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  • The Egotistical Eagle

    The Egotistical Eagle
    Aug 19 2025
    The quintessential imperial attention whore.

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    46 Min.
  • Leave it to the beaver

    Leave it to the beaver
    Jul 12 2025
    We journey from the clever self-castrating beaver of the Middle Ages to the near extinction of the North American beaver for the sake of European hats.

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    49 Min.
  • So. Many. Snakes.

    So. Many. Snakes.
    Jun 22 2025
    We explore the many versions of the Hydra.

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    44 Min.
  • Carp e diem: Fish of the Day

    Carp e diem: Fish of the Day
    May 24 2025
    For 400 years, the carp was the most popular fish in Europe. What made it so fantastic?

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    49 Min.
  • The real dog man

    The real dog man
    May 12 2025
    Are dog-headed creatures people or beasts? Find out in this live podcast done at the Kalamazoo Medieval Congress. Our guest, Karl Steel, regales us with tales of the Cynocephalus.

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    48 Min.
  • Wolf! Wolf!

    Wolf! Wolf!
    May 5 2025
    From Beowulf to the guerrilla rewilding of Britain, guest Elizabeth (Lizzie) Marshall regales us with wolfish lore.

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    43 Min.
  • And your little dog too!

    And your little dog too!
    Apr 12 2025
    Small, cute dogs that serve no practical purpose other than to make us go “awwww” turn out to have a long and fantastic history.

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    34 Min.
  • There are no baby griffins

    There are no baby griffins
    Mar 29 2025
    The griffin was both a ferocious beast and a maternal figure. Nobody took it seriously, but its image is everywhere in the pre-modern world from the Near East to Europe.

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    40 Min.