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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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73:49

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

Not Your Mother"s Mahabharata ·

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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79:44

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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NYMM 32: Humiliation, Wisdom, and Getting off your...

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2025/06/23

Send us a textSatish 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 course we can't go further without learning how that phenomenon happened.Markandaya comforts Yudhistira by telling him more stories from Indian mythology.But Draupadi and Bheema aren't having it. They want to understand why Yudhishthira isn't showing more pain and regret from

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NYMM 31: The Joyless Jungle. First Years of Exile:...

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2025/06/09

Send us a textOur 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 failure. Spoiler- not well. Yudhishthira is most concerned about how he's going to feed the loyal brahmins who decide to join the Pandava in their exile.Duryhodhana in the mean time, swimming in insecurity, wants to deal with the weaponless Pandavas but is stopped by the all

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64:36

RE-RELEASE: NYMM 02: The King, His River Queens, and...

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2025/05/26

Send us a text RE-RELEASE For this episode we welcome musician Rhiannon Fiskradatz and tell her the story of the tortured King Shantanu who only manages to catch a single break because of his devoted demigod son. Rhiannon needs moments of silence after Ganga seemingly murders her own children, and yells in defense of Bheeshma keeping his heritage. https://spjayaraj.com/nymm-02/ Rhiannon is among many things a musician who goes by MaMa Faerie. Her debut album, Anthems for the Apocalypse,...

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65:47

MOTHER'S DAY RE-RELEASE: NYMM 05: The Five Godly...

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2025/05/12

Send us a textRe-ReleaseFor this episode we welcome writer Evan Kingston and tell him the origin of the Pandavas and the Kauravas. Satish tells the story of his favorite half-celibate, half-sex-crazy couple, Evan is not into buying Vayu's impressiveness because of his own biases against wind, and Azure is proud of Madri's divine threesome.Evan Kingston is a writer living in the Twin Cities Metro Area. If you would like a wonderful Christmas gift this year that challenges and honors the

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NYMM 31: A Note from Your Hosts

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2025/04/28

Send us a textWe want to hear from you! Email us at nymmpod@gmail.com. Or find us on Instagram (notyourmothersmahabharata) or Facebook (Not Your Mother's Mahabharata). This week Satish and Azure go it alone to share a quick note with all of you. We will be taking a month off to do some tweaks and updates to get ready to launch SEASON 3 of Not Your Mother's Mahabharata! Can you believe it? It's been such a fun ride so far and we can't wait to get going on the next part of the

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NYMM 30: What's a Little Gambling Between Murderous...

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2025/04/14

Send us a textWe welcome back Rhiannon from episode 2 and MamaFaerie fame. Rhiannon wants to know if we will once again feature 'flowing tits and ass' and comes to regret that the semi answer is 'yes.'Satish recounts the game of dice for Rhiannon and Azure. Yudhishthira, the oldest of the Pandavas has just been crowned emperor of the known world. No one except perhaps Indra of the heavens owns as much as he does. He is invited by his conniving cousin Duryodhana to a game of dice,

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NYMM 29: Bonus Episode: It's a Vishnu Thing To Do.

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2025/04/07

Send us a textFor this special episode we go way back to the dawn of everything.You can get 48% off your first subscription for the next 10 days or 20% off for a onetime purchase of Magic Mind athttps://www.magicmind.com/notyourgm20You can also use the code NYM20 directly on their website#magicmind #mentalwealth #mentalperformanceSatish welcomes his old friend Grant Boulanger to the episode. No need to hash out what has happened before this time, because Nothing Has happened. Satish begins with

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NYMM 28: Why You Shouldn't Insult a God: Featuring...

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2025/03/31

Send us a textYudhishthira is now emperor. All that is left is to choose a guest of honor...It doesn't go well.You can get 48% off your first subscription for the next 10 days or 20% off for a onetime purchase of Magic Mind athttps://www.magicmind.com/notyourgm20You can also use the code NYM20 directly on their website#magicmind #mentalwealth #mentalperformanceWe welcome John Rynders to tell him the story of what happens when Yudishthira closes the ceremony by honoring Krishna. Shishupala who

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NYMM 27: Dear Fellow Kings- Can I be your Emperor?...

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2025/03/17

Join Satish and Azure as they embark on their first solo story! You can get 25% off the Magic Mind gummies at my link:https://www.magicmind.com/notyourgmYou can also use my code NYM, directly on their websiteWith Jarasandha no longer a threat, The younger Pandava brothers need to go far and wide to gather tribute for the oldest brother's emperor ceremony.Satish tells Azure about each of the brothers journeys and how it intersects with stories and characters already told. Ghatotkacha returns to

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NYMM 26: Hold onto Your Stitches

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2025/03/03

Satish tells the story of Krishna's, Arjuna's, and Bheem's not so subtle infiltration of Jarasandha's kingdom. Jarasandha has captured 84 kings and the trio is here to save them. Our guest Mahala and Azure question the weird honor codes at play and oh boy- the soul splitting finale demands a built in do-over. Stories we began in the Krishna Chronicles come to fruition here.Do also join our community on Patreon.com/nymmpodcast to hear us dive deep into uncovering the metaphors of

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NYMM 25: Forest Burning and Mansion Building....

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2025/02/17

Trevor Rolando joins us for our 25th episode!We close out our last episode story of Arjuna bringing his new wife Subhadra to meet his wife Draupadi.Satish tells the story of the burning of the Khandava forest- a story of great significance and featuring gods, cosmic weapons, demons and a few very specific survivors.One of whom creates one of the greatest treasures for the Pandavas that will fuel incredible envy in future episodes!Do also join our community on Patreon.com/nymmpodcast to hear us dive

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NYMM 24: 12 Years of Exile, Spent Praying,...

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2025/02/03

Lindsay Buck joins us to hear all about Arjuna's 12 year exile. Satish takes the opportunity to re-tell the reason for Arjuna's exile with a puppy dog twist. Lindsay's suspicions of multiple characters gives Satish room to talk about multiple variations in the story, while we also throw in some of our own.Arjuna visits all the holy sites of ancient India, but it's not all dull walking and mediation. He also meets 'marries' and fornicates - creating whole new families

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NYMM 23: The Brother- Husbands are Back: Featuring...

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2025/01/20

We are back to following the story of the Pandavas! After our stint with Krishna, we are pleased to welcome our friend Rachael Gaetz to recap the Pandavas adventures through the eyes of King Dritarashtra.Dritarashtra, Duryhodana and Karna are not happy to discover that the Pandavas are still alive and less pleased about their marriage to Draupadi. The scheming begins immediately, but the politics of the situation have vastly changed. They no longer have the upper hand but are still determined to

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