Not Your Mother's Mahabharata
S.P. Jayaraj, Azure Anderson
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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
‘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.
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.
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.
This is a labor of devotion to the Mahabharat quite unlike any other you might come across.
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S4E46 NYMM 46: You Don't Get To Kill Your Enemies When You're Dead
We start off season four by getting right neighborly with Taylor Olesen.After some catch up and necessary banter about what it's been like living in the Twin Cities these past months, we get back to…
RE-RELEASE: NYMM 37: Two Lovers and a Talking Swan: The Pandavas without Arjuna Part 1
Hello friends! We're just getting back from our long trip to India. While we work on some brand new material for you all, we thought we'd return to a love story from a few episodes back. You know,…
RE-RELEASE: NYMM 20: A Boar, a Lionman, and a Dwarf walk into a story. Krishna Chronicles 4.5
RE-RELEASE (2/3/26)We continue our Krishna Chronicles with Jenny McDougal by telling her about three more avatars of Vishnu.Jenny and Azure try to guess the only animal form that can take on the…
RE-RELEASE: NYMM 19: Krishna returns to Mathura: Krishna Chronicles 4
RE-RELEASE (1/20/26)Jenny McDougal joins us for part 4 of the Krishna Chronicles.Krishn'a destiny to deal with his tyrannical uncle Kamsa comes a calling. We tell the story of Krishna and Balarama…
S3E45 NYMM 45: The Finest Humiliation
Satish tells Azure and only Azure, (not counting all our fabulous listeners), a satisfying chapter of the battle between the Kauravas and the Pandavas for our season 3 finale. Someone has been spying…
RE-RELEASE: NYMM 15: The Fire Born Woman Burning Every Man's Loins.
RE-RELEASEToday we were happy to have two guests with us! Mystery author Mindy Mejia and our other good friend, clay artist and yoga teacher Jenna Jo Bodling!Satish really wanted an extra lady at the…
S3E44 NYMM 44: The Six Headed God and Three Flying Fortresses
We dive right in with fellow myth lover, storyteller, and entertainer, Matt Kessan, also known as Reverend Matt from Reverend Matt's Monster Science.First, Shiva finds new love that is also old love,…
S3E43 NYMM 43: A Cosmic Soap Opera. Featuring Shiva and Parvati
We meet Aaron King, RPG Game designer and Co host of the Podcast RTFM (Read The F****** Manual), and tell him some of the origin stories that the immortal sixteen year old sage Markandaya tells the…
S3E42 NYMM 42: "I've got it! We should be ruled by a mortal!" Said the guru of the gods...
The Pandavas are reunited and have decided it's time to face reality, leave the Himalayan sanctuary, and show their enemies the Kauravas that they are still around. However, there are still some…
S3E41 NYMM 41: Pumpkin kiddos, Bad Behavior, and Ganges Plumets to Earth
After the Rishi Agastya swallowed the entire ocean in our last episode, we continue the story from long ago, ignoring that the earth is somehow surviving without most of its water- because we simply…
S3E40 NYMM 40: Seriously Strange Stories of the Rishi Agastya
We welcome back Evan Kingston to tell him some of the strangest stories yet- and that really is saying something! We meet the great and powerful rishi Agastya whose mightiest power…
S3E39 NYMM 39: Adventures in Flower Picking: The Pandavas Without Arjuna Part 3
While waiting for the arrival of their brother Arjuna, Bheema and Draupadi discover that the flowers of the heavens have found their way to the Himalayas. Bheema decides to find more for Draupadi,…
S3E38 NYMM 38: We're off to see Bodies of Water: The Pandavas Without Arjuna Part 2
The four Pandavas and Draupadi are missing Arjuna, but the time has come to take the extended long route to the Himalayas where Arjuna will join them, but not before doing as Arjuna did a while ago…
S3E37 NYMM 37: Two Lovers and a Talking Swan: The Pandavas without Arjuna Part 1
Yudhishthira is still lamenting over his gambling addiction. Luckily the visiting sage Brihadashva brings some hope to the eldest Pandava by telling him the tale of Nala And Damayanti.Our friend Andy…
S3E36 NYMM 36: 30,000 Demons Under the Sea: Arjuna's Mission Part 3
Arjuna has learnt warfare from some of the best of the best, and has been god -given some the most terrifying weapons ever to exist for the future Kurukshetra war. Time for a test run...? Lindsay…
S3E35 NYMM 35: Heavenly Rewards. Arjuna's Mission: Part 2
The Himalayas were great, but not high enough for Arjuna.We welcome our friend Laura Tanner to tell her the continuation of Arjuna's bold adventure to another realm- some would argue the 'best'…
S3E34 NYMM 34: Himalayan Hijinks. Arjuna's Mission: Part 1
We are thrilled to welcome Erika Gesme to the podcast to begin the tale of Arjuna's solo adventure.All the Pandavas and Draupadi have come to accept their exile, but they also accept that once they…
S3E33 NYMM 33: Special Guest Shambhu Nath Explains What It All Means.
For this very special episode of Not Your Mother's Mahabharata the tables are turned.Satish joins Azure on the listening side of the recording studio to hear from Shambhu Nath. Shambhu shares his own…
S3E32 NYMM 32: Humiliation, Wisdom, and Getting off your Ass. First Years of Exile: Part 2
Satish tells Azure the story of how the Pandavas and Draupadi are doing as we continue seeing how they handle being exiled.The Pandavas are visited by the 16 year old Immortal Markandeya, and of…
S3E31 NYMM 31: The Joyless Jungle. First Years of Exile: Part 1
Our Season 3 begins with Book 3 of the Mahabharata, Vana Parva, - AKA the Book of the ForestWe welcome Ben Kopnick to tell him how the Pandavas are dealing with being exiled following Yudhishthira's…
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