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  • Leave it to the beaver

    Leave it to the beaver
    2025/07/12
    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 分
  • So. Many. Snakes.

    So. Many. Snakes.
    2025/06/22
    We explore the many versions of the Hydra.

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    44 分
  • Carp e diem: Fish of the Day

    Carp e diem: Fish of the Day
    2025/05/24
    For 400 years, the carp was the most popular fish in Europe. What made it so fantastic?

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    49 分
  • The real dog man

    The real dog man
    2025/05/12
    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 分
  • Wolf! Wolf!

    Wolf! Wolf!
    2025/05/05
    From Beowulf to the guerrilla rewilding of Britain, guest Elizabeth (Lizzie) Marshall regales us with wolfish lore.

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    43 分
  • And your little dog too!

    And your little dog too!
    2025/04/12
    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 分
  • There are no baby griffins

    There are no baby griffins
    2025/03/29
    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 分
  • Advice from Jackals: Arab Beast Fables

    Advice from Jackals: Arab Beast Fables
    2025/03/15
    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 時間