Not Your Mother's Mahabharata

We welcome back Evan Kingston to tell him some of the strangest stories yet- and that really is saying something! We meet the great and powerful rishi Agastya whose mightiest power is...digestion?? From his own birth, to the creation of his lady friend out of animals, to his ability to seemingly eat and drink anything!- Azure and Evan are so weirded out that they don't even know if they shoul...

While waiting for the arrival of their brother Arjuna, Bheema and Draupadi discover that the flowers of the heavens have found their way to the Himalayas. Bheema decides to find more for Draupadi, but comes across some demons (as he often does) and also an old and very perplexing monkey. Musician, Trivia Author and Host, and Berry Farmer John McConville makes his NYMM debut. John comes in not know...

The four Pandavas and Draupadi are missing Arjuna, but the time has come to take the extended long route to the Himalayas where Arjuna will join them, but not before doing as Arjuna did a while ago by visiting the holy water sites. Creative and fellow storyteller Aaron Fiskradatz is back to hear of the Pandavas adventure and the stories behind each of the holy water sites. Satish is excited to int...

Yudhishthira is still lamenting over his gambling addiction. Luckily the visiting sage Brihadashva brings some hope to the eldest Pandava by telling him the tale of Nala And Damayanti. Our friend Andy Caranicas joins us to hear the wondrous story of Nala and Damayanti, a prince and princess who are deeply in love with each other despite having never met. To be together they will need to outmaneuve...

Arjuna has learnt warfare from some of the best of the best, and has been god -given some the most terrifying weapons ever to exist for the future Kurukshetra war. Time for a test run...?  Lindsay Ohse  joins us for this epic out of this world battle/massacre. Indra has given his son Arjuna all he has asked for and more. But before Arjuna can return to his family on earth, Indra has a small reques...

The Himalayas were great, but not high enough for Arjuna. We welcome our friend Laura Tanner to tell her the continuation of Arjuna's bold adventure to another realm- some would argue the 'best' realm. Arjuna'a father Indra once again invites Arjuna to the realm of the gods and this time Arjuna says yes! Aside from magical jeweled palaces and magical flying horses of different...

We 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 Sh...

For 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...

Satish 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...

Our Season 3 begins with Book 3 of the Mahabharata, Vana Parva, - AKA the Book of the Forest We 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, swimmi...

RE-RELEASE For 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 m...

Re-Release For 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 Are...

We 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&apo...

We 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 o...

For 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 one time purchase of Magic Mind at https://www.magicmind.com/notyourgm20 You can also use the code NYM20 directly on their website #magicmind #mentalwealth #mentalperformance Satish welcomes his old friend Grant Boulanger to the episode. No need to ha...

Yudhishthira 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 one time purchase of Magic Mind at https://www.magicmind.com/notyourgm20 You can also use the code NYM20 directly on their website #magicmind #mentalwealth #mentalperformance We welcome John Rynders to tell him the...

Join 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/notyourgm You can also use my code NYM, directly on their website With 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...

Satish 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. D...

Trevor 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 fue...

Lindsay 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...

We 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...

For 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...

For 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 pe...

We 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 Keral...

Jenny 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 ac...