Episode 25: Shannon Burn’s literary salvation + Greek myth-busting with “Pandora’s Jar”

“I’ve discovered an important truth and it’s all I care about, all I can depend on,
the only thing that means anything, the one sure thing that will help me survive.
No one can be trusted. I am on my own.” This devastating truth lies at the core of
Shannon Burn’s memoir, “Childhood”.
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Pandora, Jocasta, Aphrodite and Medea; these are just some of the women of
Greek mythology whose stories have grown and warped over the millenia.
Associate Professor Lisa Bennett introduces us to the forensic work of classicist
Natalie Haynes, a writer determined to reveal the true deeds and misdeeds of
these fascinating characters.
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Pop in your pods and let Michaela and Cath take you to another world.

Guests
Shannon Burns, author of “Childhood”
Associate Professor Dr Lisa Bennett on “Pandora’s Jar” by Natalie Haynes

Other books that get a mention:
Lisa Mentions classicist, Emily Wilson, the first woman to publish a translation of
Homer’s “Odyssey” into English

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