Share your love of MythTake with some podcast merch! We now have t-shirts, stickers, magnets and more available on our TeePublic site ..read more

Hello friends, We’re moving our podcast feed from Podbean to Acast. You won’t notice a thing– all of our existing episodes will remain available through your favourite podcast listening app. Happy listening! Alison & Darrin ..read more

We at MythTake are deeply saddened to learn of the harm done to women by fellow podcaster Ryan Stitt. We are deeply sorry if our past collaborations with and support of The History of Ancient Greece (THOAG) have led to women being harmed. There is no room for harassment in Classics or podcasting. We have removed the crossover episode we released with THOAG from our feed and blog. We look forward to seeing new and diverse voices grow in our community and to helping elevate those voices where we can. Scholars who have lost their platform are encouraged to reach out to the many independent Classi ..read more

Episode 29 “From the Vault: Crossover” is no longer available ..read more

Source: https://readpassage.com/healthcare-workers-deserve-more-than-hero-memes/Episode 31: Heroes in the Time of COVID May 18, 2020 We’re baaack! We’ve been hearing a lot about heroes in the news lately and it’s got us thinking. The word’s being used to describe doctors, nurses, paramedics, delivery people, truck drivers, and grocery store workers– all the people who are keeping our society going through the COVID-19 pandemic. But what do we really mean when we call someone a hero? Do our heroes today resemble the heroes of myth? Or are we using the label “hero” to escape societal responsibil ..read more

Alison Innes, your MythTake cohost, will be talking about her podcasting experiences as part of her Social Media Coordinator work at Brock University on Wednesday, 11 March 2020.Once a fringe medium, podcasting has slowly and steadily grown to become mainstream. While big network names like I Heart Radio and Radiotopia are increasingly familiar to podcast listeners, there’s still room for the indie podcaster. Podcasts are in vogue and the listenership is growing; Apple has over half a million active podcasts in their listings as of 2020 and according to Nielson, over 16 million people in the ..read more