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SKELETON KEYS is a podcast dedicated to unlocking the mysteries of mythology and history in pop culture. Each episode is a skeleton key to unlock a particular artist, film, comic or other popular art through myth and history. Hosts, Torri Yates-Orr is an African American Historian and John Bucher is a Mythologist. Together, they take a look at the people, places, and events happening in culture in order to mine out a deeper meaning, having a ton of fun along the way.

Torri Yates-Orr, John Bucher


    • Jul 15, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 52m AVG DURATION
    • 25 EPISODES

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    Latest episodes from Skeleton Keys

    Myths of Games

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2022 35:56


    Torri's Skeleton Key - https://www.britannica.com/sports/jujitsu John's Skeleton Key - https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Finite-and-Infinite-Games/James-Carse/9781476731711 Torri Yates-Orr - @TorriYatesOrr on all channels John Bucher - @johnkbucher on Twitter and @tellingabetterstory on IG

    Myths of Catwoman

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2022 39:26


    Torri's Skeleton Key - https://imagecomics.com/comics/series/the-wicked-the-divineJohn's Skeleton Key(s) -  @BlackGirlNerdsTorri Yates-Orr - @TorriYatesOrr on all channels John Bucher - @johnkbucher on Twitter and @tellingabetterstory on IG

    Myths of Loki

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2022 76:13


    Torri's Skeleton Key - Sympathy For the Devil by The Rolling Stones (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgnClrx8N2k) John's Skeleton Key(s) - Ring of Nibelung by DC Comics (https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Ring_of_the_Nibelung_Vol_1) Dr. Scott Neumeister - @MythicPath on all channelsTorri Yates-Orr - @TorriYatesOrr on all channels John Bucher - @johnkbucher on Twitter and @tellingabetterstory on IG

    Myths of Genitalia

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2022 50:00


    Torri's Skeleton Key - A Curious History of Sex by Kate Lister (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50773748-a-curious-history-of-sex) John's Skeleton Key(s) - The Story of V by Catherine Blackledge (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/361984.The_Story_of_V) Torri Yates-Orr - @TorriYatesOrr on all channels John Bucher - @johnkbucher on Twitter and @tellingabetterstory on IG

    Myths of Death

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2022 44:18


    Torri's Skeleton Key - https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-history-of-death/michael-kerrigan/9781782744917#:~:text=The%20History%20of%20Death%20illuminates,concepts%20of%20life%20after%20death. John's Skeleton Key(s) - https://www.hbo.com/six-feet-under https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691157788/the-work-of-the-dead Torri Yates-Orr - @TorriYatesOrr on all channels John Bucher - @johnkbucher on Twitter and @tellingabetterstory on IG

    90 Day Fiancé

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2022 51:01


    Torri's Skeleton Key - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56293601-not-your-yellow-fantasyJohn's Skeleton Key - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29285003-the-artemis-archetype-in-popular-cultureTorri Yates-Orr - @TorriYatesOrr on all channelsJohn Bucher - @johnkbucher on Twitter and @tellingabetterstory on IG

    Myths of Tattoos

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2022 42:34


    Torri's Skeleton Key -   John's Skeleton Key - Buena Vista Social Club (https://www.buenavistasocialclub.com/) Torri Yates-Orr - @TorriYatesOrr on all channels (https://tattoohistorian.com/) John Bucher - @johnkbucher on Twitter and @tellingabetterstory on IGSkeleton Keys - @SkeletonKeysPod on Twitter and IG

    Myths of Wild Women

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2022 69:57


    For more information on Maria Souza (@womenandmythology), visit womenadnmythology.com.Torri's Skeleton Key -  Josephine Baker (https://tinyurl.com/cp799uc6) John's Skeleton Key - Tracking the Wild Woman Archetype: A Guide to Becoming a Whole, Indivisible Woman (https://tinyurl.com/bdfvs92f)Torri Yates-Orr - @TorriYatesOrr on all channelsJohn Bucher - @johnkbucher on Twitter and @tellingabetterstory on IGSkeleton Keys - @SkeletonKeysPod on Twitter and IG

    Myths of Beauty Standards

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2021 77:34


    For more information on Ayesha K. Fanes (@ayeshakfaines), visit womenlovepower.com.Torri's Skeleton Key -  Making Faces and Face Forward by Kevin Aucoin (https://tinyurl.com/227u9ktx)John's Skeleton Key - The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1001 Nights (https://tinyurl.com/u3934m6f)Torri Yates-Orr - @TorriYatesOrr on all channelsJohn Bucher - @johnkbucher on Twitter and @tellingabetterstory on IGSkeleton Keys - @SkeletonKeysPod on Twitter and IG

    Frankenstein's Monster

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2021 61:33


    Torri's Skeleton Key -  Black Frankenstein: The Making of an American Metaphor (https://tinyurl.com/4acakmmj)John's Skeleton Key - Prometheus: Archetypal Image of Human Existence (https://tinyurl.com/55n5z28) and Ice Cube's War and Peace (https://tinyurl.com/ynv3p7yu)Torri Yates-Orr - @TorriYatesOrr on all channelsJohn Bucher - @johnkbucher on Twitter and @tellingabetterstory on IGSkeleton Keys - @SkeletonKeysPod on Twitter and IG 

