Guests

Mel MacCoubrey is a Canadian game developer. Trained and experienced in creative writing, improvisation, theater, and public speaking, she holds a Bachelor's Degree in English Literature and Drama from Bishop's University. In her spare time she likes to do mixed media arts and crafts, bake, read, an...

Emily Austin's first love is Homer, especially the Iliad. Her scholarship focuses on the interplay of language and meaning in the Homeric poems and Greek poetry more generally. Her recent book, Grief and the Hero: the Futility of Longing in the Iliad (Michigan 2021), explores the nexus of grief, lon...

Dr. Kara Cooney is a professor of Egyptian Art and Architecture and Chair of the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at UCLA. Cooney’s research in coffin reuse, primarily focusing on the 21st Dynasty, is ongoing. Her research investigates the socioeconomic and political turmoil that ha...

Natalie Haynes is a writer and broadcaster and – according to the Washington Post – a rock star mythologist. Her first novel, The Amber Fury, was published to great acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic, as was The Ancient Guide to Modern Life, her previous book. Her second novel, The Children of Jo...

Dr. Kathleen M. Lynch is Professor of Classics at the University of Cincinnati, where she teaches courses in Greek archaeology and mythology. Her research studies Greek ceramics from archaeological excavations, especially figure-decorated pottery made in Athens. Her book, The Symposium in Context: P...

Dr. Jeffrey Stevens is a professor of ancient history at the University of Missouri. Since 2008, he has served as the Assistant Field Director and Numismatist for the San Martino Archaeological Field School in Torano di Borgorose, Italy. His monograph, Servile Tradition and the Myth of Liberty in An...

Radcliffe Edmonds is the Paul Shorey Professor of Greek and Chair of the Department of Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies at Bryn Mawr College. His research interests focus on Greek social and intellectual history, with a particular focus of mythology, magic, religion, and Platonic philosophy. He h...

Dr. Young Richard Kim is associate professor and head of Classics and Mediterranean Studies, with an additional appointment in the Department of History. He is a scholar and teacher of the ancient Mediterranean world, with wide interests and specific expertise in Late Antiquity, Late Ancient Christi...

Megan Lewis has a B.A. from Birmingham University (UK) in Ancient History, an M.Phil. from the same in Assyriology, and an M.A. in Near Eastern Studies from the Johns Hopkins University. She attained ABD status in a Ph.D. program at The Johns Hopkins University, before deciding that her energies wou...

Dr. Andrew Reinhard studies the archaeology of digital things and spaces and coined the term “archaeogaming”, publishing the eponymous book in 2018. He is the Director of Publications for the American Numismatic Society and is also a Research Affiliate at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient W...

Alan Macniven is Senior Lecturer and Head of Scandinavian Studies at the University of Edinburgh - located at the heart of Scotland's capital city. He teaches on a range of courses covering the language, literature and culture of modern and medieval Scandinavia, with a particular emphasis on Sweden....

Michaela Jill Murphy (aka Jessie Flower) is an American actress, singer, and writer often known for her voice work as Toph Beifong in Nickelodeon’s Avatar: The Last Airbender, Chaca in Disney’s The Emperor’s New School, and many more. She grew up acting in Los Angeles, then went on to graduate with ...