Academia meets pop culture in this podcast which examines themes from The Mahabharata and common Fantasies such as Game of Thrones. Each episode thinks about how all these pieces of literature contain elements of escapism and relate to our real lives in one way or the other. Every episode features a different story from Devdutt Pattanaik's Jaya. The story is always linked back to some piece of current media. Mahabharata and Star Wars were always supposed to meet, this series just helps speed the introduction!

You Can Check Out Any Time You Like But You Can Never Leave: Escapism In Mythology And Fantasy
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Academia meets pop culture in this podcast which examines themes from The Mahabharata and common Fantasies such as Game of Thrones. Each episode thinks about how all these pieces of literature contain elements of escapism and relate to our real lives in one way or the other. Every episode features a different story from Devdutt Pattanaik's Jaya. The story is always linked back to some piece of current media. Mahabharata and Star Wars were always supposed to meet, this series just helps speed the introduction!
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Recent Episodes

June 10, 2020
Episode 8: Fanfiction and why we don't need J. K Rowling anymore
I'm back! In today's episode we talk about fanfiction, The Death of the Author and how we can still think about and enjoy Harry Potter without engaging with J. K Rowling's bullshit Transphobia and outdated opinions.

May 9, 2020
Episode 7: Conclusion
And with that I conclude the strangest mini series! Or do I?

May 9, 2020
Episode 6: Romance
What's love got to do with it? Possibly nothing but probably everything! Draupadi is basically the Real Housewives of the forest and no one can tell me otherwise
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