    Ancient Aliens

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2021 70:15


    Torri's Skeleton Key - Octavia Butler - Dawn (https://tinyurl.com/1r4qc43k) John's Skeleton Key - Martin Buber - I and Thou (https://tinyurl.com/wta8tc84), Carl Jung - Flying Saucers (https://tinyurl.com/tk6qozzd), Fanny Brewster - African Americans and Jungian Psychology (https://tinyurl.com/ekmzykoh)Torri Yates-Orr - @TorriYatesOrr on all channelsJohn Bucher - @johnkbucher on Twitter and @tellingabetterstory on IGSkeleton Keys - @SkeletonKeysPod on Twitter and IG

    Bachelor in Paradise

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2021 56:33


    Pamela Jaye Smith  (http://pamelajayesmith.net/) Torri's Skeleton Key - https://thomaskinkade.com/shop/limited-edition-art/gardens/stairway-to-paradise-limited-edition-art/?attribute_pa_media=canvas&attribute_pa_size=30x40&attribute_pa_edition=ap&attribute_pa_frame=unframed&gclid=Cj0KCQiA6t6ABhDMARIsAONIYyx3yNpEM1VxX2BRZWi0AJn1sgHS7F29zh7mNmyywDFKNSH7SWdImlUaAmb_EALw_wcBJohn's Skeleton Key - https://www.amazon.com/Making-Sex-Gender-Greeks-Freud/dp/0674543556/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=making+sex&qid=1612211724&sr=8-1Torri Yates-Orr - @TorriYatesOrr on all channelsJohn Bucher - @johnkbucher on Twitter and @tellingabetterstory on IG 

    Criminal Couples

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2021 71:45


    S. Brent Rodriguez Plate  (http://sbrentplate.net) @splate1 on TwitterTorri's Skeleton Key - Lonely Hearts Murders and Ads (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Fernandez_and_Martha_Beck) John's Skeleton Key - Hadestown (https://hadestown.com ) Torri Yates-Orr - @TorriYatesOrr on all channelsJohn Bucher - @johnkbucher on Twitter and @tellingabetterstory on IG

    AfroFuturism

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2021 52:47


    Kwame Scruggs, PhD and Alchemy, Inc.  (http://alchemyinc.net/)Octavia E. Butler (https://www.octaviabutler.com/)Outkast (https://www.outkast.com/)Sun Ra - (http://www.sunraarkestra.com/)Torri's Skeleton Key - Afrofuturism: The World of Black Sci-Fi and Fantasy Culture by Ytasha L. Womack (https://www.amazon.com/Afrofuturism-World-Sci-Fi-Fantasy-Culture/dp/1613747969/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=afrofuturism+womack&qid=1609698028&sr=8-1) John's Skeleton Key - Cosmic Tones for Mental Therapy by Sun Ra (https://www.amazon.com/Cosmic-Tones-Mental-Therapy-Forms/dp/B0000014JO/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Sun+Ra+Cosmic+tones&qid=1609698162&sr=8-1) Torri Yates-Orr - @TorriYatesOrrJohn Bucher - @johnkbucher

    The Heroine's Journey

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2020 61:20


    HBO (@HBO)WATCHMEN (@Watchmen)Dr. Maureen Murdock - maureenmurdock.comThe Heroine's Journey - https://www.amazon.com/Heroines-Journey-Womans-Quest-Wholeness/dp/1611808308/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Heroine%27s+Journey&qid=1608490067&sr=8-1Torri Yates-Orr - @TorriYatesOrrJohn Bucher - @johnkbucher

    American Mythology

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2020 57:15


    No Skeleton Keys included for this very serious episode.Reach out to us at SkeletonKeysPodcast@gmail.com@SkeletonKeysPod (Twitter & Instagram)Torri Yates-Orr: @TorriYatesOrr (Instagram & Twitter)John Bucher (@johnkbucher on Twitter and @tellingabetterstory on Instagram) 

    Is BLINDSPOTTING a Modern Myth?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2020 70:23


    Rafael Casal (@RafaelCasal)Blindspotting (@BlindspottingMv)Torri's Skeleton Key: Tarot-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TarotJohn's Skeleton Key: The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison https://www.amazon.com/Invisible-Man-Ralph-Ellison/dp/0679732764/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=the+invisible+man&qid=1592763959&sr=8-3

    Is Kim Kardashian the Modern Aphrodite?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2020 40:22


    Torri's Skeleton Key: "The Art of Seduction" by Robert Greene - https://www.amazon.com/Art-Seduction-Robert-Greene/dp/1861977697/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+art+of+seduction&qid=1589741808&sr=8-1 John's Skeleton Key:  "The Goddess" by Dr. Christine Downing - https://www.amazon.com/Goddess-Mythological-Images-Feminine/dp/0595467741/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=christine+downing+goddess&qid=1589741860&sr=8-1 Get a hold of us at SkeletonKeysPodcast@gmail.comFollow us on the socials - @SkeletonKeysPod on Twitter and Instagram

