Corrections: Part I
Sometimes I make mistakes. We're all learning together from the experts here. This is a mini-episode addressing two mistakes I made in previous episodes that have been bothering me recently, and that ...
3 Jan 20234min
Episode 23 - It's the End of the World As We Know It
The moment has finally arrived! The doom of the gods (or is it, fate of the gods? ...or twilight of the gods?) is upon us! Listen as your dedicated host tirelessly strings together a narrative crafted...
21 Dec 202244min
Episode 22 - Crime and Envy Part II: Loki Yees His Last Haw
Previously, Loki took it upon himself to orchestrate the murder of the gods' golden boy, Baldr. In this episode, Loki's actions finally come back to haunt him as the gods exact their revenge. We'll di...
3 Dec 202231min
Episode 21 - Crime and Envy Part I: Baldr's Death
In this episode, the most beloved of all the gods suffers a tragic death as the result of what appears to be another god's jealous rage. This story has everything: murder, zombies, flaming dwarves, an...
22 Nov 202229min
Episode 20 - The Worst Love Story Ever
Today we dive into the god Freyr's most famous mistake: the time he traded his magic sword for the favor of a woman and, in so doing, sealed his fate in the coming battle of Ragnarök. We'll learn a li...
7 Nov 202231min
Episode 19 - The Goddesses Time Forgot
Our sources for Norse mythology are pretty male-centric. But even so, when we tally up the names of all the gods we have vs. all the goddesses, it turns out we actually have a lot more goddess names t...
23 Okt 202228min
Episode 18 - Fishing For a Monster
We've paid a lot of lip service to the idea of variation in myth, but in this episode we'll dig into a prime example as we have two full versions of the story where Thor goes fishing surviving from Ic...
16 Okt 202229min
Episode 17 - Finally, Some Real Giant Giants
Our story today is a big one, just like the jǫtnar it features, so we'll spend a lot more time story telling and a lot less time interjecting theories from scholars. But, not to worry. You'll finally ...
9 Okt 202229min
