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Cultural Interns Eris & Z explore history, mythology, and culture while making absolute fools of themselves for your entertainment.

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    • Dec 31, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 94 EPISODES


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    Year 3, Episode 6: RocoPoco 2: The Sequel

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2021 88:04


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    Year 3, Episode 5: Admetus & Alcestis (Drunk Storytime with Z!)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2021 45:58


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    Year 2, Episode 7: Spring Equinox Holidays

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2021 19:07


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    Year 3, Episode 4: Serpent Myths

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2021 23:32


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    Year 3, Episode 3: Half Person-Half Creature

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2021 30:24


    Eris and Z are BACK and talking in-depth about half-person, half creature myths, like centaurs, mermaids, Celtic ceasgs, Mesopotamian kusarikku, and Chinese jiaoren. They also have a pretty frank discussion about the nature of enthusiastic consent, and where the lines of bestiality are drawn from an ethical standpoint.

    Year 3, Episode 2: Get Drunk with Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2021


    A completely blasted Eris regales us with the story of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. For a story with so many decapitations in it, there sure is a lot of kissing involved. (Year 3, Episode 2)Find us on social media at:FacebookTwitterTiktokEmail us: asthemythturns@gmail.comThis episode's sponsors:Mac BoyleParty Now, Apocalypse Later Industries

    Year 3, Episode 1: Even More Hauntings

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2021 37:56


    Eris and Z are BACK in this brand new year of 2021 and we're talking about ghosts! Join us as we go into Mr. Ted and Bolsover Castle in Derbyshire, the Flying Dutchman, hitchhiking ghosts, and Okiku. Woo!(Year 3, Episode 1)

    Year 2, Episode 22: Hiatus

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2020 2:36


    Just a quick message to our listeners that we're going on break and that the migration to our new hosting network is proceeding apace.

    Year 2, Episode 21: Fae Redux

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2020 31:07


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    Zombies!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2020 31:30


    Cultural Interns Eris and Z are back at it again, recording together (but apart). It's almost like a regular episode again! And what better way to celebrate than to talk about another kind of pandemic: zombies. (Year 2, Episode 20) -- Transcripts for this episode can be found on our blog. Find us on social media at:FacebookTwitter -- This episode's sponsors: Mac BoylePack Mule PhotographyParty Now, Apocalypse Later Industries Theme song by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com

    Year 2, Episode 20: Zombies!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2020 31:30


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    Year 2, Episode 19: Non-European Vampires

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2020 22:22


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    Non-European Vampires

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2020 22:22


    Z delights us with different types of vampirism from around the world! They're talking about the asanbosam from Ghana, the impundulu from Zulu and Xhosa, the peuchen from Chile, and a whole lot more. (Year 2, Episode 19) -- Transcripts for this episode can be found on our blog. Find us on social media at:FacebookTwitter -- This episode's sponsors: Mac BoylePack Mule PhotographyParty Now, Apocalypse Later Industries Theme song by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com

    Year 2, Episode 18: Modern Werewolves

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2020 11:58


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    Modern Werewolves

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2020 11:58


    Eris is rambling about werewolves again! Let's take a look at how our modern myths came to be, from curse and affliction to the silver bullet myth, to how werewolves went from monster to cinematic hero. (Year 2, Episode 18) -- Transcripts for this episode can be found on our blog. Find us on social media at:FacebookTwitter -- This episode's sponsors: Mac BoylePack Mule PhotographyParty Now, Apocalypse Later Industries Theme song by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com  

    Year 2, Episode 17: Hospitality and Gift-Giving

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2020 31:05


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    Hospitality and Gift Giving

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2020 31:05


    Uh oh, Cultural Intern Eris is talking about etiquette again. Listen as she leap frogs around the world touching on different types of hospitality customs and gift giving superstitions.   It's all so very, very polite. (Year 2, Episode 17) -- Transcripts for this episode can be found on our blog. Find us on social media at:FacebookTwitter -- This episode's sponsors: Mac BoylePack Mule PhotographyParty Now, Apocalypse Later Industries Theme song by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com

    Year 2, Episode 16: Disney's Hercules Review! (Drunk Storytime with Z)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2020 35:12


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    Disney's Hercules Review! (Drunken Storytime with Z)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2020 35:12


    Oh snap, Z is drunk! Time to review Disney's Hercules!  (Year 2, Episode 16) -- Transcripts for this episode can be found on our blog. Find us on social media at:FacebookTwitter -- This episode's sponsors: Mac BoylePack Mule PhotographyParty Now, Apocalypse Later Industries Theme song by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com

    Year 2, Episode 15: Insects in Mythology

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2020 28:36


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    Insects in Mythology

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2020 28:36


    Cultural Interns Eris and Z are talking about bugs! Mythological ones, anyway. Bugs in mythology. Mostly just when Loki turns into a fly in order the sabotage Mjolnir's creation and also when Athena turned Arachne into a spider.   Yeah. Bugs.   (Year 2, Episode 15)   --   Transcripts for this episode can be found on our blog. Find us on social media at:FacebookTwitter   --   This episode's sponsors: Mac BoylePack Mule PhotographyParty Now, Apocalypse Later Industries Theme song by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com

