246-Slavic Legends: The Queen's Gambit

246-Slavic Legends: The Queen's Gambit

The legendary story of Olga of Kiev, a 10th century queen who's always four steps ahead of her enemies.

For the creature of the week, when you're the dogai, you always have a sleeping bag handy. Because they're your ears.

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7-Little Mermaid: Cry with the Saints

7-Little Mermaid: Cry with the Saints

The real story of the Little Mermaid is way more violent and grim than the Disney version, and does not have a happy ending. It's the story of a teenage mermaid who falls in love with a human and make...

2 Sep 201530min

6C-King Arthur: How I Met Your Mother

6C-King Arthur: How I Met Your Mother

Wrapping up this current run of King Arthur episodes, we find a kingdom in shambles. We'll see the final(ish..for now at least) battle between the Saxons and the Britons, and then the rule of King Art...

26 Aug 201534min

6B-Merlin: What’s Red, White, and Fighting All Over

6B-Merlin: What’s Red, White, and Fighting All Over

This is where we meet Merlin, a son of a demon who uses his evil powers for good. But he's not yet the bearded sorcerer we all kind of know and love. No, he first enters our story as a serious seven y...

19 Aug 201530min

6A-King Arthur Prologue: The Once and Really Only that One Time King

6A-King Arthur Prologue: The Once and Really Only that One Time King

The King Arthur legends don't actually start with Arthur, but with several years of war, intrigue, and betrayal among the Britons, and a slippery earl by the name of Vortigern not-so-subtly engineerin...

12 Aug 201531min

5B-Slavic Folklore: The First Horcrux

5B-Slavic Folklore: The First Horcrux

As it turns out, Koschei the Deathless is very, very hard to kill, a fact one could probably guess from his name. This episode explores his tragic origins, as well as the ludicrously complex way he's ...

5 Aug 201532min

5A-Slavic Folklore: Tried and Died

5A-Slavic Folklore: Tried and Died

In this story of a dangerous magician from Russian folklore, you'll learn that you should maybe believe your spouse if she says you definitely don't want to know what's behind that door in the dungeon...

29 Jul 201536min

4-Mulan: A Likely Hero

4-Mulan: A Likely Hero

The story of Mulan, the woman who took her aging father's place in the army, does not mean what you think it means. The original character is almost completely awesome and very different from many ret...

22 Jul 201527min

3E-Vikings: The Debt is Paid

3E-Vikings: The Debt is Paid

The final chapter of the Saga of the Volsungs follows Sigurd as he finds that navigating relationships with the in-laws is way, way more hazardous than fighting a dragon. He finds the famliy he never ...

15 Jul 201533min

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