Animal Magic
de j. SNODGRASS
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Good-Natured Comedy about Animal Folklore, Biblical Silliness, and the Artificial Primate Habitat I call Home. What can ancient Animal Myths and Fables tell us about how to be Human in modern life?
SNODGRASS is a college teacher, public speaker, and the author of Shakespeare’s Goddess, Genesis and the Rise of Civilization, and Chaos Chaos. More info at j-snodgrass.com
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- The White Witch (The Ouija Board Murder of Clothilde Marchand, Buffalo 1930) · 31 min · Episodul 41In this special episode we'll explore the true story of a murder inspired by divination and witchcraft. This episode does contain news reporting of the body and crime scene, so…
- The Labyrinth (Ancient Symbol and a Greek Horror Story about Theseus and the Minotaur) · 21 min · Episodul 40An Exploration of the Labyrinth from Many Angles: Prehistoric Fertility Symbol, Greek Monster-Myth, Medieval Pilgrimage and Modern Meditation. What were the Mysterious Ruins on…
- Shakespeare's Shapeshifters: Bottom's Dream, Puck and Ariel (with Mason Winfield) · 29 min · Episodul 39For this special episode I'm joined again by Mason Winfield, Western New York's Premier Paranormalist, to discuss Shakespearean faerie-lore, Bottom's Dream in Midsummer Night's…
- Birds of a Feather (The Evolution of the Bird, and some Touching Stories) · 15 min · Episodul 38Recently someone told me some really incredible stories about her personal encounters with birds, and it got me wondering... What is a "bird"? How did this whole bird thing get…
- Stonehenge (The Mystery Revealed!) · 14 min · Episodul 37In this Special Summer Episode... What else? The Mystery of Stonehenge. Shocking New Truths, which have lain Dormant for Decades in Dull, Dusty Archaeology Textbooks...Revealed!
- The Hydra (Is this Mythical Monster a Plant? Animal? River? Convent or Coven?) · 15 min · Episodul 36Was it a plant, animal, mineral? Maybe a coven or a nunnery? In this special episode, we explore the Greek Myth of Heracles and the Hydra, and some fascinating theories on how…
- Shakespeare's Shapeshifters: Falstaff, Puck, and the Golden Bough (with Mason Winfield) · 24 min · Episodul 34To celebrate Shakespeare's Birthday, I'm joined by Mason Winfield, Western New York's Premier Paranormalist, to discuss Shakespearean faerie-lore, Falstaff's downfall in the…
- Demeter's Daughters in the Underworld (This Greek Myth is a Downer) · 12 min · Episodul 35How might the ancient myth of Persephone's abduction have originated? And what lessons could we learn from it today? (Note: This episode didn't turn out to be very funny, so if…
- Something Else About Elephants (Ingredients and Indian Beliefs) · 16 min · Episodul 33Are Elephants made of Milk? Or Eggs? Or both? And why don't they have wings anymore? How did Ganesha get his Distinctive Look? In this Episode, we'll search the Scriptures of…
- Something About Elephants (Classical Roman and Christian Beliefs) · 13 min · Episodul 32Even after centuries of zoology, the Elephant remains defiantly mythical. In this episode, we'll explore some Classical Roman and Christian beliefs about this gentle giant.
- Hardware (Maybe the Machines Would Be Happier Without Us) · 22 min · Episodul 31My car and my phone get along so well that I feel like a third wheel, and I often feel like they'd be happier without me. Am I an obstacle that the tools have to work around? I…
- The Boar's Head (A Creepy Cincinnati Christmas Tradition) · 14 min · Episodul 30In this Very Special Holiday Episode, we'll Share Something Happily Forgotten, a Christmas Mystery long buried in the snow of the past. We'll also wonder why Pigs are the baddest…
- Pigs on the Wing (A Pink Floyd Logo Breaks Free and Terrorizes an Orwellian Animal Farm) · 16 min · Episodul 29On December 3rd, 1976, a 30-foot pig flew over England, disrupting air traffic and scaring the manure out of a rancher's cattle. In this special anniversary episode, we'll share…
- A Big Black Cloud Over Ohio (A Haunted Road-Trip to Witness Nick Cave) · 14 min · Episodul 28The absolutely true story of a journey to witness Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds in concert, with some silly and supernatural surprises. This doesn't contain any music samples, but…
- Circe in the Odyssey (A Greek Mythical Wish who turns Chauvinist Pigs into Bacon)) · 16 min · Episodul 27In this "Season of the Witch" we'll be looking at the ancient myth of Circe, the Sorceress in The Odyssey. This Enchantress is dangerous (especially to chauvinist pigs) but also…
- The Sirens' Song: A Heart Concert, and the Odyssey · 19 min · Episodul 26A Heart concert got me thinking about Odysseus and the Sirens. And I wondered - what might the Sirens be saying if they were singing today?
- Creeps! (Insects in Egyptian, Chinese and Greek Mythology) · 16 min · Episodul 25In this Controversial Episode, we'll explore Biblical Bugs, and Creepy-Crawlies of Egyptian, Chinese and Greek Mythology. Plus some personal recollections of that time I got…
- The Raven, the Fox, and the Rich Fool (Jesus said to Consider the Ravens...Why?) · 15 min · Episodul 24How is a Raven like a Role-Model? In stories Jesus told, rich men come to bad ends, and apparently the fox and the raven know something we don't know about the divine plan…
- The Fluid Edge · 14 min · Episodul 22All life on Earth is linked by water – every human, plant, and animal in the past, present, and future. That's a lot to think about when someone pees in the pool. Water is life…
- Power: Bacteria, Billionaires and Blockbuster Action Stars of the 80s · 18 min · Episodul 23Bacteria, billionaires and blockbuster action stars of the 80s – all are forms of power. In this episode, we await the most powerful being of all, the electrician, whose 5-minute…
