Podcasts by The Inconvenient Goddess
The ancients believe their goddess Ištar has come to earth when modern-day veterinarian Katie Reynolds is blown back in time and appears in the goddess's temple. A voluptuous winged goddess with lions on either side and an eight-pointed star above, Ištar ruled the Cradle of Civilization for thousands of years.
Broken and bleeding, Katie is found unconscious inside a Mesopotamian temple three-thousand years ago. Wrapped in a mysterious blue plastic tarp and wearing an out-of-this-world blue vinyl United Nations jacket with white lettering and white plastic zipper, the ancients are even more astounded when they find a holy thing has been expelled from Ishtar's womb. It is Katie's birth control device from the 21st century. This foreign object can only be a talisman, sent to protect the goddess on her earthly journey.
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Revelation: IG PC39 from 2021-07-14T00:00
Here is the final chapter of The Inconvenient Goddess. Of Gods and Mortals is the next story of the Ancient Katie series.
ListenKikkuli: IG PC38 from 2021-07-02T00:00
After pacing to and fro and waiting for what seemed like a long time, Katie heard René’s distinctive shuffle coming down the path toward her. “René, I’m pregnant!” Katie exclaimed as she ran to him...
ListenNimrud: IG PC37 from 2021-06-22T00:00
Traveling went smoothly for the first thirty miles. The well-maintained road offered little impediment. Katie kept up small talk with René at first, but finally, she let her worries out. “René, I n...
ListenEarly Morning Raid: IG PC36 from 2021-06-02T00:00
Emil, Dastur, and Çitri gathered in Yuni's chamber. "We must move tonight," the Queen began. "The Goddess is becoming restless in Nineveh. She is arranging a trip south to see the King. We must mov...
ListenWhisperings: IG PC35 from 2021-05-29T00:00
The next morning Rabea approached Katie with a worried look. “Ištar, there is something that is not right here, in Nineveh. I believe you are in danger from Yuni’s priests."
ListenYuni's Plan: IG PC34 from 2021-05-24T00:00
Meeting with Dastur, the Zoroastrian High Priest of Nineveh, Queen Yuni decides the best way to deal with Ishtar is to kidnap her while the goddess is on earth.
ListenPicnic with Çitri: IG PC 33 from 2021-05-06T00:00
Çitri offered to take René through Nineveh so he could sharpen his driving skills. Now their two-horse chariot was in unprotected territory. Their helmets and armor were laying on the chariot floor...
ListenRelaxing in Nineveh: IG PC32 from 2021-04-29T00:00
René has a great time exploring metropolitan Nineveh while Katie worries anxiously about their predicament.
ListenRené's Night Out: IG PC31 from 2021-04-23T00:00
René quickly learned how to use his temple credit card. When the young men were full of food, smoke, and brew, they left the tavern and made their winding way back up the temple mount. “See you guy...
ListenNineveh: IG PC30 from 2021-04-15T00:00
Following the Lalish River, the chariots drove through snow-covered hills toward Nineveh. Settling into a familiar routine, the horses functioned well as a unit quickly traveling the ten miles of s...
ListenLeaving Lalish: IG PC29 from 2021-04-10T00:00
“Ištar, this is Mašda” Moudad began. “He has come from Nineveh and speaks on behalf of my brother Josef, the high priest of Ištar’s Nineveh temple.” Mašda at once knelt and prostrated himself befor...
ListenRecheck: IG PC28 from 2021-03-26T00:00
Bored to tears, Katie latched onto a major comfort in her previous life: the horses in the barn.
ListenOutdoor Solace: IG PC27 from 2021-03-20T00:00
Annoyed at being fussed over, Katie waited for an alone moment to go outside. Donning her warmest clothes, she went out for a walk. A dense layer of snow blanketed the hills around Lalish, its spar...
ListenThe Unbroken Circle: IG PC1 from 2021-03-04T00:00
A command was given. Individual soldiers coalesced into a solid line. As they inched toward Apollyōn their shields closed together, giving the horse less and less freedom with every step they took....
ListenModern Lalish: IG PC2 from 2021-03-04T00:00
Closing her eyes, Katie took a breath thinking back weeks earlier to the day she and René were forced into Lalish’s modern-day temple. A grenade’s explosion inexplicably shifted her timeframe. Kati...
ListenIntroduction to The Inconvenient Goddess from 2021-03-03T00:00
Katie Reynolds, a young veterinary doctor from California, and her colleague René were sent to war-torn Kurdistan to find a disease spreading from animals to people. Unexpectedly caught in a firest...
ListenThe Barn: IG PC26 from 2021-02-15T00:00
With Lalish paralyzed by the unusual snowstorm Queen Yuni renewed her push to know more about Ishtar. Worried, Moudad doubled his efforts to keep Ishtar’s power from being stolen, moving Katie deep...
ListenThe Letter: IG PC25 from 2021-02-14T00:00
Katie becomes distraught as she and René search for clues to find their way home.
