In a Time of Ancient Gods: The Xena Podcast

IT'S OUR SEASON 2 FINALE and love is in the air! Xena hearts another sensitive bad boy and Gabby learns the Joxer Theme! MEANWHILE Hayley & Justine research the Cupid & Psyche myth and discuss Monster Grooms! Like what we're doing? Rate, subscribe, and review on your preferred podcast platform!For more Xena content, follow us!www.InaTimeofAncientGods.comFor exclusive content check out our Patreon!IG @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcastFB @IATOAGTheXenaPodcastNeed some IATOAG m...

Gabby eats squid on a cursed ship, and we all swoon for the cursed & crushworthy captain of our dreams -- CECROPS! Xena teaches about problem solving, endurance and the many forms of love! MEANWHILE Justine & Hayley research Cecrops and sea burial practices of the ancient Greeks and early modern Europeans!Stay tuned to the end of the episode for a special on-theme song from our favorite band (and friend of the pod) The Dead Sailor Girls! Follow them at @TheDeadSailorGirls Like w...

Where was XENA when the Westfold Fell? MEANWHILE Justine & Hayley research Genghis Khan and the Golden Horde, Swarms, Folk Horror, Feminist Utopias & Dystopias! Check out our Patreon for Research References and research on Cannibalism!Like what we're doing? Rate, subscribe, and review on your preferred podcast platform!For more Xena content, follow us!www.InaTimeofAncientGods.comFor exclusive content check out our Patreon!IG @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcastFB @IATOAGTheXenaPodcastNeed some...

Another guy asks Xena to wear his dead wife’s dress and Gabby’s misery is our misery! MEANWHILE Justine & Hayley research Sirens, Athena, and the man with a plan himself, Ulysses!Check out our Patreon for Research References!Like what we're doing? Rate, subscribe, and review on your preferred podcast platform!For more Xena content, follow us!www.InaTimeofAncientGods.comFor exclusive content check out our Patreon!IG @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcastFB @IATOAGTheXenaPodcastNeed some IATOAG merch...

Gabby has a weekend at Bernie’s and WHERE in Ancient Greece is the eyewash station?? MEANWHILE Justine & Hayley research the Enchiridion + what it might have been like in Xena's day to live with without eyesight!Check out our Patreon for Research References!Like what we're doing? Rate, subscribe, and review on your preferred podcast platform!For more Xena content, follow us!For exclusive content check out our Patreon!IG @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcastFB @IATOAGTheXenaPodcastNeed some IATOAG merch?...

Xena meets Gabby's other hero crush! Bloodthirsty villagers in the bleachers! Will we ever meet the "one-eyed guy"?! MEANWHILE Justine & Hayley research Meleager in mythology and the history of hourglasses!Like what we're doing? Rate, subscribe, and review on your preferred podcast platform!For more Xena content, follow us!For exclusive content check out our Patreon!IG @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcastFB @IATOAGTheXenaPodcastNeed some IATOAG merch? Check out our Teespring shop!Support the Show.

Love Gods are in the air and Joxer causes a civil war! MEANWHILE Justine & Hayley discuss love spells in the ancient world & touch on Simone de Beauvoir’s social theories!Like what we're doing? Rate, subscribe, and review on your preferred podcast platform!For more Xena content, follow us!For exclusive content check out our Patreon!IG @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcastFB @IATOAGTheXenaPodcastNeed some IATOAG merch? Check out our Teespring shop!Support the Show.

FINALLY, we get a full day with Xena & Gabby. Xena goes fishing! Gabby talks with villagers! We all play 20 questions! MEANWHILE, Justine & Hayley research the history of kites and Zagreus!!Like what we're doing? Rate, subscribe, and review on your preferred podcast platform!For more Xena content, follow us!For exclusive content check out our Patreon!IG @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcastFB @IATOAGTheXenaPodcastNeed some IATOAG merch? Check out our Teespring shop!Support the Show.

Xena & Gabby battle Amazons with immortal powers! Rats for lunch!! Femme vengeance!!! MEANWHILE Hayley & Justine research village & rodent life in the ancient world!Like what we're doing? Rate, subscribe, and review on your preferred podcast platform!For more Xena content, follow us!For exclusive content check out our Patreon!IG @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcastFB @IATOAGTheXenaPodcastNeed some IATOAG merch? Check out our Teespring shop!Support the Show.

Amazon politics! Bruce Campbell! We cannot believe Xena is still dead!!!! MEANWHILE Hayley & Justine research Amazon wannabe queen Velasca & ancient cases of spirit possession!Like what we're doing? Rate, subscribe, and review on your preferred podcast platform!For more Xena content, follow us!For exclusive content check out our Patreon!IG @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcastFB @IATOAGTheXenaPodcastNeed some IATOAG merch? Check out our Teespring shop!Support the showSupport the Show.

