In a Time of Ancient Gods: The Xena Podcast

We're back from our mini break! and WHAT AN EPISODE TO COME BACK TO!!!Gabby WOWS as the Contessa & Xena catches a snake! MEANWHILE  Hayley & Justine research drag  performance in ancient Greek theater & the history of Miss America pageants.Like what we're doing? Rate, subscribe, and review on your preferred podcast platform!For more Xena content, follow us!For exclusive content check out our Patreon!IG @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcastFB @IATOAGTheXenaPodcastNeed some IATOAG merch? Check out our Teespring shop!15% off with code: IATOAG21Support the showSupport the show

TIME TRAVEL! Women in STEM!! Indiana Jones?!!  MEANWHILE   Hayley & Justine research Macedonia in the 1940s, Nazis & archaeology,  and ladies' roles in early archaeology!Like what we're doing? Rate, subscribe, and review on your preferred podcast platform!For more Xena content, follow us!For exclusive content check out our Patreon!IG @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcastFB @IATOAGTheXenaPodcastNeed some IATOAG merch? Check out our Teespring shop!Support the showSupport the show

Xena saves a Scrooge and Gabby saves US from a trip to the glue factory! MEANWHILE  Hayley & Justine research Solstice & Equinox celebrations from around the world, ancient Greek orphan life,  and a brief history of Dickens' A Christmas Carol! Like what we're doing? Rate, subscribe, and review on your preferred podcast platform!For more Xena content, follow us!For exclusive content check out our Patreon !IG @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcastFB @IATOAGTheXenaPodcastNeed some IATOAG merch? Check out our Teespring shop!15% off with code: IATOAG21Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/IATOAGTheXenaPodcast)

XenaisstillCallistoisstillXena! Can Ares help them swap their bodies back!? Will Gabby ever get her fishcakes?! MEANWHILE Justine & Hayley research ancient greek ships & murder mystery games! Like what we're doing? Rate, subscribe, and review on your preferred podcast platform!For more Xena content, follow us!For exclusive content check out our Patreon !IG @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcastFB @IATOAGTheXenaPodcastNeed some IATOAG merch? Check out our Teespring shop!15% off with code: IATOAG21Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/IATOAGTheXenaPodcast)

NOT A WORD SINCE PERD! Let's swap bodies and takedown Ares' latest plot to conquer the world! MEANWHILE  Hayley's back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! H&J research the perennial questions: Can we really switch bodies?! and what IS Ares' type.... romantically???Like what we're doing? Rate, subscribe, and review on your preferred podcast platform!For more Xena content, follow us!For exclusive content check out our Patreon !IG @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcastFB @IATOAGTheXenaPodcastNeed some IATOAG merch? Check out our Teespring shop!15% off with code: IATOAG21Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/IATOAGTheXenaPodcast)Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/IATOAGTheXenaPodcast)

Let's talk about the PLANET FORMERLY KNOWN AS XENA!!!!! That's right! The dwarf planet Eris, the goddess of discord, identified in the early 2000s, was originally named Xena! Her moon was called Gabrielle! Freak out! In our final sidequest episode before our mini winter break and Hayley's return, we have a VERY SPECIAL GUEST!  Astrologer Mary Swanson leads us through a discussion of the connections between the discovery of Eris, and the dwarf planet's myths and psychological associations with personal and societal liberation!We end the interview with astrological birth chart readings for Lucy Lawless and Renee O'Connor! With a focus on what Eris is up to in their charts! You can check out Mary's website and socials:www.IncarnateAstrology.comIG: @IncarnateAstrologyIG @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcastFB @IATOAGTheXenaPodcastNeed some IATOAG merch? Check out our Teespring shop!15% off with code: IATOAG21Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/IATOAGTheXenaPodcast)

Hayley's still away, but Justine is here with some ancient warrior princess research! We're putting a pin in the episode recaps until Hayley's back and in the meantime, we'll visit some of our favorite themes!In this episode, we're researching Camilla of the Volsci, warrior princess of Virgil's Aeneid. In a time of ancient gods, warlords, and kingsA land in turmoil cried out for a hero...She was CAMILLA! A mighty princess Devoted to Diana, Goddess of the hunt,And a hero to her people and country! Enjoy! IG @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcastFB @IATOAGTheXenaPodcastNeed some IATOAG merch? Check out our Teespring shop!15% off with code: IATOAG21Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/IATOAGTheXenaPodcast)Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/IATOAGTheXenaPodcast)

Hayley's away, so it's up to Justine to entertain you! We're putting a pin in the episode recaps until Hayley's back and in the meantime, we'll visit some of our favorite themes!In this episode, we're kicking off Spooky Season with a tale I always think of when I hear Callisto's screams; One of Hayley & my favorite madwoman in the attic short stories: The Yellow Wallpaper,  by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.Campy Horror! Feminist Themes! Psychological Thrills! Late 19th-century Gothic Aesthetics!IG @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcastFB @IATOAGTheXenaPodcastNeed some IATOAG merch? Check out our Teespring shop!15% off with code: IATOAG21Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/IATOAGTheXenaPodcast)

