendations. Check out our recommended reading and listening!   Source Passages Odyssey 8. 482- 520 (Trans. Wilson). Translation Sources Homer. Odyssey. Trans. Emily Wilson. 2018. Homer. Odyssey. Trans. Richmond Lattimore. 1967.   Recommended Listening Aven McMaster & Mark Sundaram. The Endless Knot. Episode 50: Translating the Odyssey, with Emily Wilson. Jan. 3, 2018.  Curtis Dozier. Mirror of Antiquity. Episode 1: Translating the Past, with Rachel Kitzinger. Jan. 2, 2018.  Jeff Wright. Trojan War: The Podcast.  Recommended Reading  Bruce Meyer. Heroes: From Heracles to Superman. 2007. Bruno Snell. The Discovery of the Mind in Greek Philosophy and Literature. 2011. Christopher Logue. All Day Permanent Red: The First Battle Scenes of Homer's Iliad Rewritten. 2004.  Joseph Campbell. Goddesses: Mysteries of the Feminine Divine. 2013. Joseph Campbell. Hero of a Thousand Faces. 2008. Terry Eagleton. Literary Theory: An Introduction. 2008. Walter Ong. Orality and Literacy: The Technologizing of the Word. 1982.  Patrons These people like our show so much, they decided to support us on Patreon! Thank you so much! Aven McMaster & Mark Sundaram (Alliterative); Joelle Barfoot; Erika Dilworth; Stargate Pioneer (Better Podcasting); Greg Beu. We want to hear from you! Join us on Twitter @InnesAlison and @darrinsunstrum or #MythTake. Give us a like, let us know what you think, and follow along on Facebook at MythTake. Subscribe on iTunes or Google Play so you don’t miss an episode! Find our RSS on Podbean. Like what you hear? Please support us on Patreon. We're a part of the #HumanitiesPodcasts podcasting community. Check out the hashtag and follow @HumCommCasters to find many more engaging and knowledgeable podcasts. This week’s theme music: “Super Hero” by King Louie’s Missing Monuments from the album “Live at WFMU” (2011). Used under Creative Commons license. Music used under Creative Commons license and available from Free Music Archive.   

Episode 27: A Bard and a Horse

Warning: This podcast discusses adult themes and theatre scenes of an erotic nature. Blood. Violence. Passion. Wine. This episode has it all, as we discuss the Stratford Festival production of Bakkhai, a new translation of Euripides' Bacchae by Ann Carson.  We apologize for a few audio glitches, especially around the eleven minute mark. We thought this episode was worth sharing anyway and hope you enjoy it. Find out more about the Stratford Festival production of Bakkhai, including photos and a video trailer, on the production's website. You can read more about the Twitches & Itches production of Euripides' Bacchae in January 2017 in the Brock News. Like what you hear? Please support us on Patreon.    For sources, credits and passage, visit http://mythtake.blog   Hang out with us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mythtake/    Join us on Twitter @InnesAlison and @darrinsunstrum #MythTake #HumanitiesPodcasts   Subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher, or Google Play so you don’t miss an episode!   Find our RSS on Podbean http://alisoninnes.podbean.com   This week’s theme music: “Super Hero” by King Louie’s Missing Monuments from the album “Live at WFMU” (2011). Used under Creative Commons license. Music used under Creative Commons license and available from Free Music Archive.

Episode 26: The Bakkhai

What do you see when you look up at the night sky in August? The story of Perseus! The classicists return to thinking about outer space this episode when we talk about the Perseid meteor shower and the constellations around it.   Like what you hear? Please support us on Patreon.    For sources, credits and passage, visit http://mythtake.blog   Hang out with us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mythtake/    Join us on Twitter @InnesAlison and @darrinsunstrum #MythTake #HumanitiesPodcasts   Subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher, or Google Play so you don’t miss an episode!   Find our RSS on Podbean http://alisoninnes.podbean.com   This week’s theme music: “Super Hero” by King Louie’s Missing Monuments from the album “Live at WFMU” (2011). Used under Creative Commons license. Music used under Creative Commons license and available from Free Music Archive.

Episode 25: The Perseids

  In this very special episode, we turn our talent for analysis to a modern myth: Wonder Woman!   Wonder Woman. Dir. Patty Jenkins. Gal Gadot. Warner Brothers, 2017. Film. http://wonderwomanfilm.com  Like what you hear? Please support us on Patreon.    For sources, credits and passage, visit http://mythtake.blog   Hang out with us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mythtake/    Join us on Twitter @InnesAlison and @darrinsunstrum #MythTake #HumanitiesPodcasts   Subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher, or Google Play so you don’t miss an episode!   Find our RSS on Podbean http://alisoninnes.podbean.com   This week’s theme music: “Super Hero” by King Louie’s Missing Monuments from the album “Live at WFMU” (2011). Used under Creative Commons license. Music used under Creative Commons license and available from Free Music Archive.

