Holiday Episode! Jack enchants us with the real reason behind the Christmas tree and manages not to burn down the apartment when lighting candles for the tree. He also...makes Jana appreciate spiders? Then Jana takes us on a world tour searching for the creatures that might live in your walls! She explores the fascinating tales of little humanoid creatures from all over the globe.

Sites & Sources:

Wild Hunt of Vista

History.com

Britannica

Etymonline

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Whoops! We missed a week. Sorry- can we blame it on travel brain? Anyway- hi, we are back with more stories. Jake depresses us with a story of human sacrifice and 1 jaguar sacrifice. But we learn about the Aztecs and they are pretty...brutal. Then Jana takes us to the edge of the world and 13,000 ft down into a subglacial lake in search for Organism 46-B.

Sites & Sources:

Gods of Sun & Sacrifice - Tony Allan

World History Org - Tonatiuh

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Episode 40.2! Jack gives us a short and morally confusing story of a monk, a farmer, and a pear tree. Oh My! Then Jana tells us about the alleged and mysterious fur-bearing trout that didn't at all begin as a grammar joke...

Sites & Sources:

Spirit of Trees

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We have a studio audience today- Say hi mom!

Jack really drums up the sibling rivalry with the foundational Myth of Rome's origins where we meet Romulus & Remus. Shakira is paramount in this tale. Then Jana takes us to the English Countryside and creeps us out with the legend of the Black Shuck....who might just be the goodest boy.

Sites & Sources:

World History Org

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Jack soars across the sky on a golden chariot while telling us the tale of Phaeton and a dumb promise. Meanwhile we learn that June the producer doesn't know how to sound edit. Then Jana gets a bit abstract and talks about these cloud like blobs that are seen floating (near parking lots?) all over the world.

Also- did you know it was a mantel piece?

Sites & Sources:

BOCES

Mythos - Stephen Fry

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& Lynne McNeil

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Jack defines e·ti·o·log·i·cal stories with his 7 African myths, where we determine the mosquito will never be forgiven and the Rhino is to blame for Madame Zeroni. Then Jana gives us an accidentally creepy story about the rare, and extremely sexy, extraterrestrial Balloon Men. Are you going to be abducted or are you safe like us? Thanks for listening to 11 stories in one episode!

Sites & Sources:

The Collector - Michaela Engelbrecht

Medium

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Welcome to our random movie review of The Grudge. But anyway- Jack goes Swiftie and prophosizes that Jana will like this episode. We learn the mythological tale of Cassandra and how obnoxious Apollo is. Is Jana psychic? Then Jana takes us to the Mitten state, this one is for you Flamme, telling us about the creature known as the Dogman. Including video evidence, a song, and a government conspiracy! Link in sites & sources below.

Sites & Sources:

Brooklyn Museum

The Stone Institute

Greek Legends and Myths

The Collector

Wikipedia - Eros

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Happy Halloween episode!

Trigger Warning: Violence against pregnant women & infant mortality

Jack tells us the worst story possible for halloween so now we are all sad and...confused. As we focus on a lion-headed winged demon Jack throws a monkey wrench into the nightmare and adds donkey teeth? Then Jana squirms her way through a curious tale of the Mongolian Death Worm! Watch out for wave patterns in the sand and the exploding poisonous corrosive spit. Also- can you spot where Jack gets told with my eyeballs not to EAT on the Pod!?

Finding Nemo References: 3

Tremors Movies Count: 7

Sites & Sources:

Britannica - Lamushta

Medium - Mi Ainsel (Mujahid Mahmood) - Lamashtu — Demon or Goddess?

Genies Fandom - Lamashtu

Youtube

Youtube - Story to Tell - “Lamashtu - The Child Eating Demon - Mesopotamian Mythology”

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