6. Cassandra - Everything Must Be Said Again

May 11, 2025

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*** 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!

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There is an elegant symmetry to Cassandra being misunderstood - still, millennia later - as a symbol for pessimism. A prophet of doom. But that wasn’t her curse at all. Her curse was to have true insight and yet be unable to get those around her to listen.

And is the reason we prioritise some voices over others not the central, existential question at a time when real knowledge struggles to make itself heard over a chorus of populism? What wooden horses have we let through our cities’ gates?

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

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MUSIC

Oluf Dimitri Røe: “Fajum” ON YOUTUBE

Aldo Ciccolini: Erik Satie “Gnossiennes No.1 FROM ARCHIVE

Lulu Belle: “Never take ‘no’ for an answer” FROM ARCHIVE

ON ft Marianna Sangita: “Et Glimt” ON YOUTUBE