S1E21: Poetry Translation - Guest Interview with Chuck Sebian-Lander
Episode 21 is our first guest interview. Our good friend Chuck Sebian-Lander is a poet, Master of Fine Arts, and published poetry translator. He helps us understand how poetry and the English language...
3 Juni 20221h
S1E20: On Fate (Grimnismal Part 3)
This week it is David's turn to do a short solo episode. I am reading a blog post I wrote on the topic of Fate versus Free Will, as it relates to the poem Grimnismal. I connect ideas of Stoic and othe...
27 Maj 202214min
S1E19: Grímnismál (Part 2)
This week is part 2 of our episode on the Poetic Edda poem, Grímnismál . This week we discuss stanzas 21-54 of the poem, and how often Odin seems to take a brake in delivering his cosmic lore in order...
20 Maj 202253min
S1E18: The "Historical" Sons of Odin
In this episode, Shawn discusses the Prologue of "The Prose Edda", and supposed historical family line of Odin, and their similarities with the fiction stories, "The Saga of the Volsungs", "The Saga o...
15 Maj 202220min
S1E17: Grímnismál (Part 1)
This week is part 1 of our episode on the Poetic Edda poem, Grímnismál . We discuss the prologue, featuring two princes, Agnar and Geirroth. Agnar gains the favor of the goddess Frigg and Geirroth is ...
6 Maj 202245min
S1E16: Thor Travels to Geirrod's Court
In Episode 16 we discuss Thor's journey to Geirrod's Court. Thor once again bailing Loki out of situations where Loki's mouth starts something he can't finish. Shawn and David explore the symbols pres...
29 Apr 202258min
S1E15: Thor Tricks a Dwarf
In this episode, we discuss the poem, Alvíssmál, which is a story of how an ugly dwarf named Alviss enters Thor's hall to make the claim that Thor's daughter had agreed to marry him. Thor thinks the d...
22 Apr 202256min
S1E14: Thor, The Bride to Be
In this episode, we discuss the story of how Thor gets his hammer stolen and how the Aesir's plan to retrieve it results in Thor marrying the giant, Thrym. As told in the Poetic Edda poem, Thrymskviða...
15 Apr 202247min
