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Not Your Mother"s Mahabharata

S.P. Jayaraj, Azure Anderson

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

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76:23

NYMM 48: Riddle Me This, Cause your Lives Depend On it!

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2026/03/31

Marjorie Hakala joins us for the finale to Adi Parva (the book of the forest)The Pandavas are just about done with their twelve years in the forest, but poor big brother Yudhishthira has not been doing as well as he's claimed. Though the family has forgiven him for that terrible day that led to their banishment, he has still not forgiven himself.Days before their twelve years is up, the four younger Pandavas drink from a yaksha's lake despite the yaksha's warning, and immediately

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47:43

NYMM 47: The Hangry Sage and Loathsome Brother-in-Law.

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2026/03/17

The Pandavas are almost done with year 12 of living in exile, but there are still a couple more attempts to knock them down a peg or two.First Duryhodana tries to have a sage arrive at the Pandavas abode at the worst time to get them cursed. Fortunately hope arrives from the most...,well, from the most likely of places actually. Krishna pops in and pops out, staying just long enough to help a sister out. Then, a brother in law shows up, only to behave in the worst way a brother in law could behave-

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57:39

NYMM 46: You Don't Get To Kill Your Enemies When...

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2026/03/03

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 Duryodhan's journey after he has been saved and spared by his enemies the Pandavas. Worst of all, the eldest of the pandavas even wished him well, and best of all, Azure can't stop laughing at poor evil Duryhodan. But demons and other eternal enemies of the devas are invested in Duryhodan

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RE-RELEASE: NYMM 37: Two Lovers and a Talking Swan:...

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2026/02/17

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, because it's close to Valentine's Day and all. Look for new episodes in 2 weeks! -Satish & AzureYudhishthira 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

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RE-RELEASE: NYMM 20: A Boar, a Lionman, and a Dwarf...

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2026/02/03

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 first invincible demon. We imagine the monstrous form Vishnu takes to deal with the second demon, and Satish tells the more pleasant story of the third invincible demon who is celebrated in Satish's home state of Kerala.Support the podcast and join the NYMM community on Patreon.com/nymmpodcast to get

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RE-RELEASE: NYMM 19: Krishna returns to Mathura:...

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2026/01/21

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 leaving their old cow herding life behind to return to the nation of his birth, all while Jenny asks the most insightful questions.Support the podcast and join the NYMM community on Patreon.com/nymmpodcast to get access to additional content, including our continued discussion session with Amy

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NYMM 45: The Finest Humiliation

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2026/01/06

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 on the Pandavas, except their loyal cousin Krishna knows and has been feeding him information to take back to the Kauravas. It leads to the Kauravas wanting to humiliate the Pandavas, but as always there are curve balls in the story.S.P. Jayaraj is a mythology and Mahabharat fanatic and the creator of

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RE-RELEASE: NYMM 15: The Fire Born Woman Burning...

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2025/12/23

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 podcast table to introduce everyone to Draupadi, the dark skinned beauty that every king, prince, warrior and teenage boy wants for themselves - How will the pandavas resolve their desire for one woman?Before we get to that, Satish tells the story of Arjuna's hot headed encounter with an elf and

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NYMM 44: The Six Headed God and Three Flying Fortresses

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2025/12/09

Send us a textWe 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, which excites the gods who are desperate for Shiva to have his destiny fulfilling son. They are a little too anxious as it leads to an adventurous 'birth' involving a godly pigeon and a boiling river. I'd say you can't make this stuff up but here we are.Then,

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NYMM 43: A Cosmic Soap Opera. Featuring Shiva and...

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2025/11/25

Send us a textWe 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 Pandavas.We revisit the origin of Vishnu, Brahma and Shiva, and go down the bloodline of Brahma's child Daksha who has grown to despise Shiva and is against his daughter marrying Shiva- even though she is his cosmic other. Things go from bad to worse in this godly soap opera that spans

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63:51

NYMM 42: "I've got it! We should be ruled by a...

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2025/11/11

Send us a textThe 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 adventures to be had and stories to hear before they finish their decent.We are excited to have Duck Washington with us on this adventure as we say good bye to the Rishi Lomasa, and hello to a GIANT F***ING SNAKE!!!What's the story behind the snake that is mightier than the demon

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68:26

NYMM 41: Pumpkin kiddos, Bad Behavior, and Ganges...

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2025/10/28

Send us a textAfter 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 don't have the answers.We joyfully welcome Alyssa Costopolous as Satish tells the story of King Sagara who receives a boon from Shiva to have...maybe a couple more children than might be necessary, in a story that is strikingly similar to others we've heard, and yet somehow are

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NYMM 40: Seriously Strange Stories of the Rishi Agastya

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2025/10/14

Send us a textWe 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 is...digestion??From his own birth, to the creation of his lady friend out of animals, to his ability to seemingly eat and drink anything!- Azure and Evan are so weirded out that they don't even know if they should be rooting for this bizarre yet reputed hero.S.P. Jayaraj is the creator of the mythic

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NYMM 39: Adventures in Flower Picking: The Pandavas...

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2025/09/30

Send us a textWhile 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, but comes across some demons (as he often does) and also an old and very perplexing monkey.Musician, Trivia Author and Host, and Berry Farmer John McConvillemakes his NYMM debut. John comes in not knowing what to expect and is excited to get into heavenly flowers, talking monkeys who are not

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NYMM 38: We're off to see Bodies of Water: The...

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2025/09/16

Send us a textThe 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 by visiting the holy water sites.Creative and fellow storyteller Aaron Fiskradatz is back to hear of the Pandavas adventure and the stories behind each of the holy water sites. Satish is excited to introduce Aaron to Ghatotkacha, Bheem's sage-like demonic son from the Pre-Draupadi

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NYMM 37: Two Lovers and a Talking Swan

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2025/09/02

Send us a textYudhishthira 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 Caranicas joins us to hear the wondrous story of Nala and Damayanti, a prince and princess who are deeply in love with each other despite having never met. To be together they will need to outmaneuver the gods, a demon, a heroic turned villain hunter, and another king. Fortunately- to the

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NYMM 36: 30,000 Demons Under the Sea: Arjuna's...

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2025/08/19

Send us a textArjuna 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 Ohse joins us for this epic out of this world battle/massacre. Indra has given his son Arjuna all he has asked for and more. But before Arjuna can return to his family on earth, Indra has a small request- to massacre somewhere between three thousand to thirty thousand demons- (whom we hope

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NYMM 35: Heavenly Rewards. Arjuna's Mission: Part 2

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2025/08/05

Send us a textThe 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' realm. Arjuna'a father Indra once again invites Arjuna to the realm of the gods and this time Arjuna says yes! Aside from magical jeweled palaces and magical flying horses of different colors, Arjuna also learns warfare from his father and other skills from the magical

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NYMM 34: Himalayan Hijinks. Arjuna's Mission: Part 1

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2025/07/21

Send us a textWe 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 return from it, they will not be given everything back as was promised to them. They need to prepare for the eventual war, and for that, Arjuna needs to visit the Himalayas and speak to the god Shiva.Erika and Azure are enthralled as the mighty Arjuna can't seem to gain the upper

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NYMM 33: Special Guest Shambhu Nath Explains What It...

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2025/07/07

Send us a textFor 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 journey with the Mahabharata on how it led him towards healing his anxiety and other ailments. Deeply familiar with the spiritual symbolism within the Mahabharata, Shambhu answers every question that Satish and Azure can fit into the hour.It's an extraordinarily insightful

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