Z. K. Leverton

Breakfast With Gilgamesh

Fiction EN ↓ 14 episodes

Before we built the first great cities, reaped our first harvest, or listened to our first podcast, we were telling stories. Stories about us, the world we lived in, and the gods above. we used them to remember where we come from and to wonder where we might be going. In the spirit of the oral storyteller, humanity's oldest artform, I'm going to tell you a story. It might be a myth, a folktale, or something else entirely, but it will always be in my words, with a slant towards accessibility and fun. Come to learn, come to enjoy, come as you are to my table, as we meet heroes, monsters, gods, a...

Author

Z. K. Leverton

Episodes

Breakfast With Gilgamesh 13: Song for a Blue God 27.02.2026 46:10

He is born in peril and lives in peril, but everywhere he goes, everyone he loves, he brings the resplendant joy of a universe in knowing itself.

Breakfast With Gilgamesh 12: Odinskald 26.04.2025 43:17

He wanders the earth, an earth of his making, its savior, its doom, collecting stories. He is thinking always of the end.

Trailer - Breakfast With Gilgamesh 29.03.2025 3:41

Welcome to Breakfast with Gilgamesh, a podcast about stories.

Breakfast With Gilgamesh 11: Tales of Moonlight and Rain 09.12.2024 1:03:13

We take a trip to Japan to sample one of the richest storytelling traditions on earth, one almost lost to time and industry.

Breakfast with Gilgamesh 10: The Great Sage Equal To Heaven 18.03.2024 1:06:14

We return to the mountain of flower and fruit just as the next grand adventure of Son Wukong the Monkey King begins with havoc in heaven.

Breakfast with Gilgamesh Episode 9: A Menagerie of the Imagination 02.03.2023 26:46

This episode, we take a stroll through a zoo of fantastical creatures from across cultural traditions. Art by Sam Beck, Written, produced and narrated by Z.K. Leverton, Music by Thomas Houlden.

Breakfast With Gilgamesh Episode 8: Thanatos in Troy 08.01.2023 50:35

This episode, we dive deep into the Greek underworld with Aristos Achaion. Art by Sam Beck, Written and produced by Z.K. Leverton, Narrated by Syd Lazarus, Music by Thomas Houlden. Sam Beck's artwork https://zkleverton.files.wordpress.com/2020/09/fb6d0a17-bd7d-43e0-a5a9-eda350f05111-1.jpeg?w=1338

Breakfast With Gilgamesh Episode 7: The Nights 24.09.2022 1:40:16

For hundreds of years, The Nights have been a source of inspiration, comfort, and culture around the world. In this episode, host Z.K Leverton puts his own spin on The Three Women of Baghdad, one of the most beloved Nights. Written and hosted by Z.K Leverton Music by Thomas Holden Art by Sam Beck

Breakfast with Gilgamesh Episode 6: A Brief History of Fallen Angels (Feat. Anthony Oliveira) 23.11.2021 1:20:52

This week we explore the complex and tragic stories of holy beings cast down from heaven. Featuring a conversation with author, host, and podcaster Anthony Oliveira. Find Anthony's work at anthonyoliveira.com . Written, produced, and performed by Z.K. Leverton, Music by Thomas Houlden, Art by Sam Beck. You can support the show at www.patreon.com/breakfastwithgilgamesh . You can read fiction by Z.K...

Breakfast With Gilgamesh Episode 5: Baba Yaga 19.04.2021 49:58

Author Z.K Leverton tells an original story about the most pervasive and fascinating figure in Russian and Slavic folklore - Baba Yaga. Written, produced, and performed by Z.K. Leverton, Music by Thomas Houlden, Art by Sam Beck. You can support the show at www.patreon.com/breakfastwithgilgamesh You can read fiction by Z.K Leverton at www.zkleverton.com.

Breakfast With Gilgamesh Episode 4: The Stone Monkey 07.04.2021 39:05

Author Z.K Levertons begins the journey to the west with the origin of the Monkey King. Written, produced, and performed by Z.K. Leverton, Music by Thomas Houlden, Art by Sam Beck You can support the show at www.patreon.com/breakfastwithgilgamesh You can read fiction by Z.K Leverton at www.zkleverton.com Please consider donating to butterylfysw.org

Breakfast With Gilgamesh Episode 3: The Epic of Horus and Set 21.03.2021 44:44

Author Z.K. Leverton tells the Egyptian epic of Horus and his evil uncle Set. Written, produced, and performed by Z.K. Leverton Music by Thomas Houlden Art by Sam Beck you can support the show at www.patreon.com/breakfastwithgilgamesh you can read fiction by Z.K Leverton at www.zkleverton.com

Breakfast with Gilgamesh Episode 2: The Archer 01.03.2021 38:31

Author Z.K. Leverton tells three stories of the folk hero Robin Hood and his merry men Written, produced, and Performed by Z.K. Leverton Music by Thomas Houlden Art by Sam Back You can support the show at www.patreon.com/breakfastwithgilgamesh you can read fiction by Z.K. Leverton at www.zkleverton.com

Breakfast With Gilgamesh Episode 1: The Secret Story 01.03.2021 35:39

Author Z.K. Leverton tells one of the oldest stories we still tell today. a great flood, a band of survivors, the gods of water and sky. Written, produced, and Performed by Z.K. Leverton Music by Thomas Houlden Art by Sam Back You can support the show at www.patreon.com/breakfastwithgilgamesh you can read fiction by Z.K. Leverton at www.zkleverton.com