{"podcast":{"title":"Alex Andreou's Podyssey","slug":"alex-andreou-s-podyssey-7235698","podcast_index_feed_id":7235698,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/podyssey","website_url":"https://quietriotpod.com/#fe214801-0dbb-4a0b-a350-1179b7b0c829","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/561f8326-d2cc-11ef-bd88-df5367d964e2/image/3bc5b03180276d849b4aa168825ef091.jpeg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Cooler Heads","episode_count":29,"summary":"Alex Andreou revisits the classic Greek myths, and uncovers universal themes they share with us across the millennia","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/alex-andreou-s-podyssey-7235698"},"episode":{"title":"8. AESOP II - A dolphin and a seagull were hurling insults at each other","slug":"8-aesop-ii-a-dolphin-and-a-seagull-were-hurling-insults-at-each-other","published_at":"2025-08-07T13:21:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/alex-andreou-s-podyssey-7235698/8-aesop-ii-a-dolphin-and-a-seagull-were-hurling-insults-at-each-other","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/alex-andreou-s-podyssey-7235698","url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/quietriot","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR8970799150.mp3?updated=1753919279","summary":"*** SUPPORT SEASON 2 OF PODYSSEY ON ⁠⁠KO-FI.COM/PODYSSEY⁠⁠ *** 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! … Last week we explored the complicated, and largely made-up, biography that is \"The Aesop Romance\". In this part I talk to experts to try and understand why it is that we need a \"back story\" for the creators of stories that we connect with, what is the difference between a reliable and unreliable narrator, how populism has refined the art of story-telling, and why only better stories - not better facts - can help us. *** 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 Exec. Producers Naomi Smith & Kenny Campbell Music by Marianna Sangita Artwork by Simona Kanellou For Cooler Heads, in collaboration with Sandstone Global NOTES MUSIC Podyssey Theme: “To Margoudi ki o Alexandris”, Marianna Sangita, 2018 (with permission) ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-LAVj5l9Uc⁠⁠ Rimsky-Korsakov: \"Scheherazade; 2nd Movement\"; Societe de Concerts Du Conservatoire, Ernest Ansermet 1955 https://archive.org/details/lp_scheherazade Bernice Parks: \"You Intrigue Me\" 1952 https://archive.org/details/78_you-intrigue-me_bernice-parks Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani \"In alto mare... Coraggio!\", Maria Callas 1951 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibMCTUPC_6g Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffman \" O Dieu, de quelle ivresse\" (reprise), Raoul Jobin 1950 https://archive.org/details/lp_the-tales-of-hoffman Anton Karas: The…","meta_description":"*** SUPPORT SEASON 2 OF PODYSSEY ON ⁠⁠KO-FI.COM/PODYSSEY⁠⁠ *** Welcome to Podyssey with Alex Andreou. Each week we will take one myth, one concept, person…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4342,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/alex-andreou-s-podyssey-7235698/episodes/8-aesop-ii-a-dolphin-and-a-seagull-were-hurling-insults-at-each-other/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/alex-andreou-s-podyssey-7235698/8-aesop-ii-a-dolphin-and-a-seagull-were-hurling-insults-at-each-other.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}