Mahabharata Podcast
This podcast is for anyone interested in the Epic Literature of India, its spiritual philosophies, the life and background of Krishna, and all the fascinating stories from the great epic The Mahabharata.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Episodes
- 100
- Years Active
- 2010 - 2012
Episode 20 - King of the World
Episode 20 - The Pandavas range the Four Directions and conquer the world, bringing home mountains of treasure. Soon after, the Rajasuya Sacrifice commences. Krishna is given the top honor among th…
Wed 02 Jun 2010
Episode 19 - Killing Jarasandh
Episode 19 - This episode, Yuddistira gets it into his head that he should be King of the World! As he has been inclined to do since becoming king, he calls for Krishna to advise him on how to accomp…
Tue 25 May 2010
Episode 18 - Arjun Slept Here
Episode 18 - This is a longer, pithy episode, covering the way the brothers decided to prevent future conflicts over their shared wife, and Arjun's subsequent adventures when he breaches those rules.…
Sun 02 May 2010
Episode 17 - Cut the Baby in Half
Episode 17 - With this episode, we finally get back to the main characters and the main storyline. The news of the Pandava's emergence from obscurity has reached Hastinapur, and King Dhrtarastra has…
Sat 24 Apr 2010
Episode 16 - Don't Mess with Balaram
Episode 16 - This is the final installment of the "Krishna Episodes", where I've covered Krishna's back story up to and beyond the point when the Pandavas met him in Panchala. There are still some i…
Sun 11 Apr 2010
Episode 15 - Kamsa Goes Down
Episode 15 - This episode is about Krishna's spectacular entry into international politics. Having established his manhood by cuckolding the entire tribe of cowherders, Krishna returns to Mathura to…
Sun 28 Mar 2010
Episode 14 - Krishna and the Gopis
Episode 14 - Things get hot and heavy this episode, when Krishna plays a tune on his magic flute and all the girls come running. The association of religious devotion with carnal love is found in Si…
Fri 19 Mar 2010
Episode 13 - Top God
Episode 13 - The further adventures of young Krishna. This time we cover his youth and teenage years. He kills a bunch of demons, imitates every boy in the clan plus all the calves, kicks Indra's b…
Tue 16 Mar 2010
Episode 12 - Krishna at Play
Episode 12 - We finally get started with Krishna. His mother and father were both of the house of Yadu in Mathura-- Krishna's mother Devaki was King Ugrasena's daughter. Unfortunately, Devaki's bro…
Tue 09 Mar 2010
Episode 11 - The Loves of King Yayati
Episode 11 - This episode is the first in a series that will break away from the Mahabharata and use the Bhagavata Purana as the primary source instead. This is necessary if you want to find out Kr…
Fri 05 Mar 2010
Episode 10 - Five Men and One Woman
Episode 10 - This is a long one - over 30 minutes, but I'm pretty happy with how it came out. You might have noticed that I'm still experimenting with the audio, and I think this one came out cleare…
Wed 24 Feb 2010
Episode 9 - Burning down the House
Episode 9 - This episode begins with Drona's revenge against King Drupada for reneging on a promise to share his wealth with his former schoolmate. The princes have come of age, and perform a demons…
Sat 20 Feb 2010
Episode 8 - Princes in Training
Episode 8 - This is the last episode that covers Book 7 of the Mahabharata, called "The Origins". Almost all of the story I have covered so far comes from Book 7. The earlier books are much shorter…
Thu 18 Feb 2010
Episode 7 - The Heroes and the Villains are born
Episode 7 - This episode covers the marriage of the three princes Dhritarastra, Pandu and Vidura. Here's the map I promised of India during the time of the Mahabharata. What's important to notice i…
Tue 16 Feb 2010
Episode 6 - No Good Deed Unpunished
Episode 6 - In this episode, Bhisma's extreme oath comes back to bite them all, when both his brothers die childless and there is no one to continue the Dynasty. But never fear, because Satyavati ha…
Mon 15 Feb 2010
Episode 5 - Shantanu & Sons
Episode 5 - I briefly give my opinion of the previous episode on Shakuntala and Dushanta, and then get going with the birth of mighty Bhisma and his two not-so-mighty brothers. This is an important e…
Fri 12 Feb 2010
Episode 4 - Shakuntala and King Bharata
Episode 4 - The episodes are getting a little longer now, as the stories get more detailed. Before the book gets to the "direct line" of characters, it takes a bit of a detour to introduce some of t…
Wed 10 Feb 2010
Episode 3 - A Fishy Beginning
Episode 3 - Vaisampayan begins telling the Mahabharata, beginning by telling us that Vyasa spent three years daily working on the poem. Following that, we hear about the Fishy-Fragrant Satyavati and …
Sat 06 Feb 2010
Episode 2 - The Origins
Episode 2 -The story begins. In this episode I describe how the Mahabharata begins, with the storyteller Ugrasravas telling the hermits in the forest about the great Snake Sacrifice of King Janamejay…
Sat 06 Feb 2010
Episode 1 - Introduction to the Podcast
Episode 1 - I'm excited to announce that the first episode of my podcast about the Mahabharata is now available. There are more episodes to come shortly. This one is just a brief introduction to let …
Sat 06 Feb 2010
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