ListenThe Letter: IG PC25 from 2021-02-14T00:00
Katie becomes distraught as she and René search for clues to find their way home.
ListenQueen Yuni Meets Ishtar: IG PC24 from 2021-02-06T00:00
Inside the Lalish temple Katie’s meeting with Queen Yuni remains formal and bland as the Queen of the Mitanni kingdom offers gifts to her Goddess Ištar while poor René is smitten by the Queen’s bea...
ListenQueen Yuni Meets Ishtar: IG PC24 from 2021-02-06T00:00
Inside the Lalish temple Katie’s meeting with Queen Yuni remains formal and bland as the Queen of the Mitanni kingdom offers gifts to her Goddess Ištar while poor René is smitten by the Queen’s bea...
ListenKatie Prepares: IG PC23 from 2021-01-27T00:00
Katie and René are introduced to the tediousness of royal protocol as they are prepared to be formally introduced to Queen Yuni. Their moods lighten when René excites Katie with news that marvelous...
ListenKatie Prepares: IG PC23 from 2021-01-27T00:00
Katie and René are introduced to the tediousness of royal protocol as they are prepared to be formally introduced to Queen Yuni. Their moods lighten when René excites Katie with news that marvelous...
ListenYuni Arrives: IG PC22 from 2021-01-24T00:00
While Girgous was finding his way into the newly conquered Hittite city of Karkamis, four hundred miles east, Yuni, the Mitanni Queen and her niece Citri arrived in the mountain village of Lalish...
ListenYuni Arrives: IG PC22 from 2021-01-24T00:00
While Girgous was finding his way into the newly conquered Hittite city of Karkamis, four hundred miles east, Yuni, the Mitanni Queen and her niece Citri arrived in the mountain village of Lalish...
ListenKarkamış: IG PC21 from 2021-01-04T00:00
The city Karkamış, located on the most strategic site of the Euphrates River separates the mighty Mitanni Kingdom of King Tushratta with the growing military menace of the Hittite armies of King Šu...
ListenKarkam??: IG PC21 from 2021-01-04T00:00
The city Karkam??, located on the most strategic site of the Euphrates River separates the mighty Mitanni Kingdom of King Tushratta with the growing military menace of the Hittite armies of King Šu...
ListenGirgous Agrees: IG PC20 from 2020-12-28T00:00
Rib-Hadda’s scribe Girgous was running out of options. His home town of Byblos was in danger because of the Amorite incursions and although his reading and writing capabilities were appreciated by ...
ListenGirgous Agrees: IG PC20 from 2020-12-28T00:00
Rib-Hadda’s scribe Girgous was running out of options. His home town of Byblos was in danger because of the Amorite incursions and although his reading and writing capabilities were appreciated by ...
ListenCosmic String Theory: IG PC19 from 2020-12-15T00:00
While Katie and René meticulously search Ishtar's temple looking for a way back to the future Moudad prepares for Queen Yuni's royal arrival.
ListenCosmic String Theory: IG PC19 from 2020-12-15T00:00
While Katie and René meticulously search Ishtar's temple looking for a way back to the future Moudad prepares for Queen Yuni's royal arrival.
ListenAncient Reality: IG PC18 from 2020-11-28T00:00
Nursed from near death by her ancient caregivers Katie’s mind pushes for explanations as she realizes she is in a very foreign place. Actually, she’s in the same place, the Lalish Temple. However,...
ListenAncient Reality: IG PC18 from 2020-11-28T00:00
Nursed from near death by her ancient caregivers Katie’s mind pushes for explanations as she realizes she is in a very foreign place. Actually, she’s in the same place, the Lalish Temple. However,...
ListenSepticemic Delirium: IG PC17 from 2020-11-19T00:00
Katie’s convalescence in ancient times went smoothly for a while. Although uncertain about where she was she had found a way to communicate with her helpers, when a severe infection from her wounds...
ListenSepticemic Delirium: IG PC17 from 2020-11-19T00:00
Katie’s convalescence in ancient times went smoothly for a while. Although uncertain about where she was she had found a way to communicate with her helpers, when a severe infection from her wounds...
ListenNefertiti's Palace: IG PC16 from 2020-11-18T00:00
“Is this the reason you have sent for me, Queen Nefertiti?” Cepri asked uneasily. Nefertiti noticed the reticence. “What worries you about this, Cepri?” She asked. “I am perplexed more than worried...
ListenNefertiti's Palace: IG PC16 from 2020-11-18T00:00
“Is this the reason you have sent for me, Queen Nefertiti?” Cepri asked uneasily.
Nefertiti noticed the reticence. “What worries you about this, Cepri?” She asked.
“I am perplexed more th...
Amorite Chariots: IG PC15 from 2020-11-09T00:00
Girgous followed Aziru and Abdi’aširta through an opening of the Terre pisée. “We will get to Karkamış quickly by using what I have stored in there.” Abdi’aširta pointed to a stone building with a ...
