Ep 84 - Pooka Boo!

Join us for a wild ride in Ireland as we hop on the back of a tricksy Pooka for Pookapalooza 2021. We’re going all over the Emerald Isle to find shape-shifting tricksters who like to take drunk people for wild rides down to Demon Holes. Next stop: tales of Viking-fighting High Kings, Easter Bunnies, and yes, sexy furries.

PodcastChristian MadonnaMay 2, 2021Drunk, Mythology, Podcast, History, Education, Philosophy, Comedy, Pooka, Celtic, shapeshifter, Tricksters, horses, goats, foxes, cats, dog, rabbit, Humans, Irish, Irish mythology, Furries, black horse, golden, eyes, Púca, old Irish, Gaelic, Norse, Pook, Puki, nature, Spirit, English, Germanic, Puck, Welsh, Pwca, Plica, Phuca, Pookha, Pooka Pools, Polla Phuca, Pooka Hole, Demon Hole, Poulaphouca, Waterfall, bridge, River Liffey, Dublin, Mountains, Wicklow, County Kildare, Kelpie, Waterhorse, trickster, storytellers, carousing, spitting on crops, blackberries, frost, horseform, wild rides, pub], uber, High King Brian Boru, Brian Boruma Mac Cennetig, 1014, O'Brien dynasty, Conan, bridle, Christians, Good Friday, Samhain, October 31, Pooka's Day, November 1, Harvest, Pooka's Share, Easter Bunny, Blumhouse, Hulu, Into the Dark, Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, man-bunny, Harvey, Jimmy Stewart, Donnie Darko, Frank, Pooka!Comment

Ep 44 - Namahage: Japanese New Year's Oni

Hello and welcome to the year 2019! For our first episode of the new year, we have got a new year’s Oni demon coming to you from Japan to scare the willies out of all the bad kids out there. Better beware, the Namahage is out there and he knows you didn’t stick to your resolutions!

PodcastChristian MadonnaJanuary 6, 2019Drunk, Mythology, Podcast, History, comedy, education, storytelling, Japan, Japanese, Oni, Demons, Spirit, Akita, New Year's, Goblin, club, Chinese, Han, Emperor, Wu, Tohuku, Honzan, Shinzan, Mountains, Oga, Peninsula, Sea of Japan, 1, 1000 steps, Stairway to Heaven, Village People, Rooster, February, Mochi, Sake, Setsubun, Festival, Shinto, Kasedori, Yamagata, Amamehagi, Ishikawa, Prefecture, Soybeans, SetsubonComment

Ep 30 - The Shahnameh Chronicles Pt. 3: The Return of the King Kavus with Katie Scott and Damir Siahkoohi

Make way listeners for Prince Rostam! Here is the final chapter of our series on Iranian poet Firdawsi's Shahnameh with special guests and Persian culture & mythology experts, Katie Scott and Damir Siahkoohi.

Heroic Prince Rostam labors away, beating local villagers and saving the foolhardy King Kavus who has been blinded and kidnapped by the evil white demon *cough* King Theoden and Sarumon *cough*. Rakash and Rostam rescue the king of Mazandaran and go off onto many more adventures, like accidentally committing filicide and eventually succumbing to siblicide after 600 years of living that rock & roll prince lifestyle. And we say goodbye to our special guests Katie and Damir who have been with us for this 60,000 couplet ride.

PodcastChristian MadonnaSeptember 8, 2018Drunk, Mythology, Podcast, History, Comedy, Storytelling, Philosophy, Religion, Culture, Persia, Persian, Iran, Iranian, Myth, Guest, Katie, Scott, Damir, Siahkoohi, Shahnameh, Shahnama, Zoroaster, Zoroasterism, FIre, Fire, Law, Messianism, Monotheism, Darius, Firdawsi, Rostam, Rustam, Zal, Rudabeh, Tahmina, Rapunzel, Zahhak, Serpent King, Creation, Golden Age of Islam, Sam, Alborz, Karbol, Albino, Simorg, Simorgh, Rakash, Magic Horse, Zabolestan, Kabolestan, Giant, Eagle, Birdperson, Kai Kavus, Seven Labors, Dragon, Lion, Sheep, Enchantress, Kai, Kavus, Mazandaran, Mountains, Theoden, Lord of the Rings, Sarumon, Saruman, White Demon, Ace Ventura, Horse, Prince of Persia, Alexander, Alexander the Great, Macedon, Greece, Filicide, Siblicide, Legend Comment