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Alex Andreou's Podyssey

Alex Andreou's Podyssey

Written by: Alex Andreou
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 Alex Andreou revisits the classic Greek myths, and uncovers universal themes they share with us across the millenniaAll content © Cooler Heads Art Philosophy Social Sciences World
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  • BONUS - How Do You Like Them Golden Apples?

    BONUS - How Do You Like Them Golden Apples?
    Nov 26 2025
    *** SUPPORT SEASON 2 OF PODYSSEY ON ⁠⁠KO-FI.COM/PODYSSEY⁠⁠ *** Apples - especially Golden Apples - keep popping up throughout mythology, dripping with rich - and often conflicting - symbolism. The influence of these stories pervades religion, music, modern art, cinema, and technology. Funny story: they probably weren't apples. ... The myths, tales, and concepts of ancient Greece echo and reach into every aspect of modern life. Often misunderstood, frequently romanticised, and sometimes deliberately twisted - to understand their origins and truth is to get a real glimpse into the universal themes that connect us to the past and each other. Welcome to Podyssey with Alex Andreou. Each week we will take one myth, one concept, person, place, or theme from Ancient Greece, take it apart, figure out its inner workings, trace its influence, juice it for its wisdom, reimagine, update and put it back together - all shiny and new! *** SUPPORT SEASON 2 OF PODYSSEY ON ⁠⁠⁠KO-FI.COM/PODYSSEY⁠⁠⁠ *** Written and presented by Alex Andreou Expert contributions by Alexandra Angeletaki-Røe, Debbie Challis, Linda Marric, and Dr Ruth Smith Music by Marianna Sangita Artwork by Simona Kanellou A Cooler Heads podcast NOTES TO COME *** SUPPORT SEASON 2 OF PODYSSEY ON ⁠⁠⁠⁠KO-FI.COM/PODYSSEY⁠⁠⁠⁠ *** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    55 mins
  • Director's Cut: ECHO & NARCISSUS - The Influencer & The Follower

    Director's Cut: ECHO & NARCISSUS - The Influencer & The Follower
    Nov 16 2025
    *** SUPPORT SEASON 2 OF PODYSSEY ON ⁠⁠KO-FI.COM/PODYSSEY⁠⁠ *** Most of what you think you know about the story of Narcissus, is wrong. This isn’t a story of conceit or vanity. It isn’t even the story of one person. It is a story of unrequited love and pain, of the corruption of innocence, of losing oneself. ....... The myths, tales, and concepts of ancient Greece echo and reach into every aspect of modern life. Often misunderstood, frequently romanticised, and sometimes deliberately twisted - to understand their origins and truth is to get a real glimpse into the universal themes that connect us to the past and each other. Welcome to Podyssey with Alex Andreou. Each week we will take one myth, one concept, person, place, or theme from Ancient Greece, take it apart, figure out its inner workings, trace its influence, juice it for its wisdom, reimagine, update and put it back together - all shiny and new! Written and presented by Alex Andreou Expert contributions by Alexandra Angeletaki-Røe, Debbie Challis, Linda Marric, and Dr Ruth Smith Music by Marianna Sangita Artwork by Simona Kanellou A Cooler Heads podcast NOTES MUSIC Podyssey Theme: “⁠⁠To Margoudi ki o Alexandris⁠⁠”, Marianna Sangita, 2018 (with permission) Alphonse Hasselmans: Gitane Op.21, Rosa Spier, 1954 Antonio Vivaldi: LE QUATTRO STAGIONI "L'Estate" - Allegro, Henry Swoboda, 1950 Belle Baker: "Mad about the boy", 1939 Walter Feldkamp: "Reflections in the water", 1933 Domenico Bartolucci: "Crux Fidelis", Cappella Sistina, 1960 Charles Gounod: FAUST “Jewel Song”, Joan Sutherland, 1959 Camille Saint-Saëns: “The Swan”, Clara Rockmore, 1953 Giacomo Meyerbeer: DINORAH “Shadow Song”, Maria Callas, 1954 Lena Horne: "You go to my head", 1946 Daniel Pinkham: "Slow, slow fresh fount", John McCollum, 1961 Rudolf Friml: ROSE-MARIE “Indian Love Call”, Ann Blyth & Lorenzo Lamas, 1954 FILM The Talented Mr Ripley (1999) ⁠https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0134119⁠/ Snow White (1937) ⁠https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029583/⁠ All About Eve (1950) ⁠https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042192/⁠ The Shape of Water (2017) ⁠https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5580390/⁠ The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) ⁠https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037988/⁠ Black Swan (2010) ⁠https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0947798/⁠ Ingrid Goes West (2017) ⁠https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5962210/⁠ ART “Narcissus” by Caravaggio ⁠https://www.caravaggio.org/narcissus.jsp⁠ “Metamorphosis of Narcissus” by Salvador Dalí ⁠https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/dali-metamorphosis-of-narcissus-t02343⁠ “The Nymph Echo” by Max Ernst ⁠https://www.moma.org/collection/works/79316⁠ Narcissus Fresco in Pompeii by Anon. ⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissus_%28mythology%29#/media/File:Narcissus_on_a_Pompeian_fresco.jpg⁠ “Echo and Narcissus” by John William Waterhouse ⁠https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/artifact/echo-and-narcissus⁠ “Narcissus” by Follower of Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio ⁠https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/follower-of-giovanni-antonio-boltraffio-narcissus⁠ "Mr. O'Wilde, You are not the first one that has grasped at a Shadow" by Thomas Nast ⁠https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/820022⁠ *** SUPPORT SEASON 2 OF PODYSSEY ON ⁠⁠⁠KO-FI.COM/PODYSSEY⁠⁠⁠ *** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Podyssey Season 2 - All The Details

    Podyssey Season 2 - All The Details
    Nov 4 2025
    *** SUPPORT SEASON 2 OF PODYSSEY ON ⁠⁠KO-FI.COM/PODYSSEY⁠⁠ *** The myths, tales, and concepts of ancient Greece echo and reach into every aspect of modern life. Often misunderstood, frequently romanticised, and sometimes deliberately twisted - to understand their origins and truth is to get a real glimpse into the universal themes that connect us to the past and each other. Welcome to Podyssey with Alex Andreou. Each week we will take one myth, one concept, person, place, or theme from Ancient Greece, take it apart, figure out its inner workings, trace its influence, juice it for its wisdom, reimagine, update and put it back together - all shiny and new! … *** SUPPORT SEASON 2 OF PODYSSEY ON ⁠⁠⁠KO-FI.COM/PODYSSEY⁠⁠⁠ *** Written and presented by Alex Andreou Music by Marianna Sangita Artwork by Simona Kanellou A Cooler Heads coproduction NOTES MUSIC Podyssey Theme: “⁠⁠To Margoudi ki o Alexandris⁠⁠”, Marianna Sangita, 2018 (with permission) Irving Berlin: “⁠I'm beginning to miss you”, Jon and Sondra Steele, 1949 Lerner & Lowe: ⁠“⁠⁠Come to me, bend to me⁠”, Floyd Sherman, 1947 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    9 mins
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