Podcast Drunk Mythology

Kim shows up to work and finds the office empty. Stepping over the charred ashes of what was a branch of holly, the names of the others echo off the remnants of holiday festivities. Then she spies someone curled up, asleep, under Other Jenn's desk... (I was sick with a bad cold! But also, f*ck the Romans. - Cait) *** From Olympus to Valhalla, we've…

It’s our 100th episode! Join us one last time in 2021 for our centennial celebration of bawdy Bacchanalia as we take a closer look at Bacchus, the Roman equivalent of my OC don’t steal for Dionysus. It’s our big Roman party, there’ll be drinking, singing, myths, and us absolutely dragging Livy for being the ultimate party pooper. Drunk Mythology is…

The Gals kick off the new year by revisiting the multi-part origin story of the Greeks. Totally metal humans, Zeus gets ideas (yikes), and Prometheus is definitely a middle child. Yup, it's part 3 of the Greek creation myth! And how do Highlights magazine and the pineapple from the tv show Psych fit in? You’ll just have to listen to find out. This …

We made it to 50 episodes! As a celebration, the gals (including SFX Kim) get together, talk their favorite moments, and spill the beans on what's coming in 2022! *** From Olympus to Valhalla, we've got the goods on the gods, so join Cait, Original Gen, the Other Jenn, and SFX Kim as they spike and spill all the divine tea! If you'd like to support…

It's mostly about booze and setting sh*t on fire. But who doesn't enjoy that? Cait goes full Celtic pagan (meaning drinks a lot of whiskey), including a LIVE "Not to F*cking Scale" moment, Professor Cait mini-lecture, and attempts to keep the dogs (I'm looking at you, Meadow) from catching on fire. Eric is also present with the sacred ceremonial bl…

It’s our 99th episode! A special deep dive look at our patron god, Dionysus. Dionysus and his cohort of Satyrs and MAE NADS are getting into shenanigans involving a teetotaler king, King Goldfinger, and the best bard this side of a Dionysia Festival. It’s no Dionysian Mysteries as to why this god may be the last to join the pantheon but is number 1…

Everybody loves baking during the holiday season. Just don't expect reproductive-organ-shaped Christmas cookies to be popular at the office cookie swap. Welcome to the ancient Greek winter solstice. *** From Olympus to Valhalla, we've got the goods on the gods, so join Cait, Original Gen, the Other Jenn, and SFX Kim as they spike and spill all the …

Thor just can't catch a break, and once again, it's not our Loki's fault—he's just there for the buffet, literally. Poor Thor is stuck dealing with more giants (WHY are there always giants?), shady bets, and bench pressing cats. On top of it all, Thor has to figure out if that's just a really long drinking horn, or if his host is just really happy …

It's technically still Norsevember, and Original Gen decided she'd had enough of Professor Cait trying to act like Greece had something to do with it (it totally does). Today, we get a classic Thor and Loki adventure, in which we meet giants (WHY are there always giants?), Thor shows us why he is the worst travel agent ever, we examine ancient Nors…

One more Greek Norsevember episode! Pytheas the Greek makes it to the Tin Islands, takes a detour to Thule, makes the Gals seasick, and spends the rest of history getting slandered by the Romans. (F*ck the Romans). This episode has it all: ancient Frenchmen, lost books, icebergs, and more. *** From Olympus to Valhalla, we've got the goods on the go…

She’s The Pig Lady! Whoa whoa woah she’s Pig Lady. Talking about the Pig Lady cryptid of Cecil County, Maryland. Best not drive down Pig Lady Bridge on US Route 1 late at night or you might get axed, hoofed, or go wee wee wee all the way home. Drunk Mythology is a podcast created by Krista and Christian, recounting the feats and failures of world M…

The Vikings liked two things: pillaging and carving stuff in stones. WHETHER IT WAS THEIRS OR NOT (we're looking at you, Halfdann!). This week, for GREEK NORSEVEMBER, the Gals look at the literary lindworms describing Vikings in Greece! *** From Olympus to Valhalla, we've got the goods on the gods, so join Cait, Original Gen, the Other Jenn, and SF…

It may be Norsevember for everyone, but for the Gals, it's GREEK NORSEVEMBER where we try to find the threads that connect ancient Greece and ancient Scandinavia! Professor Cait takes a trip down the Amber Road from the ancient Baltic Sea regions all the way down to ancient Ethiopia. Along the way, we learn why auto insurance has ALWAYS been so exp…

