Happy St. Patrick's (Paddy's) Day! While many may know about the saint himself, far less know about the great Mother of Demons that he defeated in order to gain his fame and what she symbolized when it came to one of the most radical cultural changes in Ireland's history.

Music:

"Siulil a Run" - Celtic Woman

"Ireland's Call" - Celtic Thunder

Happy belated Valentine's Day, but more importantly, happy Black History Month! Celebrate by learning the story of one of the fiercest African queens and her female-dominated empire; a queen who, literally, slayed...a lot!

Music:

"Run the World (Girls)" - Beyonce

"Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)" - Shakira

Now that the holiday season has officially come to a close, we take a look at a far less than jolly figure of Icelandic Christmas traditions, along with her thirteen devious offspring and demonic man-eating pet.

Music:

"Little Talks" - Of Monsters and Men

"I'll Build You a Fire" - Seabear

As we enter into the snowy winter months, we take a look at a sinister snow queen of Japan that long pre-dates that of Hans Christian Andersen. Thankfully my microphone equipment is now fully up and running so the sound quality should be a lot better than the first episode, though I'm still working out some kinks. Thanks so much for baring with me!

Music:

"Haru no Katami" - Chitose Hajime

"Hotaru no Hikari (Glow of the Fireflies)" - Chikai Inagaki (Japan's version of "Auld Lang Syne")

Pilot episode discussing a being of Dominican folklore called the Ciguapa. Please excuse audio quality as I'm currently still working on things with my microphone and equipment but I wanted to get the episode out by the end of the month. The audio should be at full quality by the next episode.

Music:

"Similau" (See-me-lo) - Peggy Lee"

"Albeborael Guayahona Estarei" - Irka Mateo and Eddie German