ListenAmorite Chariots: IG PC15 from 2020-11-09T00:00
Girgous followed Aziru and Abdi’aširta through an opening of the Terre pisée. “We will get to Karkam?? quickly by using what I have stored in there.” Abdi’aširta pointed to a stone building with a ...
ListenFirst Steps: IG PC14 from 2020-11-02T00:00
Katie begins to convalesce in ancient Lalish inside the temple in northern Iraq where she was discovered. As her body begins to heal she becomes more aware of the extent of her dilemma.
ListenFirst Steps: IG PC14 from 2020-11-02T00:00
Katie begins to convalesce in ancient Lalish inside the temple in northern Iraq where she was discovered. As her body begins to heal she becomes more aware of the extent of her dilemma.
ListenThe Lions of Ebla: IG PC13 from 2020-10-25T00:00
After leaving Baalbek, Girgous and Sonia continued north from the Lebanon Mountains onto the Qadesh plain and into Ebla. They were guests of Aziru, staying in places friendly towards the Amorites. ...
ListenThe Lions of Ebla: IG PC13 from 2020-10-25T00:00
After leaving Baalbek, Girgous and Sonia continued north from the Lebanon Mountains onto the Qadesh plain and into Ebla. They were guests of Aziru, staying in places friendly towards the Amorites. ...
ListenYuni and the Magi: IG PC12 from 2020-10-10T00:00
“The talisman that came from Ištar’s womb is an ankh; Ištar is bringing the gods of Egypt with her. The ankh is a symbol of life itself to our Egyptian friends and the reason the Yezidi priests are...
ListenYuni and the Magi: IG PC12 from 2020-10-10T00:00
“The talisman that came from Ištar’s womb is an ankh; Ištar is bringing the gods of Egypt with her. The ankh is a symbol of life itself to our Egyptian friends and the reason the Yezidi priests are...
ListenJourney to Nineveh: IG PC11 from 2020-10-07T00:00
Tušratta stood for a while as they made their way along the rough, muddy, slushy corridor. Forty chariots protected the four vehicles. Sometimes the chariots were driven two by two; next to one ano...
ListenJourney to Nineveh: IG PC11 from 2020-10-07T00:00
Tušratta stood for a while as they made their way along the rough, muddy, slushy corridor. Forty chariots protected the four vehicles. Sometimes the chariots were driven two by two; next to one ano...
ListenIštar Stirs: IG PC10 from 2020-10-03T00:00
This simple act of concentration made Katie's head pound. Her eyes glazed over, and she drifted, merely listening. The woman continued washing Katie, letting her know she was there for her. Katie t...
ListenIštar Stirs: IG PC10 from 2020-10-03T00:00
This simple act of concentration made Katie's head pound. Her eyes glazed over, and she drifted, merely listening. The woman continued washing Katie, letting her know she was there for her.
Ka...
Waššukanni: IG PC9 from 2020-10-02T00:00
“I am sorry to report this, your Majesty, but the first shipment has been stopped.” Yuni was shocked. “What do you mean, stopped, Nizer?” she yelled. “The dye was stolen somewhere between Kadesh an...
ListenWaššukanni: IG PC9 from 2020-10-02T00:00
“I am sorry to report this, your Majesty, but the first shipment has been stopped.”
Yuni was shocked. “What do you mean, stopped, Nizer?” she yelled.
“The dye was stolen somewhere between...
Robbers: IG PC8 from 2020-09-30T00:00
Abdi’aširta, Aziru's father, was a muscular, bronze-skinned, black-haired Amorite. He and eight of his men were surreptitiously following the camel caravan that had recently left Baalbek. They were...
ListenRobbers: IG PC8 from 2020-09-30T00:00
Abdi’aširta, Aziru's father, was a muscular, bronze-skinned, black-haired Amorite. He and eight of his men were surreptitiously following the camel caravan that had recently left Baalbek. They were...
ListenAncient Baalbek: IG PC7 from 2020-09-26T00:00
“Girgous, I have received word from Abdi’aširta,” Sonia said excitedly. “His son Aziru will meet with you in Baalbek.” “Is he sending an escort, or should I find a man to travel with?” “He asked me...
ListenAncient Baalbek: IG PC7 from 2020-09-26T00:00
“Girgous, I have received word from Abdi’aširta,” Sonia said excitedly. “His son Aziru will meet with you in Baalbek.”
“Is he sending an escort, or should I find a man to travel with?”
“H...
Modern Lalish, Ch 2 from 2020-09-24T06:33:31
Closing her eyes, Katie took a breath thinking back weeks earlier to the day she and René were forced into Lalish’s modern-day temple. A grenade’s explosion inexplicably shifted her timeframe. Kati...
ListenAmarna, Egypt: IG PC6 from 2020-09-24T00:00
In Amarna, Egypt, Pharaoh Akhenaten and his