Find Your Gods

Jan 01 2020 19 ep. 49 mins 248

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Find Your Gods is a celebration of the ancient myths and an exploration of their resonance in our modern world. In each episode, we take a look at a story from mythology and explore the underlying themes and ideas. The gods are still among us. You just have to look for them.

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Episode Zero: By Way of Introduction

Jun 16 2016 19 mins

Find Your Gods is a celebration of the ancient myths and an exploration of their resonance in our modern world. In each episode, we take a look at a story from mythology and explore the underlying themes and ideas. We’re kicking things off with a quick word from T.M. Camp, just so you’ll know who to blame. The gods are still among us. You just have to look for them.

Episode One: A Knock at the Door

Jun 18 2016 39 mins

Would you know a god if you saw one? If they were standing on your doorstep asking for food and shelter, would you let them in? In the ancient world, Hospitality was a core value of day-to-day life. To offer it to all without condition was seen as the hight of virtue. To betray it was to suffer the wrath of the gods. This week we take a look at Baucis and Philemon, listening for th

Episode Two: The Lady Vanishes

Jul 03 2016 31 mins

The abduction of Persephone is a story that has inspired artists throughout the ages. But the story that has inspired so many, it turns out, might not really be the story that everyone thinks they know.

Episode Three: And Birds That Carry Omens Brought No Message

Jul 16 2016 35 mins

When you become a parent, you open yourself up to many wonderful things... But you also increase your chances of being touched by misfortune and sorrow. In Demeter's case, when her daughter Kore goes missing, the entirety of creation is overshadowed by her grief.

Episode π: Only One God

Jul 28 2016 58 mins

In our first “dark” episode, a Facebook comment from last week gives us a springboard for a conversation exploring the inherent tensions that exist between (and within) monotheism, polytheism, and atheism.

Episode Four: The Unseen

Jul 31 2016 50 mins

The story of Persephone and Hades is a complicated one. It has fear, disappointment, anger, joy, love, wonder, and reconciliation. No surprises there. It is, after all, the story of a marriage. In this episode we take a little trip to the Underworld, getting better acquainted with Hades and taking a closer look at his courtship of Persephone.

Episode Five: My Girl

Aug 17 2016 68 mins

You think you know the story of Pygmalion and Galatea, but you don’t. The myth of the artist who falls in love with his creation is lovely but quite different from the original text. In this episode, we’ll look back at Pygmalion and trace the path of his romantic but surprisingly kinky story all the way to the modern day versions.

Episode Six: “Blessed Are the Parents Who Made You”

Aug 29 2016 58 mins

At the pool of Salmacis, the son of Aphrodite and Hermes meets a nymph who simply won’t take “No” for an answer. In this episode, we dive into the myth of Hermaphroditus and do our best not to go too deep.

Episode Seven: Hermaphroditus and the Alchemy of Self

Sep 14 2016 45 mins

This week we take a deeper dive into the myth of Hermaphroditus, exploring the god’s role and resonance in the world of Alchemy.

Episode Eight: Do Not Let Me Go Down Unwept

Oct 07 2016 35 mins

This week, we take a look at the story Ceyx and Alcyone — those two devoted, doomed lovers who endured a separation that tested the depths of their devotion and raised the sympathies of their gods.