Big thank-you to Jay Henehan for inviting me over to his How to Kill a Sacred Cow podcast for a conversation about myth and meaning and several other subjects in between.
Above is the video of our discussion, which was recorded on 14 July 2021.
I hope you will enjoy the conversation. No violence to anyone, sacred cow or otherwise, was contemplated or discussed.
Jay really did his research prior to the show and had some excellent insights to offer and questions to ask -- and I really appreciated that some time prior to the show he mentioned that he wanted to zero-in on artwork found on ancient Greek pottery. As we were chatting just prior to the show itself, I learned that he had been an art student in Massachusetts and had focused some of his research on the spectacular artwork found on the Greek vases on display in the Museum of Fine Art in Boston, which is a museum that I love as well.
During our conversation, I posted a photo from my visit to the MFA (Boston Museum of Fine Art) from 2016, but incorrectly labeled it as being from 2017 (sorry about that!). Longtime readers of this blog will no doubt recognize the photograph and the famous bell-krater seen in the photo.
Here is another post showing another ancient Greek vase which I encountered on that 2016 trip (this one is labeled as a hydria in the museum). This one will go well with some of the art and stars that Jay and I explored in our conversation last week, although this particular hydria was not part of our discussion.
Please give Jay some positive feedback for a great show -- he was a very gracious host and I very much appreciated the opportunity to delve into some of these subjects with him and share them with you!
Thanks for watching and please feel free to share with anyone who would find these subjects to be of interest.