Ep 72 - Orishas: Big Hero 7

We are back from a long hiatus with our first recently recorded episode in a long time! Today, we are talking about the Orishas of the Yoruba religion and tradition, as well as their ties to Santeria and other mythologies and religions in the Americas! We’ll dish the hot goss on the coolest spirits/deities/forces of nature in the Yoruba pantheon. And if you stick around to the end, we share a surprisingly relatable creation myth for anyone who’s ever had a bad boss or employee.

PodcastChristian MadonnaJuly 26, 2020Drunk Mythology, mythology, Podcast, Myth, comedy, Education, History, Culture, Orisha, Orisa, Yoruba, Africa, African Myth, West Africa, Nigeria, Togo, Benin, Ghana, Ewe, Fon, Santeria, Cuba, Brazil, Candomblé, Umbanda, Transatlantic, Religion, slavery, voodoo, hoodoo, Vodou, Vodun, Haiti, Louisiana, New Orleans, Kongo, Ori, Ori and the Blind Forest, Olodumare, Olorun, Olofi, Ometeotl, Aztec, Esu, Elegbara, Elegua, Eleggua, Elegba, Crossroads, Messenger, Messenger Gods, Tricksters, Keeper of the Keys, Hermes, Mercury, Odin, Native American, Coyote, St. Anthony of Padua, St. Peter, St, St. Michael, Infant of Prague, Papa Legba, Creole, Obatala, Orisa-nla, Orisanla, Creator, Judge, Sky-Father, All-Father, All-Mother, Osiris, Jesus, Lady of Mercy, Osun, Oshun, Sweetwater, Osun River, fertility, sex, sex goddess, honey, mead, Venus, Aphrodite, Freya, Ishtar, Ogun, Sacred Osun Grove, UNESCO, World Heritage Site, St. Virgin Mary, Yemoya, Yemaya, Yemoja, Motherhood, Ocean, Saltwater, mermaid, Moon, Frigg, Isis, Our Lady of Regla, La Regla De Ocha, Oya, Oyo, Yansa, rage, Mother of the Dead, storms, thunder, lightning, warrior god, River, Styx, Charon, Hel, Hades, Ereshkigal, Athena, Storm, St. Brigid, Shango, Kings, Magicians, War, Drums, Dance, Husband, Wife, Thor, Ares, Horus, Iron, Technology, sexy blacksmiths, forge, labor, St. George, Hephaestus, Pantheon, Papa Ogou, Creation, pigeon, five-toed hen, heavens, Earth, snail shell dirt, OverwatchComment

Ep 48 - Myth Love: Cupid and Psyche

It’s the tale as old as time, the beauty and the Greek. Love is blind for Psyche, who cannot look upon her new husband for some reason unbeknownst to Psyche but beknownst to us. One day her jealous sisters trick her into breaking this golden rule to look upon her husband and setting off a quest for some impossible tasks for Psyche to prove her love to the goddess of love herself, Venus.

Podcast, Myth LoveChristian MadonnaMarch 3, 2019Drunk, Mythology, Podcast, Comedy, Culture, Humor, Philosophy, Education, Religion, Myth, Legend, Greek, Roman, Antiquity, Metamorphoses, Platonicus, Venus, Love, Goddesses, Psyche, Cupid, Hephaestus, Vulcan, Oracle, Apollo, Zephyr, West Wind, Beauty and the Beast, Gods, Three Impossible Tasks, Golden Fleece, Styx, Seeds, Ants, Waterfall, Eagle, Proserpina, Charon, Barley Cakes, Cerberus, Jupiter, Ambrosia, Soul, Friendly animalsComment

Ep 47 - Myth Love: Orpheus and Eurydice

To Hell and Back Again, a Bards tale by Orpheus of Thrace. Orpheus would do anything for love, and he would do that. Go to hell with Orpheus in pursuit of his lost love, Eurydice. He’ll prove that true love and love songs conquer almost all, even death as he plays his lyre and sways the crowds including Pluto, Proserpina, Charon and Cerberus. And if that don’t touch your heart, then you might be a murder-lusting Maenad Bacchus groupie.