    Is Beyonce the Modern Oshun?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2020 40:40


    Torri's Skeleton Key:  Oshun Across the Waters (https://www.amazon.com/Osun-across-Waters-Goddess-Americas-ebook/dp/B005PKN0NY/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Oshun+across+the+waters&qid=1588531928&sr=8-1)John's Skeleton Key:  The Mythology of Sex (https://www.amazon.com/Mythology-Sex-Sarah-Dening/dp/0028612078/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=mythology+of+sex&qid=1588531986&sr=8-3)Get a hold of us at SkeletonKeysPodcast@gmail.comFollow us on the socials - @SkeletonKeysPod on Twitter and Instagram

    Is Snoop Dogg the Modern Dionysus?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2020 46:32


    Dr. Devon Deimler (DevonDeimler.com)Torri's Skeleton Key:  "The Chronic" by Dr. Dre - https://www.amazon.com/Chronic-Vinyl-LP-Dr-Dre/dp/B00005AQEU/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=chronic+dr+dre&qid=1587314892&sr=8-2John's Skeleton Key:  Dionysus: Myth and Cult by Walter F. Otto - https://www.amazon.com/Dionysus-Myth-Walter-F-Otto/dp/0253208912/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Dionysus+Walter+Otto&qid=1587314702&sr=8-1 Dionysus: Archetypal Image of Indestructible Life by Carl Kerenyi  - https://www.amazon.com/Dionysos-Archetypal-Image-Indestructible-Life/dp/0691029156/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Dionysus+archetypal+image+of+indestructible+life&qid=1587314749&sr=8-1Get a hold of us at SkeletonKeysPodcast@gmail.comFollow us on the socials - @SkeletonKeysPod on Twitter and Instagram

    Is Mary Poppins the Modern Inanna?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2020 52:50


    Victoria Male (@VictoriaMale)Kristen Chavez (@kriavez)Your Biggest Fangirl Podcast (@VictoriaMale)Torri's Skeleton Key:  Frida Kahlo - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frida_KahloJohn's Skeleton Key: Mary Poppins and Myth by Staffan Bergsten - https://www.amazon.com/Poppins-Skrifter-Utgivna-Svenska-Barnboksinstitutet/dp/9122001271/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Mary+Poppins+and+Myth+by+Staffan+Bergsten&qid=1586110243&sr=8-1Get a hold of us at SkeletonKeysPodcast@gmail.comFollow us on the socials - @SkeletonKeysPod on Twitter and Instagram

    Is Spider-Man the Modern Anansi?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2020 56:27


    Gabby Frederick (@geepedz)Torri's Skeleton Key: ROOTS - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075572/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1John's Skeleton Key: Woman’s Mysteries: Ancient and Modern by M. Esther Harding - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/75241/womans-mysteries-by-esther-harding/Get a hold of us at SkeletonKeysPodcast@gmail.comFollow us on the socials - @SkeletonKeysPod on Twitter and Instagram

    Is the WWE the Modern Olympus?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2020 53:47


    Dr. CarrieLynn Reinhard (@MediaOracle)The Professional Wrestling Studies Association (@ThePSWA)Torri's Skeleton Key: GLOW - https://www.netflix.com/title/80114988 John's Skeleton Key: Heroes of World Class: The Story of the Von Erichs and the Rise and Fall of World Class Championship Wrestling -  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1363105/

    Myths Are Everywhere

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2020 34:19


    EP 101 - Myths are EverywhereCLEOPATRA by Diane Stanleyhttps://www.amazon.com/Cleopatra-Diane-Stanley/dp/0688154808/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3U160K0OQSP19&keywords=cleopatra+diane+stanley&qid=1582491556&sprefix=cleopatra+diane%2Caps%2C208&sr=8-1 THE LANGUAGE OF THE GODDESS by Marija Gimbutashttps://www.amazon.com/Language-Goddess-Unearthing-Symbols-Civilization/dp/0062503561/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=maria+gimbutas+goddess&qid=1582491646&sr=8-2 Reach out to us at SkeletonKeysPodcast@gmail.com@SkeletonKeysPod (Twitter & Insta)Torri Yates-Orr: @TorriYatesOrr (Insta & Twitter)John Bucher: @johnkbucher (Twitter)  @TellingABetterStory (Insta)

    Skeleton Keys - Trailer

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2020 1:53


    Here's a taste of what you can expect this season on Skeleton Keys, a podcast dedicated to unlocking the mysteries of mythology and history in pop culture. Each episode is a skeleton key to unlock a particular artist, film, comic or other popular art through myth and history. Hosts, Torri Yates-Orr is an African American Historian and John Bucher is a Mythologist. Together, they take a look at the people, places, and events happening in culture in order to mine out a deeper meaning, having a ton of fun along the way.

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