Hey, y'all! Today we want to introduce you to our friends at Spirits. Spirits is a boozy podcast about mythology, legends, and folklore and we think you'll LOVE them like we do. In this episode, they tell us all about the Egyptian Head B in Charge, the goddess Isis. In this episode Isis does magi, brings people back from the dead, controls scorpions and MORE ... Show More
Yesterday
Eleanor of Aquitaine with Right Answers Mostly
Eleanor of Aquitaine was Queen of France, Queen of England, Duchess of Aquitaine, mother to Richard the Lionheart and King John, and one of the most powerful women of the Middle Ages. While we get our Season 10 premiere ready, we’re sharing Katy’s visit to Right Answers Mostly, w ... Show More
59m 11s
Aug 19
Ann Richards (Patreon rerun)
Before there was Dubya, there was Ann Richards the sharp-tongued, silver-haired Democrat who went from schoolteacher to Governor of Texas. Ann Richards battled alcoholism, got sober, transformed the Texas Treasury, and became a national political star after her unforgettable spee ... Show More
48m 9s
Aug 5
Eleanor Cobham & Medieval Witchcraft
This week we're peeking behind the Patreon wall with one of my favorite Katy's Corner episodes! When Eleanor Cobham, Duchess of Gloucester, was accused of witchcraft in 1441, was she actually casting spells... or simply too close to the English throne at the wrong moment? We foll ... Show More
34m 47s
Sep 2024
Isis and the Goddesses of Egypt
<p>Isis, Hathor, Sekhmet and Bastet were adored and honoured in Ancient Egypt, with their stories passed between thousands of followers and down through the generations through spoken word and painted hieroglyph. But there weren't simply maternal, wifely, caring deitites. They co ... Show More
46m 42s
Nov 2021
S5E6 - Living in D'Nile with Isis and Osiris
Oh Muses! In this episode, we well the tale of Isis and Osiris, or Aset and Usir. We encounter sibling rivalry, playing stupid games to win stupid prizes, dying multiple times, being ripped into pieces, doing all the of the work and getting none of the credit, and the original mu ... Show More
21m 15s
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
Sep 2024
Origins of the Egyptian Gods
<p>The legends of Ra and Hathor, of Osiris and Isis, of Anubis and Set have been passed from mouth to ear in Egypt for millennia. They were painted on temple walls, etched on delicate papyrus and discovered at the heart of the pyramids. But who were the Gods of Egypt? How did the ... Show More
46m 14s