{"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":"The Miller, His Son, and Their Donkey: A Fable by Aesop for Modern Politicians","slug":"the-miller-his-son-and-their-donkey-a-fable-by-aesop-for-modern-politicians","published_at":"2025-08-17T08:34:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/alex-andreou-s-podyssey-7235698/the-miller-his-son-and-their-donkey-a-fable-by-aesop-for-modern-politicians","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/alex-andreou-s-podyssey-7235698","url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/podyssey","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR8942430530.mp3?updated=1755419508","summary":"Subscribe to \"Alex Andreou's Podyssey\" on your favourite podcast app for the full three-part saga on Aesop - and the rest of Season 1, available now. *** SUPPORT SEASON 2 OF PODYSSEY ON ⁠⁠⁠⁠KO-FI.COM/PODYSSEY⁠⁠⁠⁠ *** What is the moral of \"The Tortoise and The Hare\"? What is the warning in \"A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing\"? What is \"The Fox and The Grapes\" about? You're probably wrong about all three. In the last instalment of the Aesop Trilogy, Alex delves into the fables themselves and finds the many ways in which they have been twisted and why. 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 tentacles, juice it for its wisdom, refresh, clean 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 Exec. Producers Naomi Smith & Kenny Campbell Music by Marianna Sangita Artwork by Simona Kanellou For Cooler Heads, in collaboration with Sandstone Global Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"Subscribe to \"Alex Andreou's Podyssey\" on your favourite podcast app for the full three-part saga on Aesop - and the rest of Season 1, available now. ***…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":276,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/alex-andreou-s-podyssey-7235698/episodes/the-miller-his-son-and-their-donkey-a-fable-by-aesop-for-modern-politicians/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/the-miller-his-son-and-their-donkey-a-fable-by-aesop-for-modern-politicians.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}