Krista and Christian are bringing you the wildly popular fable of the archipelago of Japan, Momotaro! Listen along as one boy/man with some dank kibi dangos makes friends with a wild doggo, a wise pheasant and a very suspicious monkey to take on an island of allegedly hostile oni! It’s an epic so popular you were probably brought here from One Piec…

After being gone for a week, Cait makes quite the comeback in full Professor mode teaching us all about ravens and crows. And somewhere in there, she manages to relate it to Mythology while Other Jenn works up a job listing that has some interesting tests as part of the application process. Non-corvids need not apply. *** From Olympus to Valhalla, …

When Cait's away, the Gen/Jenns will play. This episode has life hacks, discussions on leeches in modern medicine, Viking battle reenactments, and TikTok spice rankings that push Other Jenn one step from starting a spreadsheet. This episode has it all! Well, except Cait. And here's the link for Original Gen's Audiobook which we talk about: https://…

Girls! Girls! Watch out! Watch out! There’s a Blue-bearded animal roaming about! Happy spooky season listeners! Today’s scary fairy tale takes us to once upon a time in the land of France and the tale of Bluebeard, or Barbe Bleue. Beware the stupidly wealthy man with a stupidly blue beard. He’s rich, his beard is blue, he’s got a locked closet room…

Poor Davelis Cave in Greece. It's just doing its own thing, trying to live its best cave life. But pagan partying, brigands, conspiracies, and some pure WTF keep complicating things. Listen now to an especially weird and spooky October special! *** From Olympus to Valhalla, we've got the goods on the gods, so join Cait, Original Gen, the Other Jenn…

For the Gals' Spooktacular Spooktober, Cait treats (tricks?) everyone to a Roman ghost story. But, as always, f*ck the Romans, because they can't even write a ghost story without being whiny, long-winded, melodramatic little crybabies. Still, there's a dash of true crime, hairdressing, the relative size of giant jugs, and multiple reverse-origin st…

Happy Spooky Season! Welcome to our transition from Grimm Adventures to Scary Tales! We travel down to the medieval German town of Hamelin, which is under siege from like 10,000 rats. But wait, there’s a new man in town, Der Rattenfänger, offering to make their rat troubles go away. But you better make sure you pay the Pied Piper. Drunk Mythology i…

'Thrymskvitha,' or the Theft of Mjolnir, is a myth that has everything: Thor, Thor angry, Thor blaming Loki, Thor having to dress in women's clothes...but maybe this story is really about a giant who is just looking for a little love, or how you should never underestimate a 'woman's' appetite...or maybe, how it's not really Loki's fault (it totally…

It's another triggery, rage-inducing Zeus-is-a-super-dick-and-not-in-a-good-way story. It even has more bovine elements. Seriously, the ancient Greeks are just plagiarizing themselves at this point. But come along for the really long ride/swim of the tale of Europa (who probably read Ferdinand the Bull one too many times as a kid), and why someone …

Better not lose that breadcrumb trail because we are picking back up on our Grimm tales with the dynamic sibling duo, Hansel und Gretel from the eponymous fairy tale from Germany about a cannibalistic candy witch. Drunk Mythology is a podcast created by Krista and Christian, recounting the feats and failures of world Mythology, with a few drinks al…

Original Gen clearly has it in for our listeners because it's another reading. This week, it's Vafthruthnismal, or Odin's contest with the Riddle-Weaver. It's a Ravenclaw-off between OG and Other Jenn as they struggle through the worst riddles ever. Cait channels Frigg, who was just done with Odin from the get-go. Also, head over to our PATREON for…

This one is gonna make you mad. Almost as mad as Cait. Basically, Zeus is caught f*cking someone who isn't Hera (SURPRISE!), Hera needs anger management, and at the "tail" (haha) end of summer, we all feel bad for the heifer with the pest problem. Oh, and Prometheus makes a cameo, because, why not? *** From Olympus to Valhalla, we've got the goods …

We’re going Grimm this fall, starting with one of our favorite fairy tales that stars the one, the only, Rumbletitskid! Or maybe, Rumperskersin, no… wait, ah yes, Rumpelstiltskin! He’s weaving for the life of the miller’s daughter and wants his payment. A man, friend or fae, needs a name. Drunk Mythology is a podcast created by Krista and Christian…

