I can be right or I can be rich - Traditions

Jeri & Brady are married so let's give it up for the newest Mr. & Mrs. Parsons! We're recapping the day Ciara's brother and cousin tied the knot and all the shenanigans along the way. One thing about us is if we shenan once, we'll shenaningan. THANKS SPONSORS - Stop settling for ...  Show more

We asked you to send in stories to celebrate the mom in your life and we wish we wouldn't have. We had to pause not even halfway in to have tissues delivered to the couch to help us get through the rest of the episode. One thing is for sure- mom's are angels on earth and deserve ...  Show more

Easter! It's a big deal, all across the world. And just like earlier celebrations of spirituality, it's been commodified in the United States. In today's episode, Ben, Max, and Noel sneak into the Sunday service just a bit late to explore how the ancient commemorations of rebirth ...  Show more

The Orphic Tradition is a weird, weird thing that includes the god of Time himself, Chronos (not, you know, Cronus/Kronus). Plus, don't try to understand the chronology of Greek mythology. CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves ...  Show more

In this final episode on the Orphic tradition we look at some weird and wild alternate theogonies, the so-called Orphic gold tablets, and the Orphic hymns. Yes, it's a lot.CW/TW: **this episode includes particularly egregious assault and incest, even for Greek myth** Given it's f ...  Show more

So many origins! Where did Laomedon of Troy's fancy horses come from, and why do they matter? And what about Heracles' familial origins?!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 w ...  Show more