Episode 25a - The Saga of Ref the Sly (Summary)
Saga Thing returns with the wild adventures of Ref the Sly. Follow us as we track this wily character as he travels all throughout medieval Scandinavia leaving piles of wood shavings and bodies in his...
16 Maalis 20181h 55min
Saga Brief 12 - Catching Up with Saga Thing (Now With a Listener Contest!)
John and Andy return from a short break to update listeners on all the stuff that's been happening, what we've got planned for the immediate future, and to kick off the Saga Thing listener promotion c...
9 Maalis 201819min
Saga Brief 11 - The Lesser Ragnarssons
Before we get back to the sagas of the Icelanders, we're pausing once again to provide you with some of the more interesting history and stories behind the History Channel's Vikings. We've got two len...
16 Tammi 20181h 45min
Saga Brief 10 - "Female Viking Warrior" Interview with Charlotte Hedenstierna-Jonson
Dr. Charlotte Hedenstierna-Jonson is a researcher in the department of Archaeology and Ancient History at Uppsala University in Sweden. You might recognize her name as the lead author of the recent ar...
1 Joulu 20171h 6min
Saga Brief 9 - Thor: The Intersection of Viking Mythology and Popular Culture (Live)
In this Saga Brief, John and Andy visit Seminole State College to talk about Thor in all his incarnations, from the Proto-Germanic god of thunder to the hammer throwing stud of the Marvel Comic Univer...
17 Marras 20171h 11min
Episode 24b - Second Quarter Court Results
The Second Quarter of our Saga Thing comes to a close with the results episode. In this special episode, John and Andy review your choices for Best Bloodshed, Nicknames, Notable Witticisms, Outlawry, ...
16 Loka 20171h 14min
Saga Shorts 2 - The Tale of Thorstein Bull's-leg
For our second episode of Saga Shorts, we've chosen the brilliant "Tale of Thorstein Bull's-leg" (Þorsteins Þáttr uxafóts). As one of the longer þættir, this one defies categorization. It tells the s...
5 Loka 20171h 19min
Episode 24 - The Second Quarter Court
From 2015-2017 we covered a grand total of 10 sagas. You listened. You laughed. You cried. And when each saga was finished, you heard John and Andy pass judgment on the characters and their action...
8 Syys 20171h 32min
