Not Your Mother's Mahabharata

NYMM 52: That's Where They've Been this Whole Time?!

https://www.buzzsprout.com/2307765/fan_mail/new We welcome Jeenee Lee for to tell her the exciting story of the Kauravas figuring it out. After not being able to find the Pandavas for most of the year, which means Duryhodan will be obliged to give everything back, he figures out that they've been in the Matsya kingdom the whole time. Now he needs to rout them out by sending his allies to attack the southern side of the kingdom, while he prepares his own forces to attack them from the north. Because all the Matsya generals were secretly killed by Bheema (listen to the last episode because it was a real killer.) It's up to 4 of the Pandavas to protect the southern border and battle like they never have before- yet still need to maintain their disguises. Then, for the north battle, the young prince of the Matsya kingdom talks tough because there is no charioteer to actually drive him into battle, that is until Brihanalla the 'eunuch' shares her skills with Draupadi, forcing the naive prince to live up to his bragging. It's part 1 of 2 of an epic end to the the Pandavas exile, one way or the other. S.P. Jayaraj is the creator of the mythic world of Adijari that is the setting of his two novels, The Secret of the Zipacna Dragons [https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Zipacna-Dragons-Tale-Adijari/dp/B0B86J93PY/ref=sr_1_2?qid=1706910003&refinements=p_27%3AS+P+Jayaraj&s=books&sr=1-2&text=S+P+Jayaraj] and Legacy of the Crow [https://www.amazon.com/Legacy-Crow-Gathering-Ayeshastra-Adijari/dp/B09VSGHWTG/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=].  He is also a Creative Life Coach through his business Imagination Life Coaching [https://spjayaraj.com/imagination-life-coaching/]. The Mahabharata and other global mythology inspires him in all his projects. spjayaraj.com [https://spjayaraj.com/] Azure Anderson-Jayaraj is a musician, a maker, a cat mom, an arts administrator and now a podcast editor. Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2307765/support] Have an imaginative day. Artwork  and music by Azure Anderson

NYMM 51: The Foot Bone is Connected to the Neck, Rib and Arm Bone?! Well it is Now!

https://www.buzzsprout.com/2307765/fan_mail/new Alyssa Costopoulos returns for a tale of a chauvinist army picking on the wrong woman, despite some very STRONG evidence that they shouldn't. They're just not the smartest breed. All is going well for the Pandavas and Draupadi while they are in their year of hiding, that is until the general Keechaka returns and sets his sights on Draupadi. Despite her warnings of having five powerful husbands who will kill him, Keechaka makes his move. He fails right in front of two of her secret husbands, and Bhima's heart boils for blood. They still need to stay in hiding, so Bhima and Draupadi hatch up a scheme that is oh so, so, so, brutal! S.P. Jayaraj is the creator of the mythic world of Adijari that is the setting of his two novels, The Secret of the Zipacna Dragons [https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Zipacna-Dragons-Tale-Adijari/dp/B0B86J93PY/ref=sr_1_2?qid=1706910003&refinements=p_27%3AS+P+Jayaraj&s=books&sr=1-2&text=S+P+Jayaraj] and Legacy of the Crow [https://www.amazon.com/Legacy-Crow-Gathering-Ayeshastra-Adijari/dp/B09VSGHWTG/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=].  He is also a Creative Life Coach through his business Imagination Life Coaching [https://spjayaraj.com/imagination-life-coaching/]. The Mahabharata and other global mythology inspires him in all his projects. spjayaraj.com [https://spjayaraj.com/] Azure Anderson-Jayaraj is a musician, a maker, a cat mom, an arts administrator and now a podcast editor. Alyssa Costopolous paints, loves horror, sci-fi and fantasy, does property management during the day, and is overall a fun person to be around. Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2307765/support] Have an imaginative day. Artwork  and music by Azure Anderson

