Tales of the Night Sky

About Tales of the Night Sky

Original audio drama with spectacular soundscapes, based on the Greco-Roman myths behind the constellations. Written and directed by Bibi Jacob, these moving and sometimes humorous tales, brim with tragedy, injustice, and violence.

Publisher

Bibi Jacob, Geoff Chong. A Monkeybird Production

Category

fiction · science

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

1 Dec 2019

Latest episode

9 Jun 2026

Latest episodes

2 of 50 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   9 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Bonus Episode: Writing Prometheus

   Bibi Jacob and Morag Cross collaborate to overcome writer's block for the Prometheus episode, sharing classical texts and a new poem.

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   4 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT

   S3 E12 Chiron: The Constellation of Centaurus

   When Heracles accidentally wounds Chiron with an arrow dipped in the Hydra's blood, the immortal centaur must fight the spreading poison. As fever takes hold, time collapses, pulling him into visions of the past and a future filled with war and death. Written by Morag Cross. Directed by Bibi Jacob. Featuring: Gordon Peaston as Chiron. Doug Rand as Heracles. Morag Cross as Narrator and Okyrrhoe. Tercelin Kirtley as Peleus. Tom Morton as Achilles. Felix and Albert Giddingstone as Young Achilles. Original compositions written and performed by Chloe Dunn. Listen to Chloe's single Aphrodite Leaves. Outro theme, soundcapes and  production by Geoff Chong. Sources for this episode include: The Mithras Liturgy, a greek papyrus of magic healing spells; Philostratus the Elder Imagines 2.2 ; Homer's Iliad, Book XI; Ptolemy Hephaestion, New History Book 6; Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, Book 4; Eratosthenes; Hyginus; Ovid Metamorphoses, Book 2. Thanks to Cicely and Frog. Find bonus material on buymeacoffee

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   10 Jan 2026

   Bonus Episode: Iynx

   A iynx is a bird or a spinning love charm. But before that Iynx was an Arcadian nymph, seeking revenge… Written and narrated by Bibi Jacob. Original music composed and performed by Chloe Dunn. Sound and production by Geoff Chong. Listen to Chloe's EP Blossom on Spotify Check out our post about Iynx on Buymeacoffee: buymeacoffee.com/mythhead/iynx Sources for this episode: Pindar's, Pythian Ode 4; Sarah Iles Johnston, The Song of the Iynx: Magic and Rhetoric in Pythian 4; Theocritus, Idyll 2. Thumbnail image - Gold ear ornament - The Trustees of the British Museum

Inside a recent episode

Bonus Episode: Writing Prometheus

Published 9 Jun 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And then he brings them famously, he brings them fire. But he also brings them the art of writing. He brings them numbers, brings them agriculture, medicine, transportation, mining, prophecy. Astronomy itself. Exactly. I've got Ovid. Can I read this? Please. Man was born. Either that creator of things, the source of a better world, made him from divine seed, or the earth, newly formed and divided only recently from lofty ether, still held seeds related to the heavens, which Prometheus, Iapetus's son, mixed with river water and made an image of the gods who rule all things. Other creatures keep their heads bent and gaze upon the ground. […]

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YouTube views

5,775

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

36 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

103 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 65 / 100

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Quality

68

Social presence

0

YouTube

74

Engagement

81

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