Lesche: Ancient Greece, New Ideas
In Greek antiquity, a lesche (λέσχη) was a spot to hang out and chat. On this podcast, Brown University professor Johanna Hanink hosts conversations with fellow Hellenists about their latest work in the field.
Podcasting since 2024 • 6 episodes
Lesche: Ancient Greece, New Ideas
Latest Episodes
Alexander in the East
Rachel Kousser joins me in the Lesche to discuss Alexander III of Macedon's post-Persepolis campaigns in Asia (330-323 BCE), the subject of her recent book Alexander at the End of the World: The Forgotten Final Years of Alexander the Great....
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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49:43
Athenian Drama in Sicily (Ferdia Lennon, GLORIOUS EXPLOITS)
Ferdia Lennon joins me in the Lesche to discuss his award-winning and bestselling novel, Glorious Exploits (UK Penguin Fig Tree/US Macmillan 2024), which is set in Syracuse in the aftermath of the Athenian invasion of Sicily during the...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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48:43
SPECIAL: Netflix's KAOS, with creator Charlie Covell
Charlie Covell joins me in the Lesche to discuss their hit Netflix show KAOS, a modern dark dramedic take on Ancient Greek mythology. The show, set in something like modern-day Crete (and on Olympus and in Hades), interweaves stories of Prometh...
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Season 1
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Episode 101
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Subject Communities of the Athenian Empire
Leah Lazar and Christy Constantakopoulou join me in the Lesche to discuss their work on the relationship between Athens and its subject communities (the "allies") during the fifth-century Athenian "empire" (ἀρχή). Leah has a new book out on the...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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59:04
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