Episode 24: Wonder Woman

  We pick up the pace a bit and wrap up the second half of the Homeric Hymn to Apollo. Learn about the Apollo's connection with the ancient site at Delphi.  Passage: Homeric Hymn to Apollo   Mentioned Reading: William J. Broad The Oracle: Ancient Delphi and the Science Behind its Lost Secrets   Like what you hear? Please support us on Patreon.    For sources, credits and passage, visit http://mythtake.blog   Hang out with us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mythtake/    Join us on Twitter @InnesAlison and @darrinsunstrum #MythTake #HumanitiesPodcasts   Subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher, or Google Play so you don’t miss an episode!   Find our RSS on Podbean http://alisoninnes.podbean.com   This week’s theme music: “Super Hero” by King Louie’s Missing Monuments from the album “Live at WFMU” (2011). Used under Creative Commons license. Music used under Creative Commons license and available from Free Music Archive.

Episode 23: Homeric Hymn to Apollo (Part 3)

This episode we return to our close analysis of the Homeric Hymn to Apollo. We examine the description of his birth and the festival established on Delos in his honour.   We also have some listener mail!   Passage: Homeric Hymn to Apollo   Like what you hear? Please support us on Patreon.    For sources, credits and passage, visit http://mythtake.blog   Hang out with us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mythtake/    Join us on Twitter @InnesAlison and @darrinsunstrum #MythTake #HumanitiesPodcasts   Subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher, or Google Play so you don’t miss an episode!   Find our RSS on Podbean http://alisoninnes.podbean.com   This week’s theme music: “Super Hero” by King Louie’s Missing Monuments from the album “Live at WFMU” (2011). Used under Creative Commons license. Music used under Creative Commons license and available from Free Music Archive.

Episode 22: Homeric Hymn to Apollo (Part 2)

It's been a wait for episode 21, we know, but we think it will be worth it! This episode is a very special joint project between us here at MythTake and our friends Aven and Mark at The Endless Knot Podcast. If you're already subscribing to The Endless Knot (and really, you should be!), you'll know that our areas of interest often intersect and overlap. We've had many conversations with Mark and Aven over the last year, and finally decided to do a joint podcast--with a twist. To get the whole episode, you'll have to listen to both our podcasts! Don't miss the rest of the show at here at The Endless Knot or subscribe via iTunes, GooglePlay or the podcatcher of your choice! Passage: Bacchylides dithyramb 1 & 2   Like what you hear? Please support us on Patreon.    For sources, credits and passage, visit http://mythtake.blog   Hang out with us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mythtake/    Join us on Twitter @InnesAlison and @darrinsunstrum #MythTake #HumanitiesPodcasts   Subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher, or Google Play so you don’t miss an episode!   Find our RSS on Podbean http://alisoninnes.podbean.com   This week’s theme music: “Super Hero” by King Louie’s Missing Monuments from the album “Live at WFMU” (2011). Used under Creative Commons license. Music used under Creative Commons license and available from Free Music Archive.  

Episode 21: Theseus

This week we undertake a multi-part study of the Homeric Hymn to Apollo. The first 92 lines of the hymn lead up to the birth scene of this potentially violent god and set him us a pan-Hellenic deity.   Passages: Homeric Hymn to Apollo lines 1-92.    Like what you hear? Please support us on Patreon.    For sources, credits and passage, visit http://mythtake.blog   Hang out with us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mythtake/    Join us on Twitter @InnesAlison and @darrinsunstrum #MythTake #HumanitiesPodcasts   Subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher, or Google Play so you don’t miss an episode!   Find our RSS on Podbean http://alisoninnes.podbean.com   This week’s theme music: “Super Hero” by King Louie’s Missing Monuments from the album “Live at WFMU” (2011). Used under Creative Commons license. Music used under Creative Commons license and available from Free Music Archive.    

Episode 20: Homeric Hymn to Apollo (Part 1)

Pelops who? Meet this lesser-known Greek hero-king who lends his name to the Peloponnese and is connected with the founding of the Olympic games. Was he really chopped up by his father and served to the gods or is something else going on?   Passages: Pindar Olympian 1.    For sources, credits and passage, visit http://mythtake.blog   Hang out with us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mythtake/    Join us on Twitter @InnesAlison and @darrinsunstrum #MythTake #HumanitiesPodcasts   Subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher, or Google Play so you don’t miss an episode!   Like what you hear? Support us on Patreon.    Find our RSS on Podbean http://alisoninnes.podbean.com   This week’s theme music: “Super Hero” by King Louie’s Missing Monuments from the album “Live at WFMU” (2011). Used under Creative Commons license. Music used under Creative Commons license and available from Free Music Archive.

Episode 19: Pelops

We celebrate the new year with the story of a new arrival: Dionysus. The newest god of the Greek pantheon, Dionysus was imported into early Greek culture, probably from the east. The Hymn describes a young, strong and beautiful god who is abducted by pirates for ransom. Long story short, it doesn't quite work out for the pirates and yet again we see the after effects of a divine encounter.   Passages: Homeric Hymn to Dionysus (Hymn 7).    For sources, credits and passage, visit http://mythtake.blog   Hang out with us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mythtake/    Join us on Twitter @InnesAlison and @darrinsunstrum #MythTake #HumanitiesPodcasts   Subscribe on iTunes or Google Play so you don’t miss an episode!   Find our RSS on Podbean http://alisoninnes.podbean.com   This week’s theme music: “Super Hero” by King Louie’s Missing Monuments from the album “Live at WFMU” (2011). Used under Creative Commons license. Music used under Creative Commons license and available from Free Music Archive.

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