NYMM 50: I'll Take your Shiny Skin and Earrings Please.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/2307765/fan_mail/new Christine Mounts joins us for... a Karna mid-redemption story? Every day, after his morning prayers to the Sun god Surya (also his dad though he doesn't know it,) Karna will give anything asked of him to brahmanas. Knowing his intentions to kill his son Arjuna, Indra decides to take advantage of this by disguising himself and asking Karna for his golden skin/armor and earrings that make him invincible. But Surya sees all and decides to warn Karna- but will it make a difference? Also, how does one even 'remove' ones golden skin armor anyway? We discuss various options- each more frightful than the last. S.P. Jayaraj is the creator of the mythic world of Adijari that is the setting of his two novels, The Secret of the Zipacna Dragons [https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Zipacna-Dragons-Tale-Adijari/dp/B0B86J93PY/ref=sr_1_2?qid=1706910003&refinements=p_27%3AS+P+Jayaraj&s=books&sr=1-2&text=S+P+Jayaraj] and Legacy of the Crow [https://www.amazon.com/Legacy-Crow-Gathering-Ayeshastra-Adijari/dp/B09VSGHWTG/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=].  He is also a Creative Life Coach through his business Imagination Life Coaching [https://spjayaraj.com/imagination-life-coaching/]. The Mahabharata and other global mythology inspires him in all his projects. spjayaraj.com [https://spjayaraj.com/] Azure Anderson-Jayaraj is a musician, a maker, a cat mom, an arts administrator and now a podcast editor. Christine Mounts is the co-founder of the American School of Storytelling in Minneapolis. She is a writer and poet who loves to support the art of storytelling through her devotion to the American School of Storytelling- a program of classes, performances, and resources dedicated to oral storytelling and other narrative art forms. https://americanschoolofstorytelling.com/ [https://americanschoolofstorytelling.com/] Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2307765/support] Have an imaginative day. Artwork  and music by Azure Anderson

NYMM 49: Paper Thin Disguises Blessed by Gods.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/2307765/fan_mail/new Beth Beaty joins us as the Pandavas transition from living in the forests to living in hiding back in civilization. If they are discovered, it's another long twelve years to thirteen exile extension. Our heroes take ordinary jobs that make them elusive to their enemies. Their back stories however to maintain their disguises, we find them...questionable. Good things they've been blessed by multiple deities cause in our minds, it's only by gods' grace that no one is suspicious of them. S.P. Jayaraj is the creator of the mythic world of Adijari that is the setting of his two novels, The Secret of the Zipacna Dragons [https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Zipacna-Dragons-Tale-Adijari/dp/B0B86J93PY/ref=sr_1_2?qid=1706910003&refinements=p_27%3AS+P+Jayaraj&s=books&sr=1-2&text=S+P+Jayaraj] and Legacy of the Crow [https://www.amazon.com/Legacy-Crow-Gathering-Ayeshastra-Adijari/dp/B09VSGHWTG/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=].  He is also a Creative Life Coach through his business Imagination Life Coaching [https://spjayaraj.com/imagination-life-coaching/]. The Mahabharata and other global mythology inspires him in all his projects. spjayaraj.com [https://spjayaraj.com/] Azure Anderson-Jayaraj is a musician, a maker, a cat mom, an arts administrator and now a podcast editor. Beth Beaty is a certified enneagram teacher and has been using the enneagram to help people, teams and organizations find expansiveness, compassion and clarity for over 10 years. She firmly believe we are all imperfect and that there is immense beauty in to be found in those imperfections. https://www.bethbeaty.com/ Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2307765/support] Have an imaginative day. Artwork  and music by Azure Anderson

NYMM 48: Riddle Me This, Cause your Lives Depend On it!

https://www.buzzsprout.com/2307765/fan_mail/new Marjorie Hakala joins us for the finale to Adi Parva (the book of the forest) The Pandavas are just about done with their twelve years in the forest, but poor big brother Yudhishthira has not been doing as well as he's claimed. Though the family has forgiven him for that terrible day that led to their banishment, he has still not forgiven himself. Days before their twelve years is up, the four younger Pandavas drink from a yaksha's lake despite the yaksha's warning, and immediately fall dead. (oh dear) Yudhishtira arrives at the lake, and though parched, heeds the yaksha by answering a series of riddles. Azure and Marjorie take a stab at some of the riddles to see how they would do. S.P. Jayaraj is the creator of the mythic world of Adijari that is the setting of his two novels, The Secret of the Zipacna Dragons [https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Zipacna-Dragons-Tale-Adijari/dp/B0B86J93PY/ref=sr_1_2?qid=1706910003&refinements=p_27%3AS+P+Jayaraj&s=books&sr=1-2&text=S+P+Jayaraj] and Legacy of the Crow [https://www.amazon.com/Legacy-Crow-Gathering-Ayeshastra-Adijari/dp/B09VSGHWTG/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=].  He is also a Creative Life Coach through his business Imagination Life Coaching [https://spjayaraj.com/imagination-life-coaching/]. The Mahabharata and other global mythology inspires him in all his projects. spjayaraj.com [https://spjayaraj.com/] Azure Anderson-Jayaraj is a musician, a maker, a cat mom, an arts administrator and now a podcast editor. Marjorie Hakala is a writer with an MFA from Hamline University, a singer with VocalEssence a world traveler, and quite the wonderful person to talk to.  Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2307765/support] Have an imaginative day. Artwork  and music by Azure Anderson