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207-Monkey King: Girls Before Swine
The Monkey King and friends stop off on a side quest to rescue a young woman kidnapped by a pig monster, but they might get more than they bargained for, and make a new friend along the way.
206-Mabinogion: The Blip
We're back in the Mabinogion, a collection of Welsh folklore, where we'll see what happens when the apocalypse comes and goes and you are left behind with your friends. And mom.
205B-Odyssey: The Widening Gyre
We're back following Odysseus around the Mediterranean, finishing up this leg of our journey in a packed episode with a witch, pigmen, more giants, Scylla, Charybdis, Hades, Tiresias, and, of course Hercules. [...]
205A-Odyssey: Man of Constant Sorrow
With monsters, witches, sirens, and cyclopes, the Odyssey is one of the landmarks of world literature and a classic for the ages. This is the start.
204-Russian folklore: Get in the Bag
A story from Russia about a soldier with some biscuits who fights demons, heaven, and yes, death herself.
202-Grimm: Out of the Woods
Two stories from the Grimm brothers!
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Carissa Weiser
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Carissa is a former audiology professor with a background in psychoacoustics, linguistics, and creative writing. She loves her family, photography, tennis season, and riding horses.
Jason Weiser
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Jason is a former hospital researcher with a background in English literature and narrative theory. He's a big fan of his wife and child, hiking, Batman, and cake (the dessert, but the band's ok, too).
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