Podcast, Myth LoveChristian MadonnaFebruary 17, 2019Drunk, Mythology, Podcast, comedy, Humor, Philosophy, Religion, myth, Legend, storytelling, History, Greek, Greece, Antiquity, Ancient Greece, Roman, Rome, Ovid, Virgil, Apollonius, Rhodes, Jason, Argonaut, Orpheus, Music, Hermes, Lyre, Apollo, Muse, Calliope, Thrace, King Oeagrus, Siren, Eurydice, Love, Hades, Pluto, Persephone, Proserpina, Cerberus, Charon, Styx, Underworld, Underworld Goddesses, f Ixio, Ixion, Sisyphus, Tantalus, Furies, He, Hell, Bacchus, Dionysus, Hebrus, Mount OlympusComment

Ep 46 - Jason and the Argonauts: Medea's Argo-Naughty Bois

It’s part 2 of Jason and the Argonauty Bois’ (and Atalanta’s) epic quest to Kolchis to get the Golden Fleece to earn his kingdom from evil usurper Pelias. They’ll fight stone giants, dragons, Aeetes and fate! But they wouldn’t have gotten far without Medea, who does everything. Ask Euripides though, you better keep Medea on your side, Jason, cause she’ll mess you up and then peace out on her own dragon-pulled chariot!

PodcastKrista HunsickerFebruary 5, 2019Drunk Mythology, Podcast, storytelling, History, comedy, Philosophy, Antiquity, Ancient, Greece, Quest for the Golden Fleece, Golden, Fleece, Jason, Apollonius, Rhodes, Gaius, Flaccus, Valerius, Euripides, Athamas, Orchomenus, Nephele, Phrixus, Helle, Ino, Cadmus, Thebes, Hermes, Golden Ram, Hellespont, Dardanelles, Iolkos, Thessaly, Aison, Pelias, Mount Pelion, Cheiron, Chiron, Charon, Sandal, Hera, Hero, Journey, Epic, Avengers, Elixir, Valor, Hercules, Hylas, Boeotia, Orpheus, Thrace, Dioskouroi, Sparta, Pollux, Polydeuces, Castor, Trojan War, Peleus, Achilles, Boreas, Kalais, Zetes, Meleager, Kalydon, Atalanta, Demigod, Argo, Argos, Argus, Argonaut, Lemnos, Smash the Patriarchy, Hypsipyle, Mysians, water nymph, squire, Salmydessos, Prophet, Phineus, Harpies, Zeus, Hounds of Zeus, Aurora, Smashing rocks, Smashing Pumpkins, Prometheus, Giant, Gods, Titans, Goddesses, Athena, Medea, Tyler Perry, Lamb, Wine, Rosemary, Potatoes, Muppet Treasure Island, Sailing, BoatsComment

Ep 45 - Jason and the Argonauts: Avengers of Antiquity

ANTIQUITY AVENGERS ASSEMBLE! Strap on a single sandal and hop aboard the Argo cause we’re going on a quest for the Golden Fleece! We are setting sail for high jinks on the high seas with Jason and every hero in Ancient Greece! Old man Demigod Hercules will be there, as will Orpheus the master musician, Peleus (Achilles’s dad), the Boreas Bois (literal sons of the North Wind), Castor and Pollux, Meleager and Atalanta (Greece’s most famous lady hero)! Listen in to learn about the Golden Ram of Hermes, Jason’s quest for his inheritance, the ladies of Lemnos, and Zeus’s most petty revenge. Tune in for a smashing ending!

PodcastChristian MadonnaJanuary 20, 2019Drunk Mythology, Podcast, storytelling, History, comedy, Philosophy, Antiquity, Ancient, Greece, Quest for the Golden Fleece, Golden, Fleece, Jason, Apollonius, Rhodes, Gaius, Flaccus, Valerius, Euripides, Athamas, Orchomenus, Nephele, Phrixus, Helle, Ino, Cadmus, Thebes, Hermes, Golden Ram, Hellespont, Dardanelles, Iolkos, Thessaly, Aison, Pelias, Mount Pelion, Cheiron, Chiron, Charon, Sandal, Hera, Hero, Journey, Epic, Avengers, Elixir, Valor, Hercules, Hylas, Boeotia, Orpheus, Thrace, Dioskouroi, Sparta, Pollux, Polydeuces, Castor, Trojan War, Peleus, Achilles, Boreas, Kalais, Zetes, Meleager, Kalydon, Atalanta, Demigod, Argo, Argos, Argus, Argonaut, Lemnos, Smash the Patriarchy, Hypsipyle, Mysians, water nymph, squire, Salmydessos, Prophet, Phineus, Harpies, Zeus, Hounds of Zeus, Aurora, Smashing rocks, Smashing Pumpkins, Prometheus, Giant, Gods, Titans, Goddesses, Athena, Medea, Tyler Perry, Lamb, Wine, Rosemary, Potatoes, Muppet Treasure Island, Sailing, BoatsComment