She’s beauty, she’s grace, she’ll cut you in the face. Then behead you and wear it as a necklace. That’s right, we’re talking about Hindu goddess of badassery, Kali! We take tips on how to participate in divine dance battles, make clothing out of limbs, and be both feared and loved by the best damn battle goddess we know. Also featuring Amanda trying to list ... Show More
Jul 15
Yoruba Creation Story w/ Chinenye Egbuna Ikwuemesi
We are joined by storyteller, author, and researcher, Chinenye Egbuna Ikwuemesi to talk about African intellectual history, colonial historiography, and the Yoruba creation story. Learn how Obatala broke the world, and then brought it back together again and became the patron of ... Show More
1h 6m
Jul 8
Lost Daughter of Sparta w/ Felicia Day
We are joined by Felicia Day (!!!!!!!!) to talk about her newest graphic novel, Lost Daughter of Sparta, as well as Greek mythology, mythological retellings, and how these stories help us look at how modern society treats women.Content Warning: This episode contains conversations ... Show More
52m 28s
Mar 2025
Kali
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Hindu goddess Kali, often depicted as dark blue, fierce, defiant, revelling in her power, and holding in her four or more arms a curved sword and a severed head with a cup underneath to catch the blood. She may have her tongue out, to catch mor ... Show More
57m 41s
May 2022
Fierce and Feminine: Kali and Shakti
She wears a necklace of severed human heads with blood dripping from their necks. Her tongue is bright scarlet and sticking out. She carries a bloodied sword.Meet Kali, a Hindu goddess who is one embodiment of the Hindu principle called Shakti, meaning energy, power or force. Who ... Show More
28m 4s
Oct 2017
Mini Myth: Goddess Hecate, Work Thy Will!
Hecate, Queen Witch, goddess of witchcraft, magic, ghosts, and necromancy, she's the queen of Halloween! The origin of Hecate, the badass female who was about as powerful as they get. CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods ... Show More
8m 13s
Jun 2023
KALI MA: INTIMATE CONNECTION & SPIRITUAL INITIATION with Chandra
KALI MA: INTIMATE CONNECTION & SPIRITUAL INITIATION with Chandra: Rashani Chandranath Alexandre,
Ph.D., D.Min.
Founder & Executive Director SHARANYA / The Maa Batakali Cultural
Mission, Inc. Chandra
is adjunct research faculty at the
Institute of Transpersonal
Psychology and is V ... Show More
34m 41s
Mar 2023
RE-RELEASE: The Morrigan: Celtic Goddess of War
The Morrigan has many names: Badb, the scald-crow. Red-haired Macha. Nevin of the battle-frenzy. Fea; the deathly. Be Neit; the Woman of Battle. But first and foremost, the Morrigan was a goddess of war. And to understand her, you have to understand her battlefield. Join us as we ... Show More
1h 16m
Dec 2021
Conversations: Helen as the Beautiful Evil, the Kalon Kakon, w/ Alexia Burrows Charalambidou
Liv speaks with Alexia Burrows Charalambidou about the kalon kakon, the beautiful evil in mythological women like Pandora, Helen, Medea, and Circe. Follow Alexia on Twitter!CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or mon ... Show More
1h 17m
Nov 2024
Avadhuta Baba RETURNS - Shavasana Kaali, Fake Gurus, Witchcraft, Demonic Entities & More | TRS
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47m 39s