    Year 2, Episode 14: Fafnir the Dragon

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2020 25:21


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    Fafnir the Dragon (Norse Myth)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2020 25:21


    Let's talk about Fafnir! Cultural Intern Eris retells the Norse myth of Fafnir, the man who turned into a dragon, in today's episode. Loki's in it; Odin's in it; a giant man-sized otter's in it... what's not to like? (Year 2, Episode 14) -- Transcripts for this episode can be found on our blog. Find us on social media at:FacebookTwitter -- This episode's sponsors: Mac BoyleParty Now, Apocalypse Later Industries Theme song by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com

    LGBTQIA Icons in History

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2020 24:25


    Cultural Interns Eris and Z are back at it again--just in different locations! Hear Z talk about important icons in LGBTQIA history, like Marsha P. Johnson, James Whalen, and Florence Nightingale. And then Eris comes in to talk about her personal hero, Julie d'Aubigny. It's wild! (Year 2, Episode 13) -- Transcripts for this episode can be found on our blog. Find us on social media at:FacebookTwitter -- This episode's sponsors: Mac BoyleParty Now, Apocalypse Later Industries Theme song by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com

    Year 2, Episode 13: LGBTQIA Icons in History

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2020 24:25


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    Year 2, Episode 12: The Legend of the Legend of Zelda

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2020 30:38


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    The Legend of the Legend of Zelda

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2020 30:38


    Well, Cultural Intern Eris is flying solo on this one, guys. And because she's on her lonesome, she's talking about her favorite video game series: The Legend of Zelda. Join us on a deep dive into the legend itself and how it's evolved over the years.  (Year 2, Episode 12) -- Transcripts for this episode can be found on our blog. Find us on social media at:FacebookTwitter The Polygon video discussed in this episode can be found here. It's a doozy! -- This episode's sponsors: Mac BoylePack Mule PhotographyParty Now, Apocalypse Later Industries Theme song by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com

    Year 2, Episode 11: Ghosts! (a/k/a Hauntings Part 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2020 27:52


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    Ghosts! (a/k/a Hauntings Part 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2020 27:52


    Oh snap! Cultural Intern Z and Temp Intern Hayden revisit some of their favorite ghosts stories (that honestly Z never got a chance to get to in the first Hauntings episode because of that great #AtMT nemesis TIME). We got beheaded nuns, we got Indonesian jenglots, we got stories about ghosts with weird feet, just about any ghost you wanna hear about we got. Woo! (Year 2, Episode 11) -- Transcripts for this episode can be found on our blog. Find us on social media at:FacebookTwitter -- This episode's sponsors: Mac BoylePack Mule PhotographyParty Now, Apocalypse Later Industries Theme song by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com

    Year 2, Episode 10: Board Games (Eris is Drunk)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2020 32:46


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    Board Games (Eris is Drunk)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2020 32:46


    We're stuck and separated by quarantine, so Cultural Intern Eris is flying solo (with some help from her trusty Designated Co-Host Driver CJ) on this episode. She's talking about the history of board games, Monopoly, and Lizie Magie in this one. Also she is drunk. (Year 2, Episode 10) -- Transcripts for this episode can be found on our blog. Find us on social media at:FacebookTwitter -- This episode's sponsors: Mac BoylePack Mule PhotographyParty Now, Apocalypse Later Industries Theme song by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com

    Year 2, Episode 9: Dragon Lore

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2020 29:53


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    Dragon Lore!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2020 29:53


    Ah geeze, Cultural Interns Eris and Z get all NERDY and talk about dragons. We've got the Tarasque, the Piasa, Jormungandr, even Shenlong in this episode, yo. (Year 2, Episode 9) -- Transcripts for this episode can be found on our blog. Find us on social media at:FacebookTwitter -- This episode's sponsors: Mac BoylePack Mule PhotographyParty Now, Apocalypse Later Industries Theme song by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com

    Year 2, Episode 8: Greek Kidnappers (Drunk Storytime with Z!)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2020 26:50


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    Greek Kidnappers (Drunk Storytime with Z!)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2020 26:50


    It's time for As the Myth Turns' most awful dating game! Cultural Intern Z gets wasted and introduces us to three unlovely kidnapping bachelors of Greek myth who've never heard of the concept of consent before! Check it out! (Year 2, Episode 8) -- Transcripts for this episode can be found on our blog. Find us on social media at:FacebookTwitter -- This episode's sponsors: Mac BoyleParty Now, Apocalypse Later Industries Theme song by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com