Xena, Xena, Xena! Triplet strangers?! Joxer finds love and Gabby gets gaslit! MEANWHILE Justine & Hayley research the history of “tramps” and the Aegis!Like what we're doing? Rate, subscribe, and review on your preferred podcast platform!For more Xena content, follow us!IG @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcastFB @IATOAGTheXenaPodcastNeed some IATOAG merch? Check out our Teespring shop!15% off with code: IATOAG21Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/IATOAGTheXenaPodcast)Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/IATOAGTheXenaPodcast)

Old Flames! Funeral Pyres! Vengeance! Quicksand! The patron saint of rage is BACK back and every drop of innocent bloodshed from here on out is on Xena's hands! MEANWHILE Hayley & Justine research ancient Greek wedding rituals and quicksand!  Like what we're doing? Rate, subscribe, and review on your preferred podcast platform!For more Xena content, follow us!For exclusive content check out our Patreon !IG @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcastFB @IATOAGTheXenaPodcastNeed some IATOAG merch? Check out our Teespring shop!15% off with code: IATOAG21

Xena fights an army of mysterious undead ladies, and Gabby joins a cult! MEANWHILE Justine & Hayley research Orpheus & Bacchae! PLUS a special disembodied guest star from Justine & Hayley's past PLUS PLUS a secret surprise musical at the end of the episode from friends of the pod: The Dead Sailor GIrls! Check out our Patreon for research on Bacchus/Dionysus!For more from DSG: www.DeadSailorGirls.comIG @thedeadsailorgirlsLike what we're doing? Rate, subscribe, and review on your preferred podcast platform!For more Xena content, follow us!For exclusive content check out our Patreon !IG @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcastFB @IATOAGTheXenaPodcastNeed some IATOAG merch? Check out our Teespring shop!15% off with code: IATOAG21

"Do you remember the tallest man you've ever seen?"- Jonathan FrakesMEANWHILE: Justine & Hayley research David & Goliath and myths about Giants from around the world!Like what we're doing? Rate, subscribe, and review on your preferred podcast platform!For more Xena content, follow us!For exclusive content check out our Patreon !IG @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcastFB @IATOAGTheXenaPodcastNeed some IATOAG merch? Check out our Teespring shop!

ALTERNATE TIMELINE ALERT !!! Xena embraces villager life and Gabby raids Xena’s mom’s closet! MEANWHILE Hayley continues her research into slavery in ancient Greece, and Justine researches the 3 Fates, plus we  get a quick lil intro to 20th century Neopaganism!Like what we're doing? Rate, subscribe, and review on your preferred podcast platform!For more Xena content, follow us!IG @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcastFB @IATOAGTheXenaPodcastFor exclusive content check out our Patreon !Need some IATOAG merch? Check out our Teespring shop !

SEASON TWO EPISODE ONE! New Season! New Characters! New Heartbreak! SAME WARRIOR PRINCESS!! Xena comes face to face with a decision she regrets! Gabby rides a centaur without asking first! MEANWHILE Hayley & Justine research the North Wind Boreas, Father of Centaurs Ixion and Athenian Statesman Solon!Like what we're doing? Rate, subscribe, and review on your preferred podcast platform!For more Xena content, follow us!IG @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcastFB @IATOAGTheXenaPodcastFor exclusive content check out our Patreon !Need some IATOAG merch? Check out our Teespring shop !

IN OUR SEASON ONE FINALE Xena invents medicine, Gabby does NOT join a cult (!!!), PLUS Amazons, Centaur Babies, and Civil War!MEANWHILE Hayley & Justine research Hippocrates, Galen, Asclepius, and birth practices of the ancient world!Join us in 2021 for Season 2!Like what we're doing? Rate, subscribe, and review on your preferred podcast platform!For more Xena content, follow us!IG @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcastFB @IATOAGTheXenaPodcastFor exclusive content check out our Patreon ! Need some IATOAG merch? Check out our Teespring shop !

Xena confronts the man in the iron mask, and Gabby listens with her body! MEANWHILE Hayley & Justine research the history of passenger pigeons and a few notable masks through the ages!Rate, subscribe, and review on your preferred podcast platform!For more Xena content, follow us!IG @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcastFB @IATOAGTheXenaPodcastFor exclusive content check out our Patreon ! Need some IATOAG merch? Check out our Teespring shop !

Burn it all down, Callisto's in town! and Gabby breaks Joxer's nose for the first time! MEANWHILE Hayley & Justine research The Oracle of Delphi, Callisto in mythology, and chat a little about Hong Kong action films!Rate, subscribe, and review on your preferred podcast platform!For more Xena content, follow us!IG @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcastFB @IATOAGTheXenaPodcastFor exclusive content check out our Patreon ! Need some IATOAG merch? Check out our Teespring shop !

