Episode 82

In this episode, the Sick Man returns to ancient Greece to tell the myth of Demeter and Persephone. On the surface, it’s a story about the changing seasons. Beneath that, it’s about the moments that divide life into before and after - the experiences that change how we move through the world, even when the world itself appears unchanged. Along the way, he explores grief, transformation, identity, and why some of the oldest stories ever told still understand us better than we understand ...