This special UNLOCKED PATREON EPISODE is a continuation of our conversation (drunken rambling) with Cat Rector, author of "The Goddess of Nothing at All." Original Gen forces us to do a live reading of the myth about Loki and an otter. And just to be up front, it doesn't end well for Loki or the otter, and it's all Loki's fault. When is it not? But…

This week we have our FIRST guest…author Cat Rector, who joins us to talk about her debut novel “The Goddess of Nothing at All,” Norse mythology, Sigyn as a force to be reckoned with, and domestic Loki—his favorite aprons are discussed. *** From Olympus to Valhalla, we've got the goods on the gods, so join Cait, Gen, the Other Jenn, and SFX Kim as …

This week, I'm taking you to a hot beachside paradise where the women are goddesses and the boys are hot...and dead. On a semi-regular basis. That's right. We're talking the original cougar and her pool boy: Aphrodite and Adonis! This myth has everything - multiple origin stories, guest appearances by myths we've talked about, Zeus fucking things u…

Those Hunahpu boys are back at it, and this time, they’ve found their old man’s sports gear and they are ready for some justice served in the Pitz of Hell (or rather the Pok-a-Tok ball courts of Xibalba). It’s two on Twelve with Xibalanque and Hunahpu duking it out in the grudge match of the century against the Twelve Lords of Death who murdered th…

You know how we say don't drive cars, chariots, or eight-legged horses? Well, this one is about the eight-legged horse. And spoiler, it's because of Loki. Save your shocked faces—we know. Get ready for gender and genetic mutations, why Jotunheim is a Starbucks, how to build a wall (nothing is new), and general...wait for it...horsing around. *** Fr…

Yeah, yeah, the Olympics are over. This episode is late. But it's been a hell of a week. I had surgery this week and have pain-med-induced spots and pink elephants dancing before my eyes as I type this. Blame typos on the meds. Anyway. We finish the Olympic thing with scandals and the actual sports of the ancient games. And on Patreon, we get into …

Today we are talking about the Maya Hero Twins, Hunahpu and Xbalanque, the central heroes in the Popol Vuh. If you’ve seen The Road to El Dorado, these are the two Trickster Heroes that Tulio and Miguel are impersonating. These two magical jaguar boys are gonna take down one big, gaudy, god bird and his sons in a mafia style hit ordered by Don Hura…

Forget Coachella. Forget Sochi. The REAL Olympic attendance experience (and why I will never go to a music festival) was an endurance sport all on its own. Can you make it through camping with a crowd of 40,000 with no shade, no running water, and dubious snack carts (commemorative drinking cup included)? *** From Olympus to Valhalla, we've got the…

Sports massages, bureaucracy, and locker room antics. Yup, it's time for the 179th Olympiad! Oh, I'm sorry, you thought we were talking about the Tokyo Olympics? These are the Olympics, Drunk Mythology Gals-style: ancient, Greek, and naked. Also, Zeus is an attention hog. Check out our Patreon for early, ad-free episodes and bonus Deep Dives! This …

In honor of the upcoming movie, The Green Knight, we invite you to the defining tale of King Arthur’s most okayest knight, Sir Gawain. It’s a Christmas story that takes a turn for the weird for Gawain when the party games start involving beheading and jolly green giants. One year later and life gets even weirder for the very-average-but-still-tryin…

It’s the last Loki…for now. SFX Kim joins in for a special guest appearance. Original Gen is looking for a new purpose in life (not really, she’s just hunting season 2 details). Other Jenn is busy counting ALL THE POMPEIAN GOATS she won. And Cait can’t get past her rage at Hogwarts on a planetoid with stupid gravity rules. Also, don't forget that w…

We're late with this episode, and it's all Cait's fault. She was in the hospital last week with a kidney infection (she's fine now, unfortunately), and we recorded this after she got home (but was still pretty out of it, so ignore whatever she says). While Original Gen and Cait will never agree about green vs red GATORade, the important thing thoug…

Wahoo! It’s-a me, Xolotl, your psychopomp through the nine levels of Mictlan, the Aztec Underworld. Your princess is in another castle, as these levels consist of many rivers, mountains, wind, fog, and an array of errant arrows. Wuh-oh! But don’t worry, so long as you’ve got your spirit dog guide, you’ll be fine, probably. Let’s-a go! Drunk Mytholo…