Episodes

  • Breakfast With Gilgamesh 12: Odinskald
    Apr 26 2025

    He wanders the earth, an earth of his making, its savior, its doom, collecting stories. He is thinking always of the end.

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    43 mins
  • Breakfast With Gilgamesh 11: Tales of Moonlight and Rain
    Dec 9 2024

    We take a trip to Japan to sample one of the richest storytelling traditions on earth, one almost lost to time and industry.

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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Breakfast with Gilgamesh 10: The Great Sage Equal To Heaven
    Mar 18 2024

    We return to the mountain of flower and fruit just as the next grand adventure of Son Wukong the Monkey King begins with havoc in heaven.

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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Breakfast with Gilgamesh Episode 9: A Menagerie of the Imagination
    Mar 2 2023

    This episode, we take a stroll through a zoo of fantastical creatures from across cultural traditions. Art by Sam Beck, Written, produced and narrated by Z.K. Leverton, Music by Thomas Houlden.

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    27 mins
  • Breakfast With Gilgamesh Episode 8: Thanatos in Troy
    Jan 8 2023

    This episode, we dive deep into the Greek underworld with Aristos Achaion. Art by Sam Beck, Written and produced by Z.K. Leverton, Narrated by Syd Lazarus, Music by Thomas Houlden.

    Sam Beck's artwork

    https://zkleverton.files.wordpress.com/2020/09/fb6d0a17-bd7d-43e0-a5a9-eda350f05111-1.jpeg?w=1338

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    51 mins
  • Breakfast With Gilgamesh Episode 7: The Nights
    Sep 24 2022

    For hundreds of years, The Nights have been a source of inspiration, comfort, and culture around the world. In this episode, host Z.K Leverton puts his own spin on The Three Women of Baghdad, one of the most beloved Nights.

    Written and hosted by Z.K Leverton

    Music by Thomas Holden

    Art by Sam Beck

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    1 hr and 40 mins
  • Breakfast with Gilgamesh Episode 6: A Brief History of Fallen Angels (Feat. Anthony Oliveira)
    Nov 23 2021

    This week we explore the complex and tragic stories of holy beings cast down from heaven.

    Featuring a conversation with author, host, and podcaster Anthony Oliveira.

    Find Anthony's work at anthonyoliveira.com . Written, produced, and performed by Z.K. Leverton, Music by Thomas Houlden, Art by Sam Beck. You can support the show at www.patreon.com/breakfastwithgilgamesh . You can read fiction by Z.K Leverton at www.zkleverton.com.

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    1 hr and 21 mins
  • Breakfast With Gilgamesh Episode 5: Baba Yaga
    Apr 19 2021

    Author Z.K Leverton tells an original story about the most pervasive and fascinating figure in Russian and Slavic folklore - Baba Yaga. Written, produced, and performed by Z.K. Leverton, Music by Thomas Houlden, Art by Sam Beck. You can support the show at www.patreon.com/breakfastwithgilgamesh You can read fiction by Z.K Leverton at www.zkleverton.com.

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    50 mins