RE-RELEASE: Hustlers, Harlots, Heroines: The Elite Courtesans Who Ruled Classical Athens
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! In our last few episodes on sex workers in ancient Greece, we tried to paint a picture of a group of women, in some cases, with more freedo...
25 Tammi 20241h 31min
RE-RELEASE: Dangers of the Symposium
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! The symposia--all-male drinking parties--were the playground and hunting ground of Athens' elite courtesans. But they had their dangers, to...
18 Tammi 202456min
RE-RELEASE: Rules of the Game: Sex Workers of Ancient Greece
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! The conventional wisdom is that sex workers in ancient Greece were divided into two main categories: pornai who were enslaved in brothels, ...
11 Tammi 20241h 3min
RE-RELEASE: Janus: God of the New Year
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! Janus is the two-faced god of the Roman pantheon. He was the god of beginnings and endings, of dual natures, of passageways and passage thr...
4 Tammi 202457min
End of Season 11 Announcement
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! It's the end of Season 11--and we had so much fun putting this season together! We've got some big changes in store for Season 12--tune in ...
28 Joulu 202321min
RE-RELEASE: Frau Holle: Wicked Woman of Yule
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! This year, we’ve found one of the most metal and wild Yuletide goddesses yet – Frau Holle. Human sacrifices, spindles in yer vag, plague, s...
26 Joulu 20231h 16min
St. Nicholas and the Christmas Cannibals
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! Ah, Christmas—it's a time of cheer, of gift-giving and generosity; and a time to eat yer babies. This year, we’re focusing on two different...
21 Joulu 20231h 19min
RE-RELEASE: You Don't Know Yule
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! What do you know about Yule? Maybe a lot. The holiday is widely celebrated in Scandinavian countries, and it's an important part of Wiccan ...
19 Joulu 20231h 25min
