Sea Monster Mash
6/14/202432 min
Oh Muses! Visiting some old friends and meeting some new faces in the sea monster and river beastie game! In this episode we encounter turning children into stones, mysterious black stallions, deep fake cryptids, a man in search of a wife, and the terror of the deep.
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 0· Host0:00
The stories featured in Greeking Out are original adaptations of classic Greek myths. This week's story features turning children into stones, mysterious black stallions, deep fake cryptids, a man in search of a wife, and the terror of the deep.
Speaker 10:14
Greeking out. The greatest stories in history were told in Greek mythology. Greeking out. Gods and heroes, amazing feats. Listen and you'll see it's Greeking out.
Speaker 0· Host0:31
Ah, the ocean. There's just something about the power and beauty of the sea, right? Going to the beach or sailing or surfing are favorite pastimes for people all over the world. And yeah, it's fun to play in the waves and build sandcastles, but there's also something kind of cool about the ocean that draws people to it, and there always has been.
Speaker 2· Co-host0:53
Each year, approximately 180 million Americans make visits to beaches and shorelines. A recent survey reported that 47% of Americans say they go to the beach at least once a year. This does not include the rest of the planet.
Speaker 0· Host1:18
Wow, that's a lot. But I'm not surprised. I'm a big fan of the ocean myself, and the ancient Greeks, of course, were huge fans. They sort of had to be because of all of the islands in the area. The country of Greece today