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Amazon politics! Bruce Campbell! We cannot believe Xena is still dead!!!! MEANWHILE  Hayley & Justine research Amazon wannabe queen Velasca &  ancient cases of spirit possession!Like what we're doing? Rate, subscribe, and review on your preferred podcast platform!For more Xena content, follow us!For exclusive content check out our Patreon!IG @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcastFB @IATOAGTheXenaPodcastNeed some IATOAG merch? Check out our Teespring shop! Support the showSupport the show

Heartbreak! Crucifixion! Julius Caesar! And the woman who started it all! MEANWHILE Justine & Hayley research Caesar and a lil bit about ancient Gaul!  Like what we're doing? Rate, subscribe, and review on your preferred podcast platform!For more Xena content, follow us!For exclusive content check out our Patreon!IG @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcastFB @IATOAGTheXenaPodcastNeed some IATOAG merch? Check out our Teespring shop!15% off with code: IATOAG21 Support the show

We're back from our mini break! and WHAT AN EPISODE TO COME BACK TO!!!Gabby WOWS as the Contessa & Xena catches a snake! MEANWHILE  Hayley & Justine research drag  performance in ancient Greek theater & the history of Miss America pageants.Like what we're doing? Rate, subscribe, and review on your preferred podcast platform!For more Xena content, follow us!For exclusive content check out our Patreon!IG @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcastFB @IATOAGTheXenaPodcastNeed some IATOAG merch? Check out our Teespring shop!15% off with code: IATOAG21 Support the showSupport the show

TIME TRAVEL! Women in STEM!! Indiana Jones?!!  MEANWHILE   Hayley & Justine research Macedonia in the 1940s, Nazis & archaeology,  and ladies' roles in early archaeology!Like what we're doing? Rate, subscribe, and review on your preferred podcast platform!For more Xena content, follow us!For exclusive content check out our Patreon!IG @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcastFB @IATOAGTheXenaPodcastNeed some IATOAG merch? Check out our Teespring shop! Support the showSupport the show

Xena saves a Scrooge and Gabby saves US from a trip to the glue factory! MEANWHILE  Hayley & Justine research Solstice & Equinox celebrations from around the world, ancient Greek orphan life,  and a brief history of Dickens' A Christmas Carol! Like what we're doing? Rate, subscribe, and review on your preferred podcast platform!For more Xena content, follow us!For exclusive content check out our Patreon !IG @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcastFB @IATOAGTheXenaPodcastNeed some IATOAG merch? Check out our Teespring shop!15% off with code: IATOAG21Support the show

XenaisstillCallistoisstillXena! Can Ares help them swap their bodies back!? Will Gabby ever get her fishcakes?! MEANWHILE Justine & Hayley research ancient greek ships & murder mystery games! Like what we're doing? Rate, subscribe, and review on your preferred podcast platform!For more Xena content, follow us!For exclusive content check out our Patreon !IG @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcastFB @IATOAGTheXenaPodcastNeed some IATOAG merch? Check out our Teespring shop!15% off with code: IATOAG21Support the show

NOT A WORD SINCE PERD! Let's swap bodies and takedown Ares' latest plot to conquer the world! MEANWHILE  Hayley's back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! H&J research the perennial questions: Can we really switch bodies?! and what IS Ares' type.... romantically???Like what we're doing? Rate, subscribe, and review on your preferred podcast platform!For more Xena content, follow us!For exclusive content check out our Patreon !IG @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcastFB @IATOAGTheXenaPodcastNeed some IATOAG merch? Check out our Teespring shop!15% off with code: IATOAG21 Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/IATOAGTheXenaPodcast)Support the show

Let's talk about the PLANET FORMERLY KNOWN AS XENA!!!!! That’s right! The dwarf planet Eris, the goddess of discord, identified in the early 2000s, was originally named Xena! Her moon was called Gabrielle! Freak out!  In our final sidequest episode before our mini winter break and Hayley's return, we have a VERY SPECIAL GUEST!  Astrologer Mary Swanson leads us through a discussion of the connections between the discovery of Eris, and the dwarf planet’s myths and psychological associations with personal and societal liberation! We end the interview with astrological birth chart readings for Lucy Lawless and Renee O’Connor! With a focus on what Eris is up to in their charts!  You can check out Mary's website and socials:www.IncarnateAstrology.comIG: @IncarnateAstrologyIG @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcastFB @IATOAGTheXenaPodcastNeed some IATOAG merch? Check out our Teespring shop!15% off with code: IATOAG21Support the show

Hayley's still away, but Justine is here with some ancient warrior princess research! We're putting a pin in the episode recaps until Hayley's back and in the meantime, we'll visit some of our favorite themes!In this episode, we're researching Camilla of the Volsci, warrior princess of Virgil's Aeneid. In a time of ancient gods, warlords, and kingsA land in turmoil cried out for a hero...She was CAMILLA! A mighty princess Devoted to Diana, Goddess of the hunt,And a hero to her people and country! Enjoy! IG @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcastFB @IATOAGTheXenaPodcastNeed some IATOAG merch? Check out our Teespring shop!15% off with code: IATOAG21 Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/IATOAGTheXenaPodcast)Support the show

Hayley's away, so it's up to Justine to entertain you! We're putting a pin in the episode recaps until Hayley's back and in the meantime, we'll visit some of our favorite themes!In this episode, we're kicking off Spooky Season with a tale I always think of when I hear Callisto's screams; One of Hayley & my favorite madwoman in the attic short stories: The Yellow Wallpaper,  by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.Campy Horror! Feminist Themes! Psychological Thrills! Late 19th-century Gothic Aesthetics!IG @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcastFB @IATOAGTheXenaPodcastNeed some IATOAG merch? Check out our Teespring shop!15% off with code: IATOAG21Support the show

