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Feb 2025
1h 36m

Conversation: Singing the Songs of Sumer...

Liv Albert
About this episode

Liv is joined by Alex W to discuss Sumerian mythology and some broader history of Mesopotamia/Ancient Iraq. Learn more from Alex vis his podcast, the Drumbeat Forever After, here.

As mentioned in the episode, Aseel Jad El-Haq is 28, the youngest of seven sisters. She grew up in Khan Younis, the daughter of a successful clothing company owner, going to the gym and visiting the beach with her friends and riding a horse named Beautiful (in Arabic). Her house and car were completely destroyed, the horse was killed, she's had to relocate over 20 times since the war began, and she's currently staying with her father (whose medical situation is serious), her mother (who has diabetes and needs insulin), one of her sisters, and that sister's young children. If you can help Aseel and her family, please do.

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CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing.

Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions.


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