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Not Your Mother's MahabharataNYMM 34: Himalayan Hijinks. Arjuna's Mission: Part 1Send us a textWe are thrilled to welcome Erika Gesme to the podcast to begin the tale of Arjuna's solo adventure.All the Pandavas and Draupadi have come to accept their exile, but they also accept that once they return from it, they will not be given everything back as was promised to them. They need to prepare for the eventual war, and for that, Arjuna needs to visit the Himalayas and speak to the god Shiva.Erika and Azure are enthralled as the mighty Arjuna can't seem to gain the upper...2025-07-211h 04Not Your Mother's MahabharataNYMM 33: Special Guest Shambhu Nath Explains What It All Means.Send us a textFor this very special episode of Not Your Mother's Mahabharata the tables are turned.Satish joins Azure on the listening side of the recording studio to hear from Shambhu Nath. Shambhu shares his own journey with the Mahabharata on how it led him towards healing his anxiety and other ailments. Deeply familiar with the spiritual symbolism within the Mahabharata, Shambhu answers every question that Satish and Azure can fit into the hour.It's an extraordinarily insightful episode of Not Your Mother's Mahabharata.We recommend listening to the...2025-07-071h 11Not Your Mother's MahabharataNYMM 32: Humiliation, Wisdom, and Getting off your Ass. First Years of Exile: Part 2Send us a textSatish tells Azure the story of how the Pandavas and Draupadi are doing as we continue seeing how they handle being exiled.The Pandavas are visited by the 16 year old Immortal Markandeya, and of course we can't go further without learning how that phenomenon happened.Markandaya comforts Yudhistira by telling him more stories from Indian mythology.But Draupadi and Bheema aren't having it. They want to understand why Yudhishthira isn't showing more pain and regret from losing everything at the game of dice, and once again push...2025-06-2346 minNot Your Mother's MahabharataNYMM 31: The Joyless Jungle. First Years of Exile: Part 1Send us a textOur Season 3 begins with Book 3 of the Mahabharata, Vana Parva, - AKA the Book of the ForestWe welcome Ben Kopnick to tell him how the Pandavas are dealing with being exiled following Yudhishthira's failure. Spoiler- not well. Yudhishthira is most concerned about how he's going to feed the loyal brahmins who decide to join the Pandava in their exile.Duryhodhana in the mean time, swimming in insecurity, wants to deal with the weaponless Pandavas but is stopped by the all knowing Vyasa, whose sage advice he still rejects...2025-06-091h 13Not Your Mother's MahabharataRE-RELEASE: NYMM 02: The King, His River Queens, and the Son Who Gives it All UpSend us a textRE-RELEASEFor this episode we welcome musician Rhiannon Fiskradatz and tell her the story of the tortured King Shantanu who only manages to catch a single break because of his devoted demigod son. Rhiannon needs moments of silence after Ganga seemingly murders her own children, and yells in defense of Bheeshma keeping his heritage.https://spjayaraj.com/nymm-02/ Rhiannon is among many things a musician who goes by MaMa Faerie. Her debut album, Anthems for the Apocalypse, is experimental electronic pop music and i...2025-05-261h 04Not Your Mother's MahabharataMOTHER'S DAY RE-RELEASE: NYMM 05: The Five Godly Babies and the Butter Born BoysSend us a textRe-ReleaseFor this episode we welcome writer Evan Kingston and tell him the origin of the Pandavas and the Kauravas. Satish tells the story of his favorite half-celibate, half-sex-crazy couple, Evan is not into buying Vayu's impressiveness because of his own biases against wind, and Azure is proud of Madri's divine threesome.Evan Kingston is a writer living in the Twin Cities Metro Area. If you would like a wonderful Christmas gift this year that challenges and honors the spirit of Christmas, email Evan at betternotcry@proton.me2025-05-121h 05Not Your Mother's MahabharataNYMM: A Note from Your HostsSend us a textWe want to hear from you! Email us at nymmpod@gmail.com. Or find us on Instagram (notyourmothersmahabharata) or Facebook (Not Your Mother's Mahabharata). This week Satish and Azure go it alone to share a quick note with all of you. We will be taking a month off to do some tweaks and updates to get ready to launch SEASON 3 of Not Your Mother's Mahabharata! Can you