Lauren and Charlotte delve into Hercules the diary of a sort of hero with author Tom Vaughan. This book was Waterstones childrens book of the month for March 2024 (so well done Tom). They tangent about a group love for Adrian Mole and why the d

DeMyth Turns the Page With Subhadra Das

13 days ago 1h 34m

Charlotte and Lauren get Uncivilized with Subhadra Das... the writer of Uncivilized, ten lies that shaped the west. We get into race science, which book to read if you want to look cool in public, Shakespeare actually wrote Shakespeare, art and

Demythifying x Julia Kindt

Mar 28th, 2024 50m 20s

Julia Kindt, Professor at University of Sydney, joins Charlotte to talk all things Delphi and her new book The Trojan Horse. In The Trojan Horse, Julia delves into what makes us human and what sets us apart from creatures. The two discuss oracl

DeMyth Turns the Page with Rosie Hewlett

Mar 21st, 2024 1h 28m

The delightful Rosie Hewlett joins the Demyth ladies to discuss one of their faves, Medea. Rosie's book starts with Medea's childhood and carries us through her life. Jason makes an appearance or two and Rosie makes Lauren and Charlotte chuckle

DTTP x Zairambles

Jan 18th, 2024 50m 54s

For the first episode since the turn of 2024, Charlotte meets with content creator and actor Zairambles to discuss African mythology inspired books you must read, K-dramas and not being able to binge the new Percy Jackson episodes.The two of th

DeMyth Turns the Page with Stacey Thomas

Oct 30th, 2023 1h 20m

We sat down with friend to the podcast Stacey Thomas to discuss her book The Revels. A perfect mix of historical and magic, grab a warm drink and cuddle up this spooky season to read Nicolas Pearce and Judge Percival catch some witches.Obvs we

DeMyth Turns the Page with Nikki Marmery

Oct 26th, 2023 1h 24m

Here at Demyth HQ we were SO EXCITED for this book. Nikki Marmery joins us to talk all things Lilith, one of our favourite characters in myth and popular culture. This feminist retelling is a must read, involving all your favourite biblical cha

DeMyth Talks Aspasia With Yvonne Korshak

Oct 19th, 2023 1h 18m

Charlotte and Lauren travel back to the Golden Age of Athens with Yvonne Korshak to Demythify Aspasia in honour of Yvonne's book Pericles and Aspasia. They learn about what we actually know about the woman herself, why the comic playwrites and

DeMyth Turns the Page With Lauren J A Bear

Oct 16th, 2023 1h 11m

Happy Medusa Monday... except this episode Lauren and Charlotte are setting up the "Not Medusa" whatsapp group and talking to Lauren J A Bear about her debut novel Medusa's sisters. Lauren talks about how she created the characters, how she wea

Minisode VIII - Black History Month 2023

Oct 12th, 2023 10m 33s

For this years Black History Month, here at Demyth HQ we wanted to continue on the story from last year. We are also curious with the inclusion of flood myths throughout mythology.This myth continues the Yoruba story of Obatala's adventures wit

DeMyth Turns the Page with Sinead O'Hart

Oct 2nd, 2023 1h 7m

Despite both having Irish heritage, neither Lauren nor Charlotte have the foggiest when it comes to Irish mythology and folklore! Sinead O'Hart was on hard to help us out and chat about it with us, answering all the questions we know you want a

DeMyth Turns the Page on Love Stories with Emily Hauser

Sep 28th, 2023 59m 45s

Emily Hauser joins us to talk all things ancient and romantic! Her book is full of glorious illustrations that bring to life the couples from history and all over the world. We cherry picked a few couples to dive in deeper on and of course, cou

Demyth talks 21 Roman women with Dr. Emma Southon

Sep 7th, 2023 1h 14m

Dr. Emma Southon joins us to talk about her non-fiction book A History of the Roman Empire in 21 Women (or the US title A Rome of One's own - which is quite frankly a genius title). We chat about women in general, how important the Romans consi

