Animal Magic

Shakespeare's Shapeshifters: Falstaff, Puck, and the Golden Bough (with Mason Winfield)

To celebrate Shakespeare's Birthday, I'm joined by Mason Winfield, Western New York's Premier Paranormalist, to discuss Shakespearean faerie-lore, Falstaff's downfall in the Merry Wives of Windsor, and how it relates to the Classical Myth of Actaeon and Diana, and Sir James Frazer's book The Golden Bough.

Demeter's Daughters in the Underworld

How might the ancient myth of Persephone's abduction have originated?  And what lessons could we learn from it today?  (Note: This episode didn't turn out to be very funny, so if you're unfamiliar with "Animal Magic" I recommend starting with something else.  But for regular listeners I hope this will be an interesting addition to the series.)

Something Else About Elephants

Are Elephants made of Milk?  Or Eggs?  Or both?  And why don't they have wings anymore?  How did Ganesha get his Distinctive Look?  In this Episode, we'll search the Scriptures of India for Answers you can't find in a Biology Textbook.

Something About Elephants

Even after centuries of zoology, the Elephant remains defiantly mythical.  In this episode, we'll explore some Classical Roman and Christian beliefs about this gentle giant.

Hardware

My car and my phone get along so well that I feel like a third wheel, and I often feel like they'd be happier without me.  Am I an obstacle that the tools have to work around?  I recently found this live recording of "Hardware" from 2021.  Some things I said about hardware and software in 2021 now sound outdated, but the main message still comes through, and this is one of my favorites of all of these I've written.  Special thanks to the one person who kept laughing while I was saying this.