Episodes

  • 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 mins
  • 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 mins
  • 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 mins
  • 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 mins
  • Advice from Jackals: Arab Beast Fables

    Advice from Jackals: Arab Beast Fables
    Mar 15 2025
    Guest expert Mustafa Banister Introduces us to the world of Arabic Beast Fables in the Kalila Wa Dimna and elsewhere.

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    1 hr
  • The Natural History of the Beasts of Revelation

    The Natural History of the Beasts of Revelation
    Mar 2 2025
    Animals are everywhere in the end times. We explore early responses to the fantastic, terrifying, yet beautiful beasts of the Book of Revelation.

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    45 mins
  • Beasts of the Bayeux

    Beasts of the Bayeux
    Jan 19 2025
    Guest Elizabeth Pastan explores the animals in the Bayeux Embroidery (aka the Bayeux Tapestry). If you want to see the images we're discussing, you can go to the Youtube version of the episode here: https://youtu.be/pOaibXA5XrI .

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    49 mins
  • The Animals of the Twelve Days of Christmas

    The Animals of the Twelve Days of Christmas
    Dec 24 2024
    From partridges to "colly" birds, we explore the early history of the animals (and especially birds) of the beloved Christmas counting song. Special thanks to Evelyn Wohlbier for recording the song for us.

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    43 mins
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