believe it? It's been such a fun ride so...2025-04-2810 minNot Your Mother's MahabharataNYMM 30: What's a Little Gambling Between Murderous Cousins?Send us a textWe welcome back Rhiannon from episode 2 and MamaFaerie fame. Rhiannon wants to know if we will once again feature 'flowing tits and ass' and comes to regret that the semi answer is 'yes.'Satish recounts the game of dice for Rhiannon and Azure. Yudhishthira, the oldest of the Pandavas has just been crowned emperor of the known world. No one except perhaps Indra of the heavens owns as much as he does. He is invited by his conniving cousin Duryodhana to a game of dice, and though every person tells...2025-04-141h 21Not Your Mother's MahabharataNYMM 29: Bonus Episode: It's a Vishnu Thing To Do.Send us a textFor this special episode we go way back to the dawn of everything.You can get 48% off your first subscription for the next 10 days or 20% off for a onetime purchase of Magic Mind athttps://www.magicmind.com/notyourgm20You can also use the code NYM20 directly on their website#magicmind #mentalwealth #mentalperformanceSatish welcomes his old friend Grant Boulanger to the episode. No need to hash out what has happened before this time, because Nothing Has happened. Satish...2025-04-071h 19Not Your Mother's MahabharataNYMM 28: Why You Shouldn't Insult a God.Send us a textYudhishthira is now emperor. All that is left is to choose a guest of honor...It doesn't go well.You can get 48% off your first subscription for the next 10 days or 20% off for a onetime purchase of Magic Mind athttps://www.magicmind.com/notyourgm20You can also use the code NYM20 directly on their website#magicmind #mentalwealth #mentalperformanceWe welcome John Rynders to tell him the story of what happens when Yudishthira closes the ceremony by honoring...2025-03-3158 minNot Your Mother's MahabharataNYMM 27: Dear Fellow Kings- Can I be your Emperor?Send us a textJoin Satish and Azure as they embark on their first solo story! You can get 25% off the Magic Mind gummies at my link:https://www.magicmind.com/notyourgmYou can also use my code NYM, directly on their websiteWith Jarasandha no longer a threat, The younger Pandava brothers need to go far and wide to gather tribute for the oldest brother's emperor ceremony.Satish tells Azure about each of the brothers journeys and how it intersects with stories and characters already told. G...2025-03-1756 minNot Your Mother's MahabharataNYMM 26: Hold onto Your Stitches.Send us a textSatish tells the story of Krishna's, Arjuna's, and Bheem's not so subtle infiltration of Jarasandha's kingdom. Jarasandha has captured 84 kings and the trio is here to save them. Our guest Mahala and Azure question the weird honor codes at play and oh boy- the soul splitting finale demands a built in do-over. Stories we began in the Krishna Chronicles come to fruition here.Do also join our community on Patreon.com/nymmpodcast to hear us dive deep into uncovering the metaphors of this episode.Support the podcast an...2025-03-031h 07Not Your Mother's MahabharataNYMM 25: Forest Burning and Mansion Building.Send us a textTrevor Rolando joins us for our 25th episode!We close out our last episode story of Arjuna bringing his new wife Subhadra to meet his wife Draupadi.Satish tells the story of the burning of the Khandava forest- a story of great significance and featuring gods, cosmic weapons, demons and a few very specific survivors.One of whom creates one of the greatest treasures for the Pandavas that will fuel incredible envy in future episodes!Do also join our community on Patreon.com/nymmpodcast to...2025-02-171h 17Not Your Mother's MahabharataNYMM 24: 12 Years of Exile, Spent Praying, Travelling, and FornicatingSend us a textLindsay Buck joins us to hear all about Arjuna's 12 year exile. Satish takes the opportunity to re-tell the reason for Arjuna's exile with a puppy dog twist. Lindsay's suspicions of multiple characters gives Satish room to talk about multiple variations in the story, while we also throw in some of our own.Arjuna visits all the holy sites of ancient India, but it's not all dull walking and mediation. He also meets 'marries' and fornicates - creating whole new families while banned from visiting his first. Krishna also comes in and...2025-02-031h 17Not Your Mother's MahabharataNYMM 23: The Brother- Husbands are Back: Featuring Duryhodana, Dritarashtra and the