6. Cassandra - Everything Must Be Said Again

*** SUPPORT SEASON 2 OF PODYSSEY ON KO-FI.COM/PODYSSEY *** The
myths, tales, and concepts of ancient Greece echo and reach into
every aspect of modern life. Often misunderstood, frequently
romanticised, and sometimes deliberately twisted - to understand
their origins and truth is to get a real glimpse into the universal
themes that connect us to the past and each other. Welcome to
Podyssey with Alex Andreou. Each week we will take one myth, one
concept, person, place, or theme from Ancient Greece, take it
apart, figure out its inner workings, trace its influence, juice it
for its wisdom, reimagine, update and put it back together - all
shiny and new!  …  There is an elegant symmetry to
Cassandra being misunderstood - still, millennia later - as a
symbol for pessimism. A prophet of doom. But that wasn’t her curse
at all. Her curse was to have true insight and yet be unable to get
those around her to listen. And is the reason we prioritise some
voices over others not the central, existential question at a time
when real knowledge struggles to make itself heard over a chorus of
populism? What wooden horses have we let through our cities’ gates?
Written and presented by Alex Andreou Expert contributions by
Alexandra Angeletaki-Røe, Debbie Challis, Linda Marric, and Dr Ruth
Smith Exec. Producers Naomi Smith & Kenny Campbell Music by
Marianna Sangita Artwork by Simona Kanellou For Cooler Heads, in
collaboration with Sandstone Global NOTES MUSIC  Oluf Dimitri
Røe: “Fajum” ON YOUTUBE  Aldo Ciccolini: Erik Satie
“Gnossiennes No.1 FROM ARCHIVE Lulu Belle: “Never take ‘no’ for an
answer” FROM ARCHIVE  ON ft Marianna Sangita: “Et Glimt” ON
YOUTUBE     Risë Stevens: Bizet; Carmen “Card Scene”
FROM ARCHIVE  Betty Lou Allen: J.S.C. Bach; Cassandra Cantata
FROM ARCHIVE Fedora Barbieri: Verdi; Un Ballo in Maschera “Re
dell’abisso” FROM ARCHIVE  Marisa Ferrer & Charles Cambon:
Berlioz; Les Troyens "Reviens a toi, vierge adorée” FROM
ARCHIVE  Anna Maria Alberghetti: “They didn’t believe me” FROM
ARCHIVE  FILM Helen of Troy 1956
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