Xena, Xena, Xena! Triplet strangers?! Joxer finds love and Gabby gets gaslit! MEANWHILE Justine & Hayley research the history of “tramps” and the Aegis!Like what we're doing? Rate, subscribe, and review on your preferred podcast platform!For more Xena content, follow us!IG @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcastFB @IATOAGTheXenaPodcastNeed some IATOAG merch? Check out our Teespring shop!15% off with code: IATOAG21 Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/IATOAGTheXenaPodcast)Support the show

Old Flames! Funeral Pyres! Vengeance! Quicksand! The patron saint of rage is BACK back and every drop of innocent bloodshed from here on out is on Xena’s hands! MEANWHILE Hayley & Justine research ancient Greek wedding rituals and quicksand!  Like what we're doing? Rate, subscribe, and review on your preferred podcast platform!For more Xena content, follow us!For exclusive content check out our Patreon !IG @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcastFB @IATOAGTheXenaPodcastNeed some IATOAG merch? Check out our Teespring shop!15% off with code: IATOAG21Support the show

Xena fights an army of mysterious undead ladies, and Gabby joins a cult! MEANWHILE Justine & Hayley research Orpheus & Bacchae! PLUS a special disembodied guest star from Justine & Hayley’s past PLUS PLUS a secret surprise musical at the end of the episode from friends of the pod: The Dead Sailor Girls!  Check out our Patreon for research on Bacchus/Dionysus! For more from DSG:  www.DeadSailorGirls.comIG @thedeadsailorgirls Like what we're doing? Rate, subscribe, and review on your preferred podcast platform!For more Xena content, follow us!For exclusive content check out our Patreon !IG @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcastFB @IATOAGTheXenaPodcastNeed some IATOAG merch? Check out our Teespring shop!15% off with code: IATOAG21Support the show

"Do you remember the tallest man you've ever seen?"- Jonathan FrakesMEANWHILE: Justine & Hayley research David & Goliath and myths about Giants from around the world!Like what we're doing? Rate, subscribe, and review on your preferred podcast platform!For more Xena content, follow us!For exclusive content check out our Patreon !IG @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcastFB @IATOAGTheXenaPodcastNeed some IATOAG merch? Check out our Teespring shop! Support the show

ALTERNATE TIMELINE ALERT !!! Xena embraces villager life and Gabby raids Xena’s mom’s closet! MEANWHILE Hayley continues her research into slavery in ancient Greece, and Justine researches the 3 Fates, plus we  get a quick lil intro to 20th century Neopaganism!Like what we're doing? Rate, subscribe, and review on your preferred podcast platform!For more Xena content, follow us! IG @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcastFB @IATOAGTheXenaPodcast For exclusive content check out our Patreon !Need some IATOAG merch? Check out our Teespring shop !Support the show

SEASON TWO EPISODE ONE! New Season! New Characters! New Heartbreak! SAME WARRIOR PRINCESS!!  Xena comes face to face with a decision she regrets! Gabby rides a centaur without asking first! MEANWHILE Hayley & Justine research the North Wind Boreas,  Father of Centaurs Ixion  and Athenian Statesman Solon!Like what we're doing? Rate, subscribe, and review on your preferred podcast platform!For more Xena content, follow us! IG @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcastFB @IATOAGTheXenaPodcast For exclusive content check out our Patreon !Need some IATOAG merch? Check out our Teespring shop !Support the show

IN OUR SEASON ONE FINALE Xena invents medicine, Gabby does NOT join a cult (!!!), PLUS Amazons, Centaur Babies, and Civil War!MEANWHILE Hayley & Justine research Hippocrates, Galen, Asclepius, and birth practices of the ancient world!Join us in 2021 for Season 2! Like what we're doing? Rate, subscribe, and review on your preferred podcast platform!For more Xena content, follow us! IG @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcastFB @IATOAGTheXenaPodcast For exclusive content check out our Patreon ! Need some IATOAG merch? Check out our Teespring shop !Support the show

Xena confronts the man in the iron mask, and Gabby listens with her body! MEANWHILE Hayley & Justine research the history of passenger pigeons and a few notable masks through the ages!Rate, subscribe, and review on your preferred podcast platform!For more Xena content, follow us! IG @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcastFB @IATOAGTheXenaPodcast For exclusive content check out our Patreon ! Need some IATOAG merch? Check out our Teespring shop !Support the show

Burn it all down, Callisto's in town! and Gabby breaks Joxer's nose for the first time! MEANWHILE  Hayley & Justine research The Oracle of Delphi, Callisto in mythology, and chat a little about Hong Kong action films!Rate, subscribe, and review on your preferred podcast platform!For more Xena content, follow us! IG @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcastFB @IATOAGTheXenaPodcast For exclusive content check out our Patreon ! Need some IATOAG merch? Check out our Teespring shop !Support the show

Gabby dons the armor and responsibilities of her presumed dead lover andNOBODY TOUCH XENA'S HORSE!!!! MEANWHILE Hayley researches healing wells & sacred waters, and Justine researches the armor switching lovers from an ancient time: Achilles & Patroclus! Rate, subscribe, and review on your preferred podcast platform!For more Xena content, follow us! IG @IATOAG_TheXenaPodcastFB @IATOAGTheXenaPodcast For exclusive content check out our Patreon ! Need some IATOAG merch? Check out our Teespring shop !Support the show