Live From Mount Olympus | <br> Persephone
When a young goddess strikes out on her own for the first time, she is pulled into a terrifying journey and must find her own power in the darkness. Her mother fights to get her back—and the fate of all humanity lies in the balance.
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Young Persephone longs for the chance to do more than paint the flowers as she trails behind her mother, Demeter, the goddess who makes everything grow. When Persephone breaks free to join her friends Artemis and Athena for a picnic, she is suddenly stolen away to the underworld, full of powerful gods and misunderstood monsters. On her own for the first time, Persephone struggles to find her way in the world below. Demeter tears apart the world above to bring her daughter back to the sunlight, and nothing grows. And when nothing grows, humans starve. Will the gods resolve their conflicts so humanity can survive?
This richly imagined audio drama is produced by the Onassis Foundation, co-produced by the Brooklyn theater ensemble The TEAM, and distributed by PRX. Peabody Award-winning showrunner Julie Burstein created the series, which is directed by Tony Award-winner Rachel Chavkin("Lempika," "Hadestown"), Zhailon Levingston (“Tina: The Tina Turner Musical,” "Chicken and Biscuits"), and Keenan Tyler Oliphant(“Hadestown,” “The Broken Ear Setlist”). Tony and Grammy winner André De Shields is Hermes, host of this “GodsPod” filled with tales of monsters, gods, and heroes.
Season 2
In Season 2 “Demeter and Persephone” (2022), the young goddess Persephone is eager to strike out on her own for the first time but is quickly pulled into the underworld and must find her power in the darkness. Her mother, Demeter, fights to bring her back to the sunlight, and nothing can grow. Can the Olympians stop fighting before humanity starves?
“Live from Mount Olympus” is presented by PRX.
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Persephone 1: You don’t trust me to strike out on my own!
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Persephone 2: Where is my daughter?
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Persephone 3: Are you kidnapping me?
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Persephone 4: We thought you were just some regular old lady!
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Persephone 5: Lean into the darkness
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Persephone 6: We are all hungry
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Persephone 7: All our fates are tied together
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Persephone 8: Are you ready to live in both worlds?
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Persephone 9: Six pomegranate seeds
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Persephone 10: When you return, everything will bloom again
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Persephone 1: You don’t trust me to strike out on my own!
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Persephone 4: We thought you were just some regular old lady!
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Persephone 7: All our fates are tied together
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Persephone 10: When you return, everything will bloom again
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Credits
Distributed by PRX
Executive Producer: Karen Brooks Hopkins
Creator & Showrunner: Julie Burstein
Co-Directors: Rachel Chavkin, Zhailon Levingston, Keenan Tyler Oliphant
Team's Producing Director: Alexandra Lalonde
Team's Producing Manager: Laura Elliot
Casting support: Melissa Friedman
Writer: Nathan Yungerberg
Audio Producer: John Melillo
Editor: Yonatan Rekem
Music Composition: Magdalini Giannikou
Music performed by: Banda Magda
Music Editing: Luca Bordonaro
Illustrator: Jason Adam Katzenstein
Humor Consultant: Jason Adam Katzenstein
Creative advisors: Dr. Janet Handler Burstein, Dr. Michael Cohen, Crystal Bobb-Semple, Effie Tsiotsiou
Press: Blake Zidell
Graphic Design: Onassis Creative Studio
Marketing & Social Media: Karina Grudnikov and Caroline English
Onassis USA Program Director: Mickael Kendrick
Onassis USA Production Assistance: Tessa Zitter
Actors: Kayla Bennett, Eric Berryman, Vinie Burrows, Jaaliyah Casey, Divine Garland, Mari Harris, Joanne Hernandez, Modesto "Flako" Jimenez, Libby King, Ian Lassiter, Zhailon Levingston, Christina Liberus, Kimberly Marable, Jake Margolin, James Harrison Monaco, Kristen Sieh, Nidra Sous La Terre, Eirene Tuakora, and Ching Valdes-Aran, André De Shields.
Guest performers: Anna Kendrick, Isabella Rossellini
Special thanks to Andrienne Hopkins, Caroline Hopkins, Natalie Hopkins, and to Calvin Samuel Blanc, Sam Chavrichs.
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