The Twelfth Labor of Heracles, or Why Hera and Hades Are At Odds

The Twelfth Labor of Heracles, or Why Hera and Hades Are At Odds

Send over your dead SMS messages. Greetings, listeners! Today, we travel back in time to a time when ancient Greece was in its prime, and heroes walked among us. We learn about Heracles, the hero who was tasked with performing twelve Labors to atone for slaying his family in an induced fit of madness. The final Labor, as you will see, involved the Underworld, because Hera was trying to get rid of Heracles. Hades wasn't having any of it, hence the silence between these two deities and Hera's a...

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Hollow Peace

Hollow Peace

Send over your dead SMS messages. Greetings, listeners. It's been some time since we've convened on this feed. The production of that Jewish folktale we had intended to produce has been difficult. The...

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Selling the Underworld, Part 3.1 - Riding to the Styx, Little Red Riding Hood

Selling the Underworld, Part 3.1 - Riding to the Styx, Little Red Riding Hood

Send over your dead SMS messages. Greetings, listeners! Just when I thought we'd be getting back to the serious business of telling some real folklore, Mr. President made it very clear he wouldn't be ...

20 Sep 20254min

Letter of Atonement

Letter of Atonement

Send over your dead SMS messages. Greetings listeners, this podcast has been quiet in the last few months, and I finally have understood why. Quiet doesn't mean death; quiet is a time of reflection an...

8 Aug 20258min

Selling the Underworld, Part II: Hades's Musical Counterpoint

Selling the Underworld, Part II: Hades's Musical Counterpoint

Send over your dead SMS messages. Greetings, listeners! In this musical counterpoint, I sing a song that Mr. President will never hear. You see, my singing might scare him off, and I can't do that. No...

9 Jun 20252min

Selling the Underworld, Part II

Selling the Underworld, Part II

Send over your dead SMS messages. Greetings, listeners! In this installment of our satirical skit, Mr. President stands outside of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, waiting for Aidoneus to pick him up in that...

6 Jun 20254min

Selling the Underworld, Part I

Selling the Underworld, Part I

Send over your dead SMS messages. Greetings listeners, after silently watching the world burn for the past month, mustering up enough resolve to write has been ... difficult. Indeed, one wonders if ru...

16 Mai 20253min

Lore By the Lethe; Hypnos's Reluctant Sleep Stories - Visiting The Mythological Aquarium

Lore By the Lethe; Hypnos's Reluctant Sleep Stories - Visiting The Mythological Aquarium

Send over your dead SMS messages. Greetings, listeners! After a long hiatus as we figured out our priorities and reconnected with our creativity, we decided to energize this feed with something lighth...

9 Apr 202512min

Forging Ahead: Changes To The Podcast's Tech and a Thank-You

Forging Ahead: Changes To The Podcast's Tech and a Thank-You

Send over your dead SMS messages. Greetings, listeners. This is just a quick update regarding the podcast's direction. I'll be moving away from ElevenLabs due to some decisions they've made that go ag...

6 Apr 202513min

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