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Bunker 9 - Episode 74: We Love Hadestown (w/ Dylan Hunter)

Nearly three years ago, we recorded an episode about the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Our guest was the fabulous Dylan Hunter, who came on the podcast to discuss the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, Hadestown. Unfortunately, at the time neither co-host had seen the musical, so the topic was largely tabled.

Two years and nine months later, we finally have that conversation.

Major Spoilers for Hadestown

Content Warning: This episode contains mention of death, starvation, and climate change.

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Bunker 9 - Episode 82: Liv Albert's Nectar of the Gods

Darien impulse-bought a mythology-themed cocktail book! So we invited some friends over to sample a few drinks.

Thank you to Kelsey Dody, Dylan Hunter, Melissa Keating, and Dalton Montgomery for helping us mix up an amazingly fun episode! The audio quality is sub-par, but we promise the conversation will be top shelf!

Content warning: This episode features alcohol consumption as well as conversations about death and murder in myths.

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Bunker 9 - Episode 96: Which Discworld Book You Should Read (Based on Your Godly Parent)

For Darien's birthday episode, DJ let her talk about Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series for a whole hour.

Dalton, once The Last Hero is mentioned, skip to 39:48

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DJ promised, so here is it: An episode of 12 Days of Musemas on Easter Sunday!

On the twelfth day of Musemas for 2023, Darien and DJ have BIG opinions about a video game that follows Ebenezer Scrooge two years after his ghostly Christmas encounter.

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Bunker 9 - Episode 100: Ranking Our 11 Favorite Book Moments

Totally, definitely, absolutely our favorite, most loved moments from Rick Riordan's books.

Spoilers for everything from The Lightning Thief to Wrath of the Triple Goddess

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“Ramses the Great was f***ing lucky he didn't have the Roman Empire breathing down his neck.”

It's the last episode of our Egyptian mythology season. Let's spend it talking about one goddess, one god, and two real dudes.

Other topics include a goddess not being associated with the afterlife, the world's first Egyptologist, Darien taking shots at Ramses the Great, using the Patron funds to access Nat Geo articles, Rick Riordan favoring Greek sources for every mythology, DJ advocating for more mashed up words.

Content Warning: This episode contains mentions of and conversations about animal attacks, death, the afterlife, murder, grave robbing, and infant/child death.

Spoilers for The Son of Neptune, Blood of Olympus, and The Tyrant’s Tomb.

Listen to Darien rant about The Things Gods Break on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/musesofmythology

About Us

Muses of Mythology was created and co-hosted by Darien and DJ Smartt.

Our music is Athens Festival by Martin Haene. Our cover art is by Ranpakoka. Find him on Instagram @Ranpakoka

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“You don't know sh*t, AI!”

Time to talk about the Greek and Egyptian crossover short stories that had huge lore implications which haven't been revisited in a decade.

Other topics include revisiting the hosts’ issues with Wrath of the Triple Goddess, struggling to identify the exact release date of paperback editions, speculation of cheese, the tonal dissonance of the short stories coming out before Heroes of Olympus finished, Hazel having the potential to be the most powerful person in the world, and the perfect pitch for the Riordanverse Infinity War.

Content Warning: This episode contains mentions of and conversations about racial slurs, being swallowed alive, physical violence, and animal death.

Spoilers for Chalice of the Gods, Mark of Athena, House of Hades, and Blood of Olympus

Learn more about Faces of Hope: https://facesofhopeidaho.org/

Hear our thoughts about Percy Jackson and the Olympians season 2 on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/musesofmythology

About Us

Muses of Mythology was created and co-hosted by Darien and DJ Smartt.

Our music is Athens Festival by Martin Haene. Our cover art is by Ranpakoka. Find him on Instagram @Ranpakoka

Love the podcast? Support us on Patreon and get instant access to bloopers, outtakes, and bonus episodes! Patreon.com/musesofmythology

Get you hands on podcast merch at Musesofmythology.com/merch

Find us on Instagram. Find all of our episodes and episode transcripts at MusesOfMythology.com

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“I’ve mismarketed this episode.”

The number one book you should read at least once in your (after)life.

Other topics include defining some very important terms of the season, Egyptian funerary text themed Pokémon, offerings Darien would like left for her Ka, 42 Rules you should never break, Ammut mini-episode, a possible Kane Chronicles/Magnus Chase crossover, answering a question from the previous episode, and the New Game Plus of afterlifes.

Content Warning: This episode contains mentions of and conversations about death, the afterlife, embalming/mummification processes, animal attacks, and the destruction of the soul.

Spoilers for Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard.

Hear our thoughts about Percy Jackson and the Olympians season 2 on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/musesofmythology

About Us

Muses of Mythology was created and co-hosted by Darien and DJ Smartt.

Our music is Athens Festival by Martin Haene. Our cover art is by Ranpakoka. Find him on Instagram @Ranpakoka

Love the podcast? Support us on Patreon and get instant access to bloopers, outtakes, and bonus episodes! Patreon.com/musesofmythology

Get you hands on podcast merch at Musesofmythology.com/merch

Find us on Instagram. Find all of our episodes and episode transcripts at MusesOfMythology.com

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