PandavasSend us a textWe are back to following the story of the Pandavas! After our stint with Krishna, we are pleased to welcome our friend Rachael Gaetz to recap the Pandavas adventures through the eyes of King Dritarashtra.Dritarashtra, Duryhodana and Karna are not happy to discover that the Pandavas are still alive and less pleased about their marriage to Draupadi. The scheming begins immediately, but the politics of the situation have vastly changed. They no longer have the upper hand but are still determined to somehow come out on top.Rachael is...2025-01-201h 10Not Your Mother's MahabharataNYMM 22: Wives, Demons, Devas and Deaths, in no particular order: Krishna Chronicles 6Send us a textFor our final episode of the Krishna Chronicles we entertain musician Steven Zubich. We've come to the end of this lovely tangent, yet the finale holds all the drama. Satish presents the stories of how Krishna gets his many wives, (and we mean MANY wives) not all of whom get along. We hear how Krishna defeats foes whom even he can't kill, and how he decisively deals with a really foolish imposter.Azure and Steven are jaw dropping entertained between the epic-ness and pettiness of today's story.Pianist Steven...2025-01-061h 28Not Your Mother's MahabharataNYMM 21: Parashuram and the otherworldly travels of young Krishna: Krishna Chronicles 5Send us a textFor our penultimate episode of the Krishna Chronicles we are thrilled to welcome Didi Koka, who comes to us with a little more familiarity with the Dark One which makes for some deeper conversations.Satish tells the origin story of Parashuram, the founder of all martial arts who has already appeared numerous times in our podcast. Krishna in this episode visits the ocean, and two underworlds to perform miracles for his teacher and adopted mother. We see clear similarities with the stories of Greek Mythology's Orpheus, although with happier endings. Is...2024-12-231h 21Not Your Mother's MahabharataNYMM 20: A Boar, a Lionman, and a Dwarf walk into a story. Krishna Chronicles 4.5Send us a textWe continue our Krishna Chronicles with Jenny McDougal by telling her about three more avatars of Vishnu.Jenny and Azure try to guess the only animal form that can take on the first invincible demon. We imagine the monstrous form Vishnu takes to deal with the second demon, and Satish tells the more pleasant story of the third invincible demon who is celebrated in Satish's home state of Kerala.Support the podcast and join the NYMM community on Patreon.com/nymmpodcast to get access to additional content, including...2024-12-0949 minNot Your Mother's MahabharataNYMM 19: Krishna returns to Mathura: Krishna Chronicles 4Send us a textJenny McDougal joins us for part 4 of the Krishna Chronicles.Krishn'a destiny to deal with his tyrannical uncle Kamsa comes a calling. We tell the story of Krishna and Balarama leaving their old cow herding life behind to return to the nation of his birth, all while Jenny asks the most insightful questions.Support the podcast and join the NYMM community on Patreon.com/nymmpodcast to get access to additional content, including our continued discussion session with Amy "Our religious non-religiousness." S...2024-11-2544 minNot Your Mother's MahabharataNYMM 18: Tales of Teenage Krishna: Krishna Chronicles 3Send us a textWe continue with our Krishna Chronicles, this time with Amy Wielunksi.Krishna is now old enough to be cowherds and do their part for their beloved village. Krishna continues to safeguard his village from demon after demon, with some help from his thunder thighs brother, Balarama. He then, in quite astounding ways defies a couple of the other gods.Support the podcast and join the NYMM community on Patreon.com/nymmpodcast to get access to additional content, including our continued discussion session with Amy "Our religious non-religiousness."2024-11-111h 10Not Your Mother's MahabharataNYMM 17: The Invincible Baby: Krishna Chronicles 2Send us a textWe welcome our good friend Kale Lepak to tell Krishna baby stories.Krishna baby deals with demon, after demon, after demon,- with each one being vastly different from the others. We tell the story of 2 of Vishu's different avatars/forms in Hindu Mythology- Kurma the turtle and Matsya the Fish- and we can't help but notice the parallels to Jesus Christ and expert ark maker, Noah.S.P. Jayaraj is the creator of the mythic