{"podcast":{"title":"Ancient History Fangirl","slug":"ancient-history-fangirl-63808","podcast_index_feed_id":63808,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/ancienthistoryfangirl","website_url":"http://www.ancienthistoryfangirl.com/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/d5c574d4-c77b-11ea-a1c1-8397c864c8d9/image/UpdatedAncient-History-Fangirl-2020-sqaure.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Ancient History Fangirl","episode_count":356,"summary":"An ancient history podcast run by two Millennial women. Misbehaving emperors, poison assassins, mythological mayhem; it’s like if Hardcore History met up with My Favorite Murder in the ancient world, with a heavy helping of booze and laughter.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T14:21:11.098896+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ancient-history-fangirl-63808"},"episode":{"title":"AHFG Book Club: Aphrodite & Ares: An Immortal Affair (With Jennifer Saint)","slug":"ahfg-book-club-aphrodite-ares-an-immortal-affair-with-jennifer-saint","published_at":"2026-06-11T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ancient-history-fangirl-63808/ahfg-book-club-aphrodite-ares-an-immortal-affair-with-jennifer-saint","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ancient-history-fangirl-63808","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML8858832910.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML8858832910.mp3","summary":"⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! ⁠ Aphrodite, goddess of love and sex, took many lovers in the mythology. But perhaps the most important was Ares. They adored each other; they had many children together; they could not keep apart . Their relationship was (for the ancient Greeks) surprisingly…healthy? Today we talk all things Aphrodite with bestselling author Jennifer Saint: her relationship with Ares, her many other lovers, and what her story tells us about how the ancients viewed love and romance. Sponsors and Advertising: This episode is sponsored by Taskrabbit. Get $15 off your first task at Taskrabbit.com or the Taskrabbit app using promo code FANGIRL. This podcast is a member of Airwave Media podcast network. Want to advertise on our show? Please direct advertising inquiries to advertising@airwavemedia.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! ⁠ Aphrodite, goddess of love and sex, took many lovers in the mythology. But perhaps the…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4184,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ancient-history-fangirl-63808/episodes/ahfg-book-club-aphrodite-ares-an-immortal-affair-with-jennifer-saint/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ancient-history-fangirl-63808/ahfg-book-club-aphrodite-ares-an-immortal-affair-with-jennifer-saint.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}