This week, we are continuing our God of War lore series. We cover the events of God of War 2 and 3, breaking down Kratos' many journeys to the underworld and his unquenchable bloodlust for murdering every god, goddess, demigod, monster, and hero of the classical Greek tradition. Get ready for the ultimate showdown of ultimate destroying Olympus and find out what's in Pandora's box. Don't get your hopes up --- It's deicide.
Read MoreOn the high holiday, in honor of today's release of the latest entry in the God of War franchise, we are talking about Kratos, God of War and its connection to actual Greek mythology. In this first part of our two-part God of War Lore series, we take on the first God of War game and the beef between Kratos and Ares. We talk about how the Ghost of Sparta got his name, Pandora got her box, and Ares got his mustache!
Read MoreIt's Drunk Mythology Abridged! We're taking a little break this week because we got god shit to do. Please enjoy our vacation away message bonus in which we explain nothing about why we are so busy. Listen for updates and shameless plugs for sponsors, the Lizzie Mcguire movie, and listener love.
Read MoreThe Resplendent Quetzalcoatl bird is the word this week. Learn about the feathered serpent dragon-bird god who can do it all and did it all for the Mesoamerican societies before Hernan Cortes and Spain came to wreck shit. Featuring hot sauce and horrible pronunciations.
Read MoreContinuing our epic saga of the Journey to the West, we introduce our hero monk, all around good guy Tang Xuanzang, bestowed upon the heavenly quest to get Buddha's latest scrolls, the Tripitaka from the West and take them back East, to bring Buddhism and enlightenment to the land. He'll have help from epic guest stars like the Boddhisatvas Kuan Yin and Lingji, as well as the Gold Star of Venus. With his new quest, which is also now his title, Tripitaka will journey to the West through dangerous mountains and rivers together with his disciples who he must gather to join his Tripitaka Team: Pigsy, as Face. Tripitaka, as Hannibal. Sandy, as Mad Dog Murdock. And Sun Wukong as B.A. Barracas. And featuring: Dragon, as Horse.
Read MoreHappy Year of the Dog! To celebrate we are journeying to the East, to bring to you the Journey to the West! We start this epic saga like the Chinese myth itself, with the Stone Monkey, the Handsome Monkey King, the Demon Monkey King, the Keeper of the Heavenly Horses, the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, the... You get it. Sun Wukong, he who is awakened to emptiness and immortal AF. He will defy the Jade Emperor, Dragons, Heaven and Hell, Lao Tzu, the enlightened Gautama Buddha himself, and he'll even duke it out with the lead singer of Third Eye Blind, Erlang Shen!
Listening, subscribing, and giving us them good, good Apple Podcast ratings will grant you one ticket to Immortalfest 2018! Coming soon to the heavens near you!
Read MoreThe Baba Yaga is the OG Queen Bee of bad witches! 1 Part Fairy Godmother, 1 Part Boogeyman, add in a dash of Russian folklore and boom, you've got a recipe for the arch-crone herself and the topic of this week's episode!
Find out all about her, her badass house, her badass servants, her badass self, and her badass exploits as we tell how this Fairy Boogeyman helps Vasilisa the beautiful in a Russian Cinderella story.
Read MoreSay Здравствуйте to 2018 with this hero's journey into new mythological territory! Russia and Slavic traditional folklore! We are branching out with the tale of badass lady queen general Maria Morevna and her husband Ivan the dimwitted matchmaker prince! In the second half of our story, Ivan has gone after his wife Maria who has been stolen away by Koschei the Deathless. After stealing Maria away three times and failing, our naive and trusting hero ventures to the Baba Yaga to get himself a brand new horse!
This episode is brought to you by the number 3! The tale begins and ends with three, three sisters and three soon to be bird-person brother-in-laws, and many, many, many more threes!
Read MoreSay Здравствуйте to 2018 with this hero's journey into new mythological territory! Russia and Slavic traditional folklore! We are branching out with the tale of badass lady queen general Maria Morevna and her husband Ivan the dimwitted matchmaker prince! In a tale of, "hey, listen to what your wife tells you," Ivan unleashes the dreaded Koschei the deathless and starts his adventure with a little help from his bird-in-laws.
