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The Aphrodite Project
by Ancient myths, modern relationships.
The goddess of love, lust, and femininity herself is accidentally invoked by a disillusioned radio host, someone who’s fed up with her own dating disasters. Determined to “fix” modern dating, Aphrodite sets out to create a crash course on love and relationships. After all, she’s the goddess of love. She must know everything about it, right? pulsefm.substack.com
Episodes
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Episode 10: Not an Archetype
A rainy night, a space exhibit, and a man with kind eyes. Aphrodite watches from the sidelines as Poet takes the lead, tentatively, rebelliously. This episode asks: What if love doesn't need to burn to be real? What if the most radical thing is being present without performance? Performers:...
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Episode 9: The "Soulmate"
Old memories, a city washed in artificial light, and a goddess trying to make sense of a familiar emptiness. Aphrodite rewrites her rules. Poet considers breaking them. This episode examines what happens when myth collapses into memory. If the divine isn’t different from the mortal, was it ever...
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Episode 8: Emotional Turbulence Imminent
A red-eye flight, a closed window, a goddess unraveling mid-monologue. Aphrodite says it’s time to take control of her myth. The Poet tries to follow along—until a stranger asks to see the sunrise. This episode traces the fine line between authorship and avoidance. When the story doesn’t fit...
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Episode 7: Modern Love Myths
A canceled date, a fake talk show, a third tenet of love announced to an imaginary crowd. Aphrodite says it’s better this way; more time for analysis, for theory, for myths. The Poet isn’t so sure. This episode explores what happens when performance becomes protection, and when explaining love is...
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Episode 6: The Last Archetype
A bar, a cowboy hat, a defected peephole that reveals too much. Aphrodite insists she's fine; it's just another lesson, another archetype to catalog. The Poet sees something different. This episode explores the blurred line between pursuit and pressure, and examines what happens when the lessons…
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Episode 5: The Soulmate, Revisited
In this episode, Ares is back from Mount Olympus. There’s dinner, a bridge, a bedroom. Aphrodite insists this is what love looks like. The Poet takes notes. This chapter revisits the first archetype; now with new context, new promises, and a constellation drawn in permanent marker. This episode...
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Episode 4: The Third Archetype
In this episode, Aphrodite introduces her third archetype: Nerites, a former lover known for his beauty, distance, and refusal to follow her onto land. In the present day, he’s “Nick,” a charming but emotionally removed man who avoids intimacy under the guise of freedom. Set at the Met Cloisters...
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Episode 3: The Second Archetype
Pulse.FM's The Aphrodite Project - Episode 3: The Second Archetype Aphrodite introduces her second love archetype: Hephaestus, the divine craftsman and ex-husband, reborn as "Harry" with premium tastes and a suspiciously perfect hairline. During a rainy Manhattan evening of fine dining and hotel...
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Episode 2: The First Archetype
Pulse.FM's The Aphrodite Project - Episode 2: The First Archetype When a radio host's dating life hits rock bottom, her frustrated on-air invocation gets an unexpected answer. Aphrodite, the goddess of love herself, arrives with a proposition: let her use your body for dating, and she'll teach…
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Episode 1: The Invocation
Pulse.FM's The Aphrodite Project - Episode 1: The Invocation When a radio host's dating life hits rock bottom, her frustrated on-air invocation gets an unexpected answer. Aphrodite, the goddess of love herself, arrives with a proposition: let her use your body for dating, and she'll teach you…
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The goddess of love, lust, and femininity herself is accidentally invoked by a disillusioned radio host, someone who’s fed up with her own dating disasters. Determined to “fix” modern dating, Aphrodite sets out to create a crash course on love and relationships. After all, she’s the goddess of love. She must know everything about it, right?
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