29 episodes
Ancient Weirdness With Gunnar Hauser Gunnar Hauser
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The “Ancient Weirdness With Gunnar Hauser” podcast is an exploration of obscure people, events, and ideas from ancient history. It will entertain, intrigue, frighten, and amaze you. We will examine tales of ghosts, vampires and other undead, insane generals and philosophers, heroes and cult leaders, athletes and artists, accounts of dreams, and much more. We will cover stories that specialists have known about for a long time, but they are mostly unknown to the general public and you probably won’t learn about them in history classes. The emphasis is on Greece and Rome, but the ancient histories of other regions of the globe will also be fair game.Email Gunnar at apuleius15@hotmail.com
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Weird Crusades
A survey of stranger examples of religious wars in antiquity and the Middle Ages.Music Credits:"Smooth Joker" by T. Morri"Breaking Through the Gate" by Hampus NaeseliusEpidemicSound.comSupport the Show.
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Sacred Sex
An exploration of the links between sexuality and religion in the ancient world, including sacred prostitution.Music Credits:"Smooth Joker" by T. Morri"Getting Frisky" by John RunefeltEpidemicSound.comSupport the Show.
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Necromancers and Exorcists
An overview of ancient practices in regards to contacting the dead and binding demons.Music Credits:"Gravity Fields" by Hampus Naeselius"Born Sinister" by Christoffer Moe DitlevsenEpidemicSound.com Support the Show.
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Dark and Foreboding Forests
An exploration of myths and historical events connected to woodlands and their inhabitants.Music Credits:"Smooth Joker" by T. Morri"She Is Dead" by Luella GrenEpidemicSound.comSupport the Show.
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Mum(mification)'s The Word
An exploration of practices and instances of artificial mummification in various regions of the world.Musical Credits:"Smooth Joker" by T. Morri and "Golden Panthers and Pink Lions" by Christian Andersen- EpidemicSound.comSupport the Show.
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Relics, Real and Imagined
An examination of artifacts of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and of the world of the imagination. Music Credits:"Magical Gravitation" www.royaltyfree-music.com"Never Mind the Details" by Jerry Lacey Epidemicsound.comSupport the Show.