This episode is brought to you by the number 3! The tale begins and ends with three, three sisters and three soon to be bird-person brother-in-laws, and many, many, many more threes!
Read MoreYou better watch out! Belsnickel and the Gryla Killa are coming to town this holiday season! Listen closely for the sounds of switches whipping and drunk fur pelt-wearing Santa contenders! We hope you have received your obligatory gift clothes and haven't been taken away in Gryla's sack! If you thought Gryla was bad then wait until you meet her spawn -- the Yule Lads! Thirteen days of thirteen awful monsters breaking into your house and mildly inconveniencing you and your family for the Icelandic Yuletide Christmas.
Celebrate 2018 by listening to us, reminding you that we all just barely made it through 2017 and that Krampus is still out there!
Read MoreHide yo presents, hide yo kids, hide for your life because it's Krampus Day! He is coming for you, Barbara! And who's that behind him? Look there, chiiilllldren! Here comes La Befana riding in on her broom! Better leave out some sausage, broccoli, and wine for the Italian Christmas Witch!
Read MoreYule want to listen to this episode and our whole Holiday party pack of episodes coming to you in the month of December! It's Yuletide and Saturnalia all in one this week. We hope you are ready to lose your togas and don your pileus caps! Gather your wine and your wassail, take a seat and light the log and party for at least a week to celebrate Saturn and the Golden Age of Man in our favorite Roman Holiday, Saturnalia!
We're not limiting this celebration just to Classical Rome. No sir! It's not a Yuletide party until you've ridden your Sleipnir with Odin all the way up and down the heims for a raucous season of the hunt.
Read MoreJealousy, betrayal, shapeshifting old women, and death! this week we've got it all when a death in the family sets off a chain reaction for doomsday in a "you're probably wondering how I got here" moment."
This week we wrap up Norse November thinking about all the Ragnarok and Vikings in our lives. Remember this Thanksgiving that even though you may have to spend it with your distant relatives, at least you don't have an uncle Loki plotting to kill you and set off the apocalypse.
Read MoreThis is big! This is the end of the world as Snorri Sturluson knows it! Just in time for Marvel's new Thor Ragnorak movie, we have our own Ragnarok world-changing event with our first guest ever, Brian James, author of the new novel Mjolnir and all-around great guy and knower of Norse things.
It's the end of the line for Odin, Thor, Loki, and the rest of Asgard and all the gards as we know them! You'll hear the real deets on what happens when Surtr and the gang say hi for one last ultimate showdown of ultimate destiny!
Read MoreA tale of two monsters: one cuddly seal sea spouse, the other a deadly danger horse. Don't go back into the water. It may be a wife or death situation. We’re talking about selkie smooth and kelpie killers.
Read MoreSaddle up for a spooky special starring the Tex Mex Food! It's El Chalupa, El Chimichanga, El Chupacabra! The goat blood drinking beast that Christian does not believe in. Hear him rant to debunk it as Krista tries to host a podcast.
Read MoreWe put the CAN in CANNIBAL in this feast of frights featuring fantastically ferocious feral flesh-eating foodies.
Read MoreIt's a wolf, it's a man- it's a WOLFMAN! Werewolves? Therewolves, here in the second part of our four-part Monster Mashup! Coming in from the first annals of nightmares and storytelling, get ready to learn something, fool.
Read MoreKarma, karma, karma, chimerachameleon!
It's a monster mashin' conspiracy this October, folks. We got episodes coming out every week this month full of the monsters that have been inhabiting our myths and nightmares for millennia, starting with that dang ol' nightmare-fueling chimera!
Read MoreIt all started on Thor's day. Thor faces his greatest challenge: a battle of wits. Listen to how Thor's greatest humiliation came in the form of failing to lift a cat, being beaten by an old grandma giant, and perhaps worst of all, failing to finish his mead.
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