Gabby dons the armor and responsibilities of her presumed dead lover andNOBODY TOUCH XENA'S HORSE!!!! MEANWHILE Hayley researches healing wells & sacred waters, and Justine researches the armor switching lovers from an ancient time: Achilles & Patroclus! Rate, subscribe, and review on your preferred podcast platform!For more Xena content, follow us!IG @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcastFB @IATOAGTheXenaPodcastFor exclusive content check out our Patreon ! Need some IATOAG merch? Check out our Teespring shop !

Bad Dads Galore! Xena confronts a salt and pepper childhood trauma, and Gabby explores Shame Resilience Theory (SRT) with a new friend! MEANWHILE Justine and Hayley research the House of Atreus, and Slavery in Ancient Greece!Rate, subscribe, and review on your preferred podcast platform!For more Xena content, follow us!IG @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcastFB @IATOAGTheXenaPodcastFor exclusive content check out our Patreon ! Need some IATOAG merch? Check out our Teespring shop !

Xena interferes in a cult sacrifice! Gabby joins a "rock" band!! Karl Urban!!! MEANWHILE Hayley researches the goddess Hestia, and the biblical story of Abraham & Isaac. Justine researches the henbane plant, and human sacrificial practice in antiquity!Like what we're doing? Rate, subscribe, and review on your preferred podcast platform!For more Xena content, follow us!IG @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcastFB @IATOAGTheXenaPodcastFor exclusive content check out our Patreon ! Need some IATOAG merch? Check out our Teespring shop !

Bruce Campbell! PLUS pressure point fights, rock sugar switch-a-roos, and Gabby joins a cult! MEANWHILE Justine researches Autolycus, King of Thieves, and Hayley researches the Ark of the Covenant.Like what we're doing? Rate, subscribe, and review on your preferred podcast platform!For more Xena content, follow us!IG @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcastFB @IATOAGTheXenaPodcastFor exclusive content check out our Patreon ! Need some IATOAG merch? Check out our Teespring shop !

Xena fights for love through heaven and hell and Gabrielle gets invited to a festival! MEANWHILE Hayley researches the ferryman of the underworld, Charon! and Justine researches Tartarus & the Elysian Fields! For more Xena content, follow us!IG @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcastFB @IATOAGTheXenaPodcastLike what we're doing? Rate, subscribe, and review on your preferred podcast platform!For exclusive content check out our Patreon: www.patreon.com/IATOAGTheXenaPodcast

In this episode we're TWINNING with Xena and her twin stranger! and Gabby writes a poem! MEANWHILE Hayley uncovers the differences between the Roman Goddess Diana and the Greek Artemis, and Justine loses herself to twin stranger youtube videos! Follow us!IG @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcastFB @ IATOAGTheXenaPodcastLike what we're doing?Rate, subscribe, and review on your preferred podcast platform!For exclusive content check out our Patreon: www.patreon.com/IATOAGTheXenaPodcastWant a shirt?teespring.com/stores/in-a-time-of-ancient-gods

In this episode we travel with Xena, Gabby, and two 90's hair innovators to find the treasures of ancient Sumer and the strawberry jello mold of eternal life! MEANWHILE Hayley researches ancient Sumer, and Justine researches Ambrosia!Follow us!IG @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcastFB @ IATOAGTheXenaPodcastLike what we're doing? Rate, subscribe, and review on your preferred podcast platform!For exclusive content check out our Patreon: www.patreon.com/IATOAGTheXenaPodcast

NEW YEAR NEW GABBY APPRECIATION! In this episode Xena has an off screen solo adventure, while Gabrielle impresses us all with her bard and leadership skills! MEANWHILE Hayley & Justine research Orion, Homer, Euripides, and The Platonic Academy! Follow us!IG @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcastFB @ IATOAGTheXenaPodcastLike what we're doing? Rate, subscribe, and review on your preferred podcast platform!For exclusive content check out our Patreon: www.patreon.com/IATOAGTheXenaPodcast

"Io Saturnalia!" This episode Justine & Hayley research holiday festivals of the ancient world AND realize a little something about Gabrielle! Happy Holidays Everyone! See you in 2020!Follow us on Facebook @IATOAGTheXenaPodcast and Instagram @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcast for memesJoin us on Patreon @IATOAGTheXenaPodcastRate, Review, and Subscribe to connect us with more Xenites!Happ

Xena ends the Trojan War in a day, and Gabby meets an old flame! MEANWHILE Justine & Hayley research Helen of Troy, Paris, Menelaus, Deiphobos, Polyxena, Penthesilea, and give a VERY short breakdown of the Trojan War Follow us!IG @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcastFB @ IATOAGTheXenaPodcastLike what we're doing? Rate, subscribe, and review on your preferred podcast platform!For exclusive content check out our Patreon: www.patreon.com/IATOAGTheXenaPodcast

