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Oct 2021
23m 9s

S5E1 - Demeter and Persephone and Hades

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Oh Muses! In this episode we tell the tale of Demeter and her daughter Persephone. We encounter IRL kidnappings that are not romantic, fruits that are really berries, dial up, the king of the Underworld, and learning to make decisions for yourself. ---- This is the companion podcast to the Zeus the Mighty series, where Zeus the overconfident hamster and his ... Show More
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