Lesche: Ancient Greece, New Ideas

In Greek antiquity a lesche (λέσχη) was a spot to hang out and chat. Here Brown University professor Johanna Hanink hosts conversations with fellow Hellenists about their latest work in the field.

Podcasting since 2024 • 51 episodes

Lesche: Ancient Greece, New Ideas

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A Conversation with Nilo Otero, First Assistant Director on Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey

Nilo Otero joins me in the Lesche to discuss his work as First Assistant Director on Christopher Nolan's 2026 film The Odyssey. Works mentionedTranslations of The Odyssey by Richmond Lattimore, R...

August 26, 2026 • Season 3 • Episode 46 • 1:08:56

Migration and the Early Greek World

Naoise Mac Sweeney joins me in the Lesche to discuss her ERC-funded multi-year project "Migration and the Making of the Ancient Greek World" (MIGMAG). Read more about the project

July 01, 2026 • Season 2 • Episode 45 • 48:01

Dream Interpretation, from Homer to Aristotle

Mirjam E. Kotwick joins me in the Lesche to discuss her new book The Ancient Interpretation of Dreams: Early Greek Hermeneutics and Its Sources, which is hot off the (Princeton University) press.For more on Katerina Evangelatou'...

June 17, 2026 • Season 2 • Episode 44 • 51:43

Luck (and Lucklessness) in Ancient Greek Thought

Daniel Schillinger joins me in the Lesche to discuss his new book Luckless: The Idea of Luck in Ancient Greek Thought, which recently a...

June 03, 2026 • Season 2 • Episode 43 • 47:11

Stasis: Political Violence in Classical Greece

Scott Lawin Arcenas joins me in the Lesche to discuss his new book, Political Violence in Ancient Greece: Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches to Stasis, 500-301 BCE (Cambridge University Press 2026).Ancient texts (select)...

May 20, 2026 • Season 2 • Episode 42 • 55:05

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