
In the Lap of the Goddess
Earworms
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Narrated by:
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Jacob Tobia
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Utkarsh Ambudkar
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Kasper
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Joe Spano
About this listen
The people of ancient Sumer are gathered to celebrate the rite of the Sacred Marriage, a joyous and glorious testament to the unity of Goddess and Man. Times are tough, crops are failing, and this year’s ceremony holds special significance.
But for the priestess Simi, the fertility rite is very personal. Because it is Simi who will be locked in a room with a stranger to carry out the blessed responsibilities. Only this time, the stranger is no stranger at all....
In the Lap of the Goddess is written by Arvind Ethan David and Whitney Mosery and stars Jacob Tobia as Simi, Kasper as Eresha, and Utkarsh Ambudkar as King Gilgamesh.
Earworms is a series of short speculative-fiction dramas–tales of what might have been...or might yet be...or perhaps in fact are, if only you were paying attention...if only you were listening.
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- Connor
- 05-17-24
The sound! Brilliant just brilliant.
The sound! Brilliant just brilliant. The ambience and background music were perfect, absolutely amazing.
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- Tameekah Raberah
- 04-15-25
The performances and the production!
That was amazing, it put a smile on my face!!! At the end, I wanted so much more of that!
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- Amazon Customer
- 05-21-24
Rather genius way to explore the Goddess
Highly entertaining and a spot on view of Goddess wisdom incarnate. A clearly Well researched and thought out play on ancient teachings.
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- Book Cook
- 07-11-24
The twists
There were many twists in this story and each really made me think and look forward to what came next.
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- Allison Caviness
- 05-12-24
I love this world - more please!
I want to know more about this mythology. It’s fascinating. Told so vividly, I can see it as a comic book or an animated series. Very fun!
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- A. Crew
- 05-29-24
Not expecting this
“Spectrumy, fearsome, and sexy.” This description of the goddess is accurate to this story. What a fun, intelligent, romantic, silly, deep, relatable tale. Not for the close-minded. I will definitely listen to more of this podcast.
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- Manny
- 08-03-24
Great story! Incredibly well performed
Great story! Incredibly well performed. I look forward to reading more from this author as well!
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- Lyseri
- 05-20-24
What a surprise!
I had no idea what to expect from this short story, but I really really liked it. I love the characters and the acting and all of the sound effects. Great job!
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- NSP
- 09-08-24
Inclusive, creative and different
It was Inclusive, creative and different. The storyline has out-of-the-box, thinking, mixing a sexual focus, but intentional with a back in the day feel.
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- James
- 05-21-24
Enh... It was alright
The performance was good, but the whole over writing "history" with modern takes, and values thing isn't really my thing. Gilgamesh's son Urlugal is over written with a woody Allen like Gilgamesh the second, and a bunch of lgbtq values are inserted with the main character just because, including a lot of snark. It just felt dishonest. Some people may like it, I just thought it was meh okay. Kinda has a lgbtq Mel Brooks History of the World absurdity (minus musicals), while attempting social commentary aspect to it.
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