DeMyth Turns the Page with Phoenicia Rogerson

Aug 31st, 2023 58m

Phoenicia Rogerson joins us in this episode to discuss all things HERC. From the loves of his life, to the twelve labours, to his reception in each place he visits, we get INTO IT. This is not the Disney version you are used to! It is a queer,

DeMythifying talks Greek Tragedy with Dr Lucy Jackson

Aug 24th, 2023 1h 39m

Today's episode sees Dr. Lucy Jackson teach things about Greek Tragedy to Lauren and Charlotte. We love some theatre at Demyth HQ and all things a little bit dramatic. As well as discussing general theatre and social context, we asked Lucy spe

DeMythifying X Tyler Miles Lockett

Aug 17th, 2023 54m 52s

If you love Greek Myths and you're all over Insta you've probably seen the work of todays guest. Charlotte and Lauren were thrilled to welcome on Tyler Miles Lockett to geek out about Greek Mythology, deep dive into some particular pieces that

DeMyth Turns the Page With Emily H Wilson

Aug 10th, 2023 1h 22m

Lauren and Charlotte travel back to ancient Sumer with Emily H Wilson in her debut novel "Inanna". A retelling about the first literary hero from the Epic of Gilgamesh who just happens to be a woman. In a civilisation that borders prehistory a

DeMyth Turns the Page with Elizabeth Fremantle

Aug 3rd, 2023 57m 44s

Lauren and Charlotte get Disobedient with Elizabeth Fremantle and AG . This retelling of one of the most important female painters possibly ever was one of their most anticipated reads and it DID NOT disappoint. Trigger Warning: the book is bas

DeMyth Turns the Page with Nicki Pau Preto

Jul 31st, 2023 1h 26m

This episode sees Nicki Pau Preto join us to talk all about her new novel Bonesmith. Follow Wren on a mission to rescue the -male- damsel in distress, with pitfalls, challenges and flirtation along the way! Lauren loved the world building and t

DeMyth Turns the Page with Megan Barnard

Jul 27th, 2023 1h 20m

Royal wedding? Check. Problematic women? Check. Super sexy love interest? Check. Megan Barnard's Jezebel ticks all our historical fiction boxes. Does Jezebel deserve her reputation as a slut, whore or witch? Megan discusses with us whether Jeze

DeMyth Turns The Page With Bea Fitzgerald

Jul 24th, 2023 1h 18m

This is going to be one hell of a podcast!Imagine a world where Persephone wasn't kidnapped... she jumped. Then imagine it's combined with a softboy Hades, kind of enemies to friends to lovers with marriage of convenience packaged in the most B

DeMyth Turns the Page with Katharine and Elizabeth Corr (again)

Jul 20th, 2023 1h 15m

Join us today as we welcome back Katharine and Elizabeth Corr. Picking up where we left off from Daughter of Darkness, we head on a second adventure with Deina in the sequel, Queen of Gods. We discuss hiding things in plain sight, feeling exclu

Episode XXIII - Helen with the Good Hair

Jul 13th, 2023 48m 17s

Better call Helen with the good hair. Join us for part two of our Helen trilogy. Following off from where we left her in our International Women's Day special, we discuss if Helen got to choose her husband, the oath of Tyndareus, Her appearance

DeMyth Turns the Page With Kathryn Foxfield

Jul 10th, 2023 1h

Lauren and Charlotte LOVE how good YA Thrillers are now. They also love an escape room so who better to talk to about their new book than Kathryn Foxfield? Saffron overshares with the AI at her work placement at a new high tech escape room faci

DTTP x Tom Roberts

Jul 6th, 2023 50m 13s

In this episode we fully judge books by their covers, with cover artist Tom Roberts joining us. To name a few books Tom has drawn for; Godkiller by Hannah Kaner, The Immortal Games by Annaliese Avery, Lore by Alex Bracken and The Book That Woul