Not Your Mother's Mahabharata
Claim This Podcastby S.P. Jayaraj, Azure Anderson
Podcast Overview
<p>The Mahabharata is this epic Indian work that encapsulates a great deal of Indian Mythology. It is a magnificent story that is constantly being rewritten and retold since its inception that was somewhere between 3000 BC and 1500 BCE<br><br> <br>‘Not Your Mother’s Mahabharata with SP Jayaraj’ is a podcast where S.P. Jayaraj tell the story conversationally to his wife Azure Anderson and to friends, most of whom have never heard of the tale. Listeners familiar and unfamiliar with the epic are treated to their entertainingly honest first reactions.<br>Doing it conversationally as opposed to it being a straight up reading allows there to be variations in the story and the chance to pick apart some of the ideas about life that the Mahabharat brings to the forefront.<br> <br>This podcast’s goal is to make this great work accessible, and entertaining to an adult audience. Come in expecting some laughs, some pop culture tangents, and some adult language. <br>This is a labor of devotion to the Mahabharat quite unlike any other you might come across.</p>
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2/2/2024
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Recent Episodes
April 14, 2026
NYMM 49: Paper Thin Disguises Blessed by Gods.
Beth Beaty joins us as the Pandavas transition from living in the forests to living in hiding back in civilization. If they are discovered, it's another long twelve years to thirteen exile extension. Our heroes take ordinary jobs that make them elusive to their enemies. Their back stories however to maintain their disguises, we find them...questionable. Good things they've been blessed by multiple deities cause in our minds, it's only by gods' grace that no one is suspicious of them. S.P....
March 31, 2026
NYMM 48: Riddle Me This, Cause your Lives Depend On it!
Marjorie Hakala joins us for the finale to Adi Parva (the book of the forest) The Pandavas are just about done with their twelve years in the forest, but poor big brother Yudhishthira has not been doing as well as he's claimed. Though the family has forgiven him for that terrible day that led to their banishment, he has still not forgiven himself. Days before their twelve years is up, the four younger Pandavas drink from a yaksha's lake despite the yaksha's warning, and immediately fall dea...
March 17, 2026
NYMM 47: The Hangry Sage and Loathsome Brother-in-Law.
The Pandavas are almost done with year 12 of living in exile, but there are still a couple more attempts to knock them down a peg or two. First Duryhodana tries to have a sage arrive at the Pandavas abode at the worst time to get them cursed. Fortunately hope arrives from the most...,well, from the most likely of places actually. Krishna pops in and pops out, staying just long enough to help a sister out. Then, a brother in law shows up, only to behave in the worst way a brother in la...
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- What is Not Your Mother's Mahabharata?
<p>The Mahabharata is this epic Indian work that encapsulates a great deal of Indian Mythology. It is a magnificent story that is constantly being rewritten and retold since its inception that was somewhere between 3000 BC and 1500 BCE<br><br> <br>‘Not Your Mother’s Mahabharata with SP Jayaraj’ is a podcast where S.P. Jayaraj tell the story conversationally to his wife Azure Anderson and to friends, most of whom have never heard of the tale. Listeners familiar and unfamiliar with the epic are treated to their entertainingly honest first reactions.<br>Doing it conversationally as opposed to it being a straight up reading allows there to be variations in the story and the chance to pick apart some of the ideas about life that the Mahabharat brings to the forefront.<br> <br>This podcast’s goal is to make this great work accessible, and entertaining to an adult audience. Come in expecting some laughs, some pop culture tangents, and some adult language. <br>This is a labor of devotion to the Mahabharat quite unlike any other you might come across.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
This podcast updates bi-weekly.
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