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 79 - A Few Good Dragons

DRAGONS! Want to know more about the best good boy dragons of pop culture and mythology? We got em both here! We share a few of our favorite dragons and learn about a few of the coolest dragons from China, Japan and Korea. Stick around til the end for our new 2021 Eat The Rich Dragon Mascot. Did we miss your favorite? Let us know.

Image Courtesy of Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

PodcastChristian MadonnaFebruary 21, 2021Drunk, Mythology, Podcast, comedy, Culture, History, pop, Education, Philosophy, Dragon, dragons, Dungeons and Dragons, Falkor, Neverending Story, dog, Atreyu', Paarthunax, Elder Scrolls, Skyrim, Thuum, Greybeards, Throat of the World, Delphine, Blades, Alduin, Toothless, Hiccup, How to Train Your Dragon, book, movie, show, Night Fury, Light Fury, Godzilla, dinosaur, Kaiju, Mothra, King Kong, Draco, Dragonheart, Sean Connery, Dennis Quaid, David Thewlis, Drogon, Game of Thrones, daenerys targaryen, Rhaegal, Viserion, Kings Landing, Quetzalcoatl, Spyro, Mushu, Mulan, Haku, Spirited Away, Kohaku River, Puff the Magic Dragon, Shenron, Shenlong, Dragon Ball, Kami, God, Earth, Wish, Spirit, Divine, Five-clawed, imperial, China, Azure-scaled, good luck, symbol, Tianlong, Heavenly, celestial, Four Celestial Symbols, Heavenly Nagas, Mahayana Buddhist, Nagas, Nagini, Harry Potter, semi-divine, India, South Asia, snake-people, Ryujin, Japan, Japanese myth, diety, sea, river, rain, thunder, agriculture, Medicine, shapeshifter, Toyotama-Hime, hunter, prince, Hoori, Princess Mononoke, Emperor, Jimmu, Sun, Goddess, amaterasu, Storm, Susanoo, Yeongno, Korea, Bibi, Talchum, masked, dance, Hwanghae, North, Eat the Rich, 100 Good Deeds, Eddie McDowd, Confu, civil servants, nobles, Joseon, dynasty, Gamestop, Stock, StonkComment

Ep 78 - Rokurokubi Talking Heads

Heads up! This week we have a ghost story from Japan featuring the nosiest Yokai on this side of the Pacific - the Rokurokubi. Prepare to learn about what really happens to people who crane their necks to listen on the hot goss. But don’t worry about those long necks, it’s the Nukekubi you really gotta watch out for. It’s samurai monk up to bat against bouncing head ghosts.

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Ep 53 - Tickle Me, Rusalka

The first week of June was Rusalka week. May is considered Mermay in the art community. Coincidence? We don’t think so! If you take away one thing from this episode about Murderous Slavic River Wenches, it’s that they are always down to party.

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!

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Ep 17 - A Clause By Any Other Name Pt. 2

You better watch out! Belsnickel and the Gryla Killa are coming to town this holiday season! Listen closely for the sounds of switches whipping and drunk fur pelt-wearing Santa contenders! We hope you have received your obligatory gift clothes and haven't been taken away in Gryla's sack! If you thought Gryla was bad then wait until you meet her spawn -- the Yule Lads! Thirteen days of thirteen awful monsters breaking into your house and mildly inconveniencing you and your family for the Icelandic Yuletide Christmas.

Celebrate 2018 by listening to us, reminding you that we all just barely made it through 2017 and that Krampus is still out there!

PodcastChristian MadonnaSeptember 8, 2018Drunk, Mythology, Podcast, History, Storytelling, Humor, Philosophy, Spirit, Comedy, Belsnickel, Gryla, Eddas, Snorri Sturluson, Iceland, Monster, Holiday, Norse, Education, Myth, Yule, Yuletide, Yule Lads, Sheep-Cote Clod, Gully Gawk, Stubby, Spoon Licker, Pot-Scraper, Bowl-Licker, Door-Slammer, Skyr-Gobbler, Sausage-Swiper, Doorway-Sniffer, Meat-Hook, Candle-Stealer, Yule Goat, Yule Cat, Viking, Yule Log, Christmas, Santa, Clause, Festive, Merry, Ogress, TrollComment

Ep 11 - The Monster Mashup Part 3 - Where did you come from, Wendigo?

We put the CAN in CANNIBAL in this feast of frights featuring fantastically ferocious feral flesh-eating foodies.

Podcast, Spooky MythsChristian MadonnaSeptember 8, 2018Drunk, Mythology, Podcast, Storytelling, History, Humor, Comedy, Philosophy, Education, Religion, Halloween, Myth, Monster, Wendigo, Cannibal, Native American, Algonquin, Ojibwe, Canada, Indigenous, Spirit, Spooky, Americas, Until DawnComment