Welcome, dear readers, to Forged Bonds!
I am your humble narrator, Calliope, here to talk you through our show. Starting out with what this is: Forged Bonds is a myth-bending retelling of the story of Aphrodite and Hephaestus. In traditional mythology, they are forced into a marriage together leading to Aphrodite cheating with Ares. What if Aphrodite and Ares were best friends forced into a political marriage? What if Aphrodite started to fall in love with Hephaestus? What if Hephaestus was a trans woman who had been isolated from Olympus in the attempts to protect her own heart? This show strives to answer all of these questions while also taking a look at the love stories and politics of Olympus as a whole.
The strings of Fate have already been pulled to complete this tapestry, the story cannot be changed, no matter how much we wish it could.
Transcript (https://pinetreepods.com/forged-bonds-mini-2-6-transcript/)
Forged Bonds is a proud member of the Faustian Nonsense Network and was written and edited by Pine Gonzalez. This episode featured Delaney Sutton as Hestia, Anusia Batersby as Zephyr, AJ Fidalgo as Aeolus, Kestrel Bell as Eros, Kit Paterson as Hyacinthus, Leon Egan as Apollo, and Bonnie Calderwood Aspinwall as Daphne. Our theme music was provided by AthansMusic (https://www.athansmusic.com/). You can hear more from him on Spotify or by checking out his podcast The Grotto (http://thegrottopod.com/). If you would like to support the show you can follow us on social media @forgedbondspod, rate and review us on your podcatcher of choice, or join our patreon at patreon.com/pinetreepods (http://patreon.com/pinetreepods) where you can get early access to episodes and behind the scenes content. Thank you for listening!
10 Jun 2026
Mini Series 2 - Chapter 5
Storm clouds are beginning to roll in across Olympus– both in the sky and in the eyes of our wind god.
Transcript (https://pinetreepods.com/forged-bonds-mini-2-5-transcript/)
Forged Bonds is a proud member of the Faustian Nonsense Network and was written and edited by Pine Gonzalez. This episode featured Delaney Sutton as Hestia, AJ Fidalgo as Aeolus, Anusia Battersby as Zephyr, Leon Egan as Apollo, and Kit Paterson as Hyacinthus. Our theme music was provided by AthansMusic (https://www.athansmusic.com/). You can hear more from him on Spotify or by checking out his podcast The Grotto (http://thegrottopod.com/). If you would like to support the show you can follow us on social media @forgedbondspod, rate and review us on your podcatcher of choice, or join our patreon at patreon.com/pinetreepods (http://patreon.com/pinetreepods) where you can get early access to episodes and behind the scenes content. Thank you for listening!
27 May 2026
Mini Series 2 - Chapter 4
They’ve already fallen in love, Zephyr. What could possibly be funny about shooting Apollo with one of my arrows again?
Transcript (https://pinetreepods.com/forged-bonds-mini-2-4-transcript/)
Content warnings:
Fear
Attempted coercion
Mind control
Loss of personhood
Forged Bonds is a proud member of the Faustian Nonsense Network and was written and edited by Pine Gonzalez. This episode featured Delaney Sutton as Hestia, Anusia Battersby as Zephyr, Kestrel Bell as Eros, Bonnie Calderwood Aspinwall as Daphne, Leon Egan as Apollo, and Kit Paterson as Hyacinthus. Our theme music was provided by AthansMusic (https://www.athansmusic.com/). You can hear more from him on Spotify or by checking out his podcast The Grotto (http://thegrottopod.com/). If you would like to support the show you can follow us on social media @forgedbondspod, rate and review us on your podcatcher of choice, or join our patreon at patreon.com/pinetreepods (http://patreon.com/pinetreepods) where you can get early access to episodes and behind the scenes content. Thank you for listening!
Who has been a guest on Forged Bonds
Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
SKYLAR JOHNSON
NICHOLE GOODNIGHT
Marguerite Kenner
Mike LeBeau
Leon Egan
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
Apple Podcasts (US)
5.0 / 5
1 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 15 / 100
A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.
Quality
30
Social presence
0
YouTube
0
Engagement
0
Host of Forged Bonds?
Claim your podcast to manage its listing and keep your show details accurate.
Pod Engine is an independent podcast discovery and analytics service and is not affiliated with or endorsed by this podcast. Artwork and show content belong to their owners. Full legal notice.
Explore this show Podcast research with Pod Engine