Heartbreak! Crucifixion! Julius Caesar! And the woman who started it all! MEANWHILE Justine & Hayley research Caesar and a lil bit about ancient Gaul! Like what we're doing? Rate, subscribe, and review on your preferred podcast platform!For more Xena content, follow us!For exclusive content check out our Patreon!IG @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcastFB @IATOAGTheXenaPodcastNeed some IATOAG merch? Check out our Teespring shop!15% off with code: IATOAG21Support the Show.

We're back from our mini break! and WHAT AN EPISODE TO COME BACK TO!!!Gabby WOWS as the Contessa & Xena catches a snake! MEANWHILE Hayley & Justine research drag performance in ancient Greek theater & the history of Miss America pageants.Like what we're doing? Rate, subscribe, and review on your preferred podcast platform!For more Xena content, follow us!For exclusive content check out our Patreon!IG @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcastFB @IATOAGTheXenaPodcastNeed some IATOAG merch?...

TIME TRAVEL! Women in STEM!! Indiana Jones?!! MEANWHILE Hayley & Justine research Macedonia in the 1940s, Nazis & archaeology, and ladies' roles in early archaeology!Like what we're doing? Rate, subscribe, and review on your preferred podcast platform!For more Xena content, follow us!For exclusive content check out our Patreon!IG @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcastFB @IATOAGTheXenaPodcastNeed some IATOAG merch? Check out our Teespring shop!Support the showSupport the Show.

Xena saves a Scrooge and Gabby saves US from a trip to the glue factory! MEANWHILE Hayley & Justine research Solstice & Equinox celebrations from around the world, ancient Greek orphan life, and a brief history of Dickens' A Christmas Carol! Like what we're doing? Rate, subscribe, and review on your preferred podcast platform!For more Xena content, follow us!For exclusive content check out our Patreon !IG @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcastFB @IATOAGTheXenaPodcastNeed some IATOAG merch...

XenaisstillCallistoisstillXena! Can Ares help them swap their bodies back!? Will Gabby ever get her fishcakes?! MEANWHILE Justine & Hayley research ancient greek ships & murder mystery games! Like what we're doing? Rate, subscribe, and review on your preferred podcast platform!For more Xena content, follow us!For exclusive content check out our Patreon !IG @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcastFB @IATOAGTheXenaPodcastNeed some IATOAG merch? Check out our Teespring shop!15% off with code: IATOAG21Supp...

NOT A WORD SINCE PERD! Let's swap bodies and takedown Ares' latest plot to conquer the world! MEANWHILE Hayley's back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! H&J research the perennial questions: Can we really switch bodies?! and what IS Ares' type.... romantically???Like what we're doing? Rate, subscribe, and review on your preferred podcast platform!For more Xena content, follow us!For exclusive content check out our Patreon !IG @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcastFB @IATOAGTheXenaPodcastNeed s...

Let's talk about the PLANET FORMERLY KNOWN AS XENA!!!!! That’s right! The dwarf planet Eris, the goddess of discord, identified in the early 2000s, was originally named Xena! Her moon was called Gabrielle! Freak out! In our final sidequest episode before our mini winter break and Hayley's return, we have a VERY SPECIAL GUEST! Astrologer Mary Swanson leads us through a discussion of the connections between the discovery of Eris, and the dwarf planet’s myths and psychological associa...

Hayley's still away, but Justine is here with some ancient warrior princess research! We're putting a pin in the episode recaps until Hayley's back and in the meantime, we'll visit some of our favorite themes!In this episode, we're researching Camilla of the Volsci, warrior princess of Virgil's Aeneid. In a time of ancient gods, warlords, and kingsA land in turmoil cried out for a hero...She was CAMILLA! A mighty princess Devoted to Diana, Goddess of the hunt,And a hero to her people and coun...

Hayley's away, so it's up to Justine to entertain you! We're putting a pin in the episode recaps until Hayley's back and in the meantime, we'll visit some of our favorite themes!In this episode, we're kicking off Spooky Season with a tale I always think of when I hear Callisto's screams; One of Hayley & my favorite madwoman in the attic short stories: The Yellow Wallpaper, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.Campy Horror! Feminist Themes! Psychological Thrills! Late 19th-century Gothic Aest...

Xena, Xena, Xena! Triplet strangers?! Joxer finds love and Gabby gets gaslit! MEANWHILE Justine & Hayley research the history of “tramps” and the Aegis!Like what we're doing? Rate, subscribe, and review on your preferred podcast platform!For more Xena content, follow us!IG @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcastFB @IATOAGTheXenaPodcastNeed some IATOAG merch? Check out our Teespring shop!15% off with code: IATOAG21Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/IATOAGTheXenaPodcast)Support the Show.