world of Adijari that is the setting of his...2024-10-281h 10Not Your Mother's MahabharataNYMM 16: The Dark One's Lineage: Krishna Chronicles 1Send us a textSatish decides that before continuing forward, we should venture back to explore the origin of the enigmatic lord Krishna. Drew Kellum Johnson joins us to discover the origin of the Yadavas. Starting off with two besties who have a falling out after wearing each other's clothes, followed by a king cursed with old age unless he can convince one of his sons to take the curse from him, and finally the prophesy of a heroic birth sends a damaged king on a tailspin of murder and madness. Let...2024-10-141h 09
Audible BleedingJVS Author Spotlight - Felsted, Scali, and JayarajAudible Bleeding editor Wen (@WenKawaji) is joined by 1st year vascular surgery fellow Richa Kalsi (@KalsiMD), 3rd year medical student Nishi (@Nishi_Vootukuru), 4th-year general surgery resident Sasank Kalipatnapu (@ksasank) from UMass Chan Medical School, JVS editor Dr. Forbes (@TL_Forbes), JVS-VLD associate editor Dr. Arjun Jayaraj and JVS social media liaison Dr. Haurani to discuss some of our favorite articles in the JVS family of journals. This episode hosts Dr. Amy Felsted, Dr. Salvatore Scali, and Dr. Arjun Jayaraj, the authors of the following papers. Dr. Arjun Jayaraj and Dr. Haurani will also spend t...2024-10-0752 minNot Your Mother's MahabharataNYMM 15: The Fire Born Woman Burning Every Man's Loins.Send us a textToday we were happy to have two guests with us! Mystery author Mindy Mejia and our other good friend, clay artist and yoga teacher Jenna Jo Bodling!Satish really wanted an extra lady at the podcast table to introduce everyone to Draupadi, the dark skinned beauty that every king, prince, warrior and teenage boy wants for themselves - How will the pandavas resolve their desire for one woman?Before we get to that, Satish tells the story of Arjuna's hot headed encounter with an elf and how that encounter probably helps...2024-08-181h 08Not Your Mother's MahabharataNYMM 14: Demons, Demons, Demons.Send us a textToday we welcome our dear friend Andy Blissenbach and tell him all about Bheem's killing, mating, and fathering of demons- It's a wild ride! Satish comes in making parallels between Andy and Bheema - He is particularly happy to introduce him to the powerhouse Pandava, Azure and Andy set each other off on the literal naming of characters in the epic, and we scratch the surface of some of the dietary wisdom within the Mahabharat. Which demon fascinated you the most?Let us know in the com...2024-08-051h 18Not Your Mother's MahabharataNYMM 13: The Roof, the Walls, the Floor- It's all on Fire!Send us a textToday we welcome our new friend Lindsay Shimizu and tell her the infamous story of the house of lac - the story that creates the first great divide between the Kauravas and the Pandavas. References to game of thrones, modern politics, and other geekdoms galore as we laugh through an otherwise pretty horrific murder plot. 😬 Azure and Lindsay wonder about the indoor plumbing situation of a tinder box mansion, and Satish struggles to stay on topic when Lindsay reveals she's seen one of his favorite Bollywood movies. What did you thin...2024-07-221h 01Not Your Mother's MahabharataNYMM 12: A Couple Queer Origins.Send us a textToday we are excited to welcome our old friend Kari Kusek to the show. Kari and Azure are taken on a surprise trip back to some of the earliest Mahabharata episode that precedes where we started on episode 1. We explore 3 (of the many) examples of queerness in Hindu Mythology. Also featuring the moon, some tree spirits, and suddenly having boobs. What was your favorite Gender twist in this episode? Kari Kusek is a S.A.C. (A School Assessment Coordinator/ Dean...2024-07-0851 minNot Your Mother's MahabharataNYMM 11: ‘Why are Teenagers Warring with my Kingdom?’Send us a textAaron Bodling joins us to hear the story of Drupada as he is attacked by the Kuru clan.Drupada is a good king who has ruled by the wisdom he has gained from his guru, so he has no idea why a bunch of teenagers are leading an army against him. Aaron and Azure love the flashback and different version of Drupada's daughter/son Shikhandi. Satish is thrilled to rediscover Drupada's importance in the Mahabharata, and foreshadows galore with the new characters introduced at the end. ...2024-06-2452 min