Episode 301: Liminality
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Liminality. Transition. Limbo. Thin places. The betwixt and between! This episode is all about one of our favorite things in mythology and pop culture: liminal spaces!
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Episode 300: Your Urban Legends - Too Many Ghosts Being Too Ghostly
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It’s our 300th episode! And to celebrate, you’re getting an extra-long urban legends episode! Ghost horses, ghost lights, office doppelgangers, ghost grandmas, and haunted houses? We’re hitting ALL the creepy and cool things this episode.
Read MoreEpisode 299: Little Red Riding Hood
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The woods might be dark and full of wolves (which yes, they’re a metaphor), but together we can follow the path of the history of Little Red Riding Hood; from the oral traditions of the French peasantry, to the Brothers Grimm, and on to modern retellings.
Read MoreEpisode 298: Examining Urban Legends and the Satanic Panic (with Sarah Marshall)
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From the Satanic Panic to the urban legends of our youth, we talk to podcaster Sarah Marshall of You’re Wrong About to get her takes on creepiest and coolest ways urban legends have changed the world.
Read MoreEpisode 297: Magical Babies
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Babies of unusual size, vegetable babies, animal babies, and more! This week we’re talking about the most interesting babies of mythology, folklore, and fairy tales, from the Minotaur to Thumbling and everything in between.
Read MoreEpisode 296: Your Urban Legends LXVI - Plumber, Electrician, and Psychic
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A renovated haunted house, a transforming cat god, and of course, a creepy kid. We broke out the big spooky stuff for this episode where we’re all in the same room. Ooooooh spooky!
Read MoreEpisode 295: Bedknobs and Broomsticks (Myth Movie Night)
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It’s Eric’s birthday on the show, so we sit down to watch one of his childhood favorite films: Bedknobs and Broomsticks. And boy, it sure is a film! We talk WWII flavored magic adventures, con men, and an incredibly long dance number in this underloved Disney movie.
Read MoreEpisode 294: Advice from Folklore IV (with Dr. Moiya McTier)
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Big questions, little questions, these figures of folklore, mythology and world religion are here to answer them. We tackle camp quandaries, quitting jobs, and the world burning with their help.
Read MoreEpisode 293: Baseball and Romance as American Legend (with KD Casey)
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Calling all sports fans! We’re joined by author KD Casey to talk about America’s pastime, baseball, through the lens of modern legend, romance, and inclusivity.
Read MoreEpisode 292: Dionysus
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It’s a party, and Dionysus has invited you! As we wrap up “It’s All Greek to Me” with the party god, we look at his unique place on Olympus, the tragic origins of wine, and bucking societal expectations.
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