Aug 27
416: Hans Christian Andersen: Humbugs
🪲They're not so different🪲 One is the king of the world, and the other is a beetle. One wants to fight God, the other wants to wear golden horse shoes. When it comes to being completely arrogant and insufferable, though, they have more in common than you might think. It's two f ... Show More
44m 13s
Aug 13
415: Aesop's Fables: Bray it Ain't So
🫏One little rent-a-donkey, one big journey🫏 Actually he's a full-grown rental donkey but the journey is a big one because, when you're a poorly treated rental donkey and you have a chance to escape, you take it. Then, spend the rest of the time trying to get back to captivity b ... Show More
52m 46s
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
Dec 2021
Episode CLXXVIII - Witches in Roman Literature
Romans had the reality of witches, those who made the brews and prepared the curses, but also the witches of fiction. In their poems and stories, a witch took on a horrific persona, one that skews much more closely to the modern idea of a witch. Guest: Associate Professor Rhianno ... Show More
43m 45s
Oct 2022
57: The Witches are Coming - Hide Your Broom, Hide Your Goats
Welcome to the Dark History podcast. It’s spooky season babbyyy. Ghosts, goblins, ghouls, and witches. Oooo witches. It’s hard to have a spooky season without witches. But many people hundreds of years ago tried real hard to get rid of all the witches. In today’s episode we’re go ... Show More
45m 55s
Apr 2019
Mini Myth: It's Circe, Not Cersei, One's a Badass Witch & the Other's a Badass B--
Circe: Glaucus and Scylla, Medea, and, of course, Madeline Miller's book. CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing. Sources: Ovid's Meta ... Show More
21m 18s
Aug 2019
Re-Broadcast: Mini Myth: It's Circe Not Cersei, One's a Badass Witch & the Other's a Badass B****
A re-airing: Circe: Glaucus and Scylla, Medea, and, of course, Madeline Miller's book. CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing. Sources ... Show More
23m 6s
Nov 2023
Historias aterradoras de brujas legendarias
A lo largo de la historia las brujas han representado a mujeres peligrosas, la realidad es que muchas de ellas construyeron un legado único.¿Brujas o sabias? ¿Leyendas o historias verdaderas? Este es un episodio dedicado a Molly Leigh, Marie Laveau y Elly Kedward, brujas poderos ... Show More
29m 14s
Apr 2024
Le duel des fées : Morgane contre Viviane – d’après la légende arthurienne
Au fil des épisodes, tu as découvert les légendes du roi Arthur et des chevaliers de la table ronde. Ces récits s’écrivent avec le courage des chevaliers, leur adresse au combat, la pureté de leurs cœurs… et une bonne dose de magie ! Car c’est l’enchanteur Merlin qui a créé la Ta ... Show More
17m 32s