Originally published March 13, 2020.
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)
Year 2, Episode 21: Fae Redux
Originally published October 25, 2020.
We're talking about faeries again! Z has info on the alux from the Yucatan Peninsula, the curupira from Brazil, and jogah of Iroquois lore. Eris talks about the rings of Rath in Ireland, the asrai of Shropshire, and goes on a long overdue rant about Morgan le Fey of Arthurian legend. It's pretty cool.
(Year 2, Episode 21)
Year 2, Episode 20: Zombies!
Originally published October 9, 2020.
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 19: Non-European Vampires
Originally published September 18,2020.
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)
Year 2, Episode 18: Modern Werewolves
Originally published September 4, 2020.
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)
Year 2, Episode 17: Hospitality and Gift-Giving
Originally published August 15, 2020.
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)
Year 2, Episode 16: Disney's Hercules Review! (Drunk Storytime with Z)
Year 2, Episode 15: Insects in Mythology
Originally published July 24, 2020.
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 to sabotage Mjolnir's creation and also when Athena turned Arachne into a spider.
Yeah. Bugs.
(Year 2, Episode 15)
Year 2, Episode 14: Fafnir the Dragon
Originally published July 7, 2020.
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)
Year 2, Episode 13: LGBTQIA Icons in History
Originally published June 19, 2020.
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)
Year 2, Episode 12: The Legend of the Legend of Zelda
Originally published May 22, 2020.
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.
The Polygon video discussed in this episode can be found here. It's a doozy!
(Year 2, Episode 12)
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Year 2, Episode 11: Ghosts! (a/k/a Hauntings Part 2)
Originally published May 8, 2020.
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)
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Year 2, Episode 10: Board Games (Eris is Drunk)
Originally published April 24, 2020.
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)
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Year 2, Episode 9: Dragon Lore
Originally published April 10, 2020.
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)
Year 2, Episode 8: Greek Kidnappers (Drunk Storytime with Z!)
Originally published March 27, 2020.
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)
Year 2, Episode 6: Pulp Heroes of Yesteryear!
Originally published February 28, 2020.
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)
Year 2, Episode 5: Seductors and Seductresses
Originally published February 14, 2020.
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)
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Year 2, Episode 4: The Greek Creation Myth (Drunken Storytime with Z!)
Originally published January 31, 2020.
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)
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Year 2, Episode 3: Astrology and the Zodiac
Originally published January 17, 2020.
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)
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Year 2, Episode 2: Sea Creatures
Originally published January 5, 2020.
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)
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