Join your Sirens as they dive into Anomalous Health Incidents, or better known as the Havana Syndrome. Also joining is Lisette Alvarez, creator of Stormfire Productions and the podcast Havana Syndrome, to educate us all more on this disputed medical condition.

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Music by Donald Guzzi & Artwork by Alexis Torres

Link to Havana Syndrome, created by Stormfire Productions:

https://stormfireproductions.com/havana-syndrome/

Follow Stormfire Productions on instagram: @stormfireproductions

Links to Research:

https://time.com/6962399/havana-syndrome-russia-u-s/

https://www.gao.gov/blog/havana-syndrome-americans-affected-mysterious-symptoms-may-struggle-get-care

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havana_syndrome

Time to deep dive into some Slavic folklore and talk about the 'Purest Evil' grandma that you'd never want to meet: Baba Yaga!

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Links to Books:

‘Baba Yaga: The Ambiguous Mother and Witch of the Russian Folktale’ by Andreas Johns - https://books.google.com/books?id=yVN64AACjMAC&pg=PA8&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=3#v=onepage&q&f=false

Links to Research:

• https://www.worldhistory.org/Baba_Yaga/
• https://www.britannica.com/topic/Slavic-religion
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasilisa_the_Beautiful
• https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20221118-baba-yaga-the-greatest-wicked-witch-of-all
• https://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends-europe/baba-yaga-confounding-crone-slavic-folklore-002836
• http://www.creativecountryside.com/blog/baba-yaga

The second part to our two-part deep dive of Homer's The Odyssey is here! This is a big one, filled with lots of twists and turns that finally lead our main character back home. Enjoy!

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Map of Journey: https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/15906.png?v=1725269531-1681478901

Links to Research:

• ‘The Odyssey’ by Homer, Translated by Emily Wilson
• ‘The Greek Myths’ Vol. II by Robert Graves, co. 1955, 1960
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laestrygonians
• https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/odyssey/section1/
• https://www2.classics.upenn.edu/myth/php/homer/index.php?page=timelines
• https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/15906.png?v=1725269531-1681478901
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicones
• https://www.britannica.com/topic/Odyssey-epic-by-Homer