    Spring Equinox Holidays

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2020 19:07


    The dynamic duo is back! Cultural Interns Eris and Z meet up to talk about the spring equinox and spring holidays around the world, like Holli, Ostara, and of course, Easter. (Year 2, Episode 7) -- Transcripts for this episode can be found on our blog. Find us on social media at:FacebookTwitter -- This episode's sponsors: Mac BoylePack Mule PhotographyParty Now, Apocalypse Later Industries Theme song by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com

    Year 2, Episode 6: Pulp Heroes of Yesteryear!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2020 37:03


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    Pulp Heroes of Yesteryear!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2020 37:03


    Cultural Intern Eris joins Producer Extraordinaire Mac to discuss about the granddaddies (and some great-granddaddies) of the superheroes we all know and love. We're talking about The Shadow, the Phantom, Zorro, the Scarlet Pimpernell... even Don Quixote and more. Also, weirdly, a lot of Star Wars and a smidge of Charles Dickens. It's a weirdly pleasing academic episode, y'all. (Year 2, Episode 6) -- Transcripts for this episode can be found on our blog. Find us on social media at:FacebookTwitter -- This episode's sponsors: Mac BoylePack Mule PhotographyParty Now, Apocalypse Later Industries Theme song by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com

    Year 2, Episode 5: Seductors and Seductresses

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2020 37:44


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    Seductors and Seductresses

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2020 37:44


    Cultural Intern Eris and Provisional Co-Hosting Intern / Producer Mac sit down to talk about succubi, incubi, Lilith, the state of sexual education in America, and Candy Crush in this episode. Happy Valentine's Day everyone! (Year 2, Episode 5) -- Transcripts for this episode can be found on our blog. Find us on social media at:FacebookTwitter -- This episode's sponsors: Mac BoylePack Mule PhotographyParty Now, Apocalypse Later Industries Theme song by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com

    Year 2, Episode 4: The Greek Creation Myth (Drunken Storytime with Z!)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2020 35:39


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    The Greek Creation Myth (Drunken Storytime with Z!)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2020 35:39


    Cultural Intern Z gets sloshed and struggles their way through the Greek myth of the creation of the universe. There is weirdly a lot of cannibalism in this one, folks. (Year 2, Episode 4) -- Transcripts for this episode can be found on our blog. Find us on social media at:FacebookTwitter -- This episode's sponsors: Mac BoyleParty Now, Apocalypse Later Industries Theme song by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com

    Year 2, Episode 3: Astrology and the Zodiac

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2020 40:56


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    Astrology and the Zodiac

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2020 40:56


    Cultural Intern Z shares with us their astrology knowledge as they work through Eris's natal chart. Poor Eris just came here to have a good time and she's honestly feeling a little called out. Eris goes over the Chinese Zodiac, and Z starts to lose it a little bit. Everybody is feeling seen this episode! (Year 2, Episode 3) -- Transcripts for this episode can be found on our blog. Find us on social media at:FacebookTwitter -- This episode's sponsors: Mac BoylePack Mule PhotographyParty Now, Apocalypse Later Industries Theme song by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com

    Sea Creatures!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2020 30:51


      Yargh, mateys, there be sea creatures in this episode! Join Cultural Interns Eris and Z as they talk about mermaids, selkies, kappa, rusalka, and all sorts of other sea creatures of legend! (Year 2, Episode 2) -- Transcripts for this episode can be found on our blog. Find us on social media at:FacebookTwitter -- This episode's sponsors: Mac BoylePack Mule PhotographyParty Now, Apocalypse Later Industries Theme song by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com

    Year 2, Episode 2: Sea Creatures

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2020 30:51


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    Year 2, Episode 1: Medical Myths

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2019 41:05


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    Medical Myths

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2019 41:05


    Oh man, folks. This one gets a little intense and emotional. Join your Cultural Interns Eris and Z as they talk about lobotomies, autism, the history of medicine, and the myths surrounding our health and illnesses. Also cannibalism. Vaccinate your kids. (Year 2, Episode 1) -- Transcripts for this episode can be found on our blog. Find us on social media at:FacebookTwitter -- This episode's sponsors: Mac BoylePack Mule PhotographyParty Now, Apocalypse Later Industries Theme song by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com

    Year 1, Episode 26: Dark Fairy Tales

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2019 34:59


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    Dark Fairy Tales

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2019 34:59


    It's the most wonderful time of the year... so let's talk about dark, disturbing fairy tales! Cultural Interns Eris and Z share tales of the Krampus, Pinocchio, the Baba Yaga, Little Mermaid, and Donkeyskin. We put the "MM!" in Grimm, y'all. (Year 1, Episode 26) -- Transcripts for this episode can be found on our blog. Find us on social media at:InstagramPatreonTumblrTwitter -- This episode's sponsors: Mac BoylePack Mule PhotographyThe Fourth Wall by Party Now, Apocalypse Later Industries Theme song by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com

    Year 1, Episode 25: #RocoPoco (Year End Wrap-Up!)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2019 44:11


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