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Hwæt a Movie! - Episode 1 - Beowulf (1999)
As part of our 10th Anniversary extravaganza, we are launching what could become a new podcast: Hwt a Movie! It's a movie review podcast focusing on films with a medieval (or medieval adjacent) setti
10th Anniversary of Saga Thing (Part 2) - How Well Do You Know Your Co-Host (with Totalus Rankium)
One episode wasn't enough to celebrate our 10 year anniversary. In this special bonus episode, you get double the podcast hosts! We're joined by our good friends Rob and Jamie from Totalus Rankium for
10th Anniversary of Saga Thing
Join us as we celebrate our 10th Anniversary with some reminiscing, listener interaction, ridiculous bits, and a lot of laughs. There might even be a hilarious surprise guest appearance here as well.
Episode 37b - The Saga of Havard of Isafjord (chapters 6-11)
[Quick Note: This episode appears to be over 8 hours long. It's a cruel joke by the podbean upload. The actual length is just over 90 minutes. It will end where it's supposed to.]Were back with anot
Episode 37a - The Saga of Havard of Isafjord (chapters 1-5)
Saga Thing returns with a brand-new episode for a brand new saga from late medieval Iceland. In this episode, we dip our toes into the first five chapters of Hvarar saga sfirings, The Saga of Hava
Saga Short 11 - The Tale of Bolli Bollason
With Laxdaela Saga behind us, we turn to the Tale of Bolli Bollason to bring the journey to a proper end. In this fun little story, Bolli Bollason finds himself swept into more than one conflict up in
Episode 36o - Laxdaela Saga (Judgments)
After a very close inspection and lengthy investigation, we are finally ready to put Laxdaela Saga on trial. As it's been over a year since we started, John and I take our time reviewing the candidate
Episode 36n - Laxdaela Saga (chapters 72-78)
We began our journey through Laxdaela Saga in April of 2022. A year and many many episodes later, we finally come to the end. Please join us as we discuss the final few chapters of the saga. It may be
Saga Brief 24 - Slavery in the Viking Age (Live Presentation at the University of Connecticut)
We were recently invited to speak at the University of Connecticut's Annual Medieval Studies/ECE Outreach Seminar on a variety of subjects related to the Viking Age. We prepared and recorded our morni
Episode 36m - Laxdaela Saga (chapters 65-71)
In this episode, Gurn svfsdttir teaches Helgi Harbeinsson all about loopholes in betrothal oaths. And if Helgi was feeling bad after getting let down by Gurn, he feels that much worse when he