”The most hateful grief of all human griefs is to have knowledge of the truth but no power over events.” (Herodotus) You have no idea the places we will travel with this one!
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An interesting way to spend a hot Sunday afternoon. Thank you. I always felt desperately sorry for Cassandra.
may 11, 2025, 5:34 pm • 1 0 • view
Rightly so.
may 11, 2025, 6:02 pm • 1 0 • view
I’ve been looking forward to Cassandra’s episode! 🤩
may 10, 2025, 3:17 pm • 2 0 • view
It's the sense of being trapped on a train headed over a bridgeless canyon... That's what I find so soul destroying.
may 13, 2025, 7:00 am • 0 0 • view
Oh brilliant! Can't wait to walk and listen 🫶🏻
may 10, 2025, 7:15 am • 2 0 • view
As Mark Twain noted ‘a pessimist is a well-informed optimist’
may 11, 2025, 7:59 pm • 1 0 • view
Really interesting discussion, although it shouldn’t surprise you that women don’t believe Cassandra either, as women are just as exposed to the societal norms of believing men over women as men are. Say, being female doesn’t immunise you to misogyny.
may 11, 2025, 8:37 pm • 2 0 • view
*Sadly
may 11, 2025, 9:22 pm • 0 0 • view
Again Alex, you've triggered me with this one!
may 13, 2025, 12:08 pm • 2 0 • view
Reward of a third listen: J C F Bach's extraordinary La Voce di Cassandra. Never heard it before. So 20th century, fractured accompaniment and the voice of a woman being shaken by what she alone can see. Music suited to 'Apollo, God of access, my ruin! What have you let me in for?' Thank you, AA.
may 18, 2025, 12:08 pm • 1 0 • view
Alex! Honestly. This ep has made me sound much smarter than I am lol. I’m bringing Cassandra up in so many conversations this week - gaslighting, silencing… she’s everywhere! Thank you, adore and appreciate you
may 12, 2025, 12:44 pm • 2 0 • view
My pleasure! Thank you for listening. x
may 12, 2025, 1:17 pm • 0 0 • view
Really enjoying this series. Thanks 🙏
may 10, 2025, 11:22 am • 1 0 • view
Also, contains - hands down - the worst, vilest, most shiver-inducing song you have ever heard. By Lulu Belle in 1939.
may 10, 2025, 6:30 am • 22 0 • view
Thanks for the warning!
may 10, 2025, 6:46 am • 1 0 • view
I am excited to see as I've felt like I've been living in this space for years, having a background in human rights law and a passing interest in politics. It will be wonderful to go somewhere new with it :)
may 24, 2025, 7:41 pm • 1 0 • view
I'd love your reaction after you listen. x
may 24, 2025, 7:42 pm • 1 0 • view
So much to enjoy(!) Exploring the impact of gender on credibility was very enjoyable and thought-provoking. I can relate a little to being dismissed as hysterical as a gay man (bloody patriarchy). But it was an outward looking experience for the most part. And just fab. Thank you!
may 24, 2025, 10:02 pm • 1 0 • view
I can relate to that. "You're so dramatic."
may 24, 2025, 11:21 pm • 1 0 • view
I still haven't had a quiet moment to listen to this in full. Child moving to Hamburg and other stressful things. Something is definitely missing in my life until I have heard Cassandra. How can I help to sponsor a second series with my meager means Alex?
may 20, 2025, 3:24 pm • 1 0 • view
This is so fundamental to the problems of our time: ”The most hateful grief of all human griefs is to have knowledge of the truth but no power over events.” This is how people lower down the social ladder experience reality. They are disenfranchised. They see nobody has a clue, and are powerless.
may 10, 2025, 7:37 am • 3 1 • view
may 10, 2025, 10:41 am • 4 1 • view
Now that's an appropriate quote for these times
may 10, 2025, 6:27 am • 4 0 • view
Sorry if you've already addressed this, but where has episode one gone from Spotify? I have a trip to IKEA Málaga today; this was really going to take the sting out of that and it's gone...
may 27, 2025, 8:24 am • 2 0 • view
I took it temporarily off to sort out a volume issue and it has refused to reappear. Have tried to sort out, but they're useless. It's on every other carrier. Can you use a different one? x
may 27, 2025, 8:44 am • 0 0 • view
If its elsewhere I'm sure I'll find it. Thanks loads and big love for QR 🙏
may 27, 2025, 8:52 am • 1 0 • view