Xena pairs up with a disintegrating corpse for some underwater acting, while Gabby wears a hat! MEANWHILE Hayley researches ancient Greek prison systems, the Roman goddess Flora, and the Persian King Xerxes, while Justine researches the Greek hero Diomedes, Salmoneus, and the Feast of Zeus!Follow us!IG @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcastFB @ IATOAGTheXenaPodcastLike what we're doing? Rate, subscribe, and review on your preferred podcast platform!For exclusive content check out our Patreon: www.patreon.com/IATOAGTheXenaPodcast

Xena leads by example in an intersectional feminist lesson on dismantling patriarchal plots to disempower oppressed social groups, and Gabby gets a fighting stick! JK, Gabby goes through some huge identity transformations in this ep. MEANWHILE Justine researches Centaurs & Phantes, and Hayley tells us all about amazons and one of our favorite Goddesses, and friend of the pod, Artemis!Follow us!IG @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcastFB @ IATOAGTheXenaPodcastLike what we're doing? Rate, subscribe, and review on your preferred podcast platform!For exclusive content check out our Patreon: www.patreon.com/IATOAGTheXenaPodcast

Xena finds a rat tube in a house of tricks, and Gabby's crush of the week is adorable! MEANWHILE Justine researches the myths around Sisyphus, Toxeus and a little bit of the Calydonian Boar Hunt AND Hayley researches the Gods of Death and we learn THE TRUTH ABOUT TALUS.For more IATOAG follow us !Instagram @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcastFacebook @IATOAGTheXenaPodcastJoin us on Patreon:www.patreon.com/IATOAGTheXenaPodcast

Xena and an ex-lover defeat an army of mutant bird babies, while Gabrielle tells the most romantic story! MEANWHILE Hayley researches the Goddess Hera AND what Prometheus was really all about, and Justine researches the Labors of Hercules and Ancient Greek Oracles!Follow us on Instagram @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcastJoin us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/IATOAGTheXenaPodcast

Xena battles primordial giants using her wits, while Gabby joins a cult! MEANWHILE Hayley researches the history and lineage of the ancient Titans, while Justine investigates Xena's ululation battle cry, PLUS we translate a few of our favorite songs from the show and discuss the importance of female friendship visibility! For updates and Xena memes check out our Instagram @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcastQuestions, comments, concerns shoot us an e-mail atchattyfood@gmail.com Find us on Facebook : )

Xena is set up by a mysterious stranger, and Gabrielle puts her faith in a small town's judicial system! MEANWHILE Justine & Hayley fangirl over the God of War!For visuals check out our Instagram @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcast and find us on Facebook! E-mail us at chattyfood@gmail.com

Xena breaks our hearts with a funeral dirge, & Gabrielle gets thrown in the stocks for helping a lovestruck prince!MEANWHILE Justine researches the original star-crossed lovers, Pyramus & Thisbe! AND we learn the truth about Mizentius: the Etruscan King/“Contemptor Divum” (DESPISER OF THE GODS)! AAND Hayley tells us about the beautiful Nereid Panope! AAAND about ancient Greek Funerary practices! for visuals on this episode, and every episode, follow us on Instagram @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcast

Gabby kidnaps a baby & opens Pandora's box, while Xena brings families together through dance! MEANWHILE Justine tells gets into the history of Gryphons, Cherubs, and Ancient Greek currency, while Hayley unlocks the truth of Pandora's box!for visuals on this episode, and every episode, follow us on Instagram @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcast

Xena destroys her fears on the astral plane with the help of a blind Seer, and Gabby joins a cult! MEANWHILE Justine unveils the history of Lucid Dreaming, Hayley uncovers the myths surrounding Morpheus, the Dream God, and we all have a lovely discussion surrounding the Eleusinian Mysteries---the Ancient Greek rites performed during annual festivals outside of Athens in honor of the goddesses Demeter & Persephone. Follow us on Instagram @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcast

Xena is coerced into a domestic cult, while Gabrielle searches for a "soft soul". MEANWHILE Justine and Hayley discuss the myth of Baucis & Philemon, the ancient Greek custom of Xenia, and Ares' son Cycnus. Follow us on Instagram @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcast

Xena! Comedy! Greek Myths! Hayley & Justine discuss every Xena: Warrior Princess episode in order, researching the truth behind the legends and historical characters in the Xenaverse. In Sins of the Past we meet Xena, a former warlord on a path to redemption, and her plucky sidekick Gabrielle. Hayley and Justine discuss why Xena is their favorite super hero, the myth of Oedipus, and we get to know a Cyclops! Follow us on Instagram @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcast