Why the Dwarves Owe Their Lives to the Corpse of Ymir
Inside the cooling flesh of the first giant, something moves. Tonight the question is where the dwarves came from and what it truly cost the gods to carry the weapons the dwarves forged for them. The ...
10 Nov 30min
Why Every Poem Begins With Kvasir and a Jar of Blood
Every poem ever made may trace back to a single act of violence and a jar of blood sealed inside a mountain. Tonight the question is how a drink brewed from murder became the source of every word a po...
10 Nov 21min
The Day Thor Woke Up and His Hammer Was Gone
The strongest god in the nine worlds wakes before dawn and reaches for his hammer, and his hand closes on nothing. Tonight the question is how a god recovers the weapon that keeps the worlds safe when...
6 Nov 32min
Why the Aesir and the Vanir Went to War
Two armies of gods face each other across open ground, and neither one can win. Tonight the question is what the gods had to lose before they could make peace with each other. The story comes from the...
3 Nov 33min
Why Dagny's Raven Screamed the Night the Hrimhorn Vanished
Apprentice völva Dagný has nine days to recover a stolen rune-carved horn before the first frost of Fimbulwinter seals the Nine Worlds apart forever - but the man who took it is not a villain she can ...
3 Nov 23min
Why Odin Drove a Sword Into the Oak of the Volsungs
An old man in a wide hat drives a sword into the living oak at the center of a wedding feast and walks back into the dark without a word. Tonight the question is why a blade left by a stranger becomes...
30 Okt 33min
Why Eidvatn Lake Rose to Steal Darlene's Bone Vessel
A völva has nine days to reclaim a stolen fragment of primordial ice before the first frost seals the boundary between worlds-but the price of saving everything may be the most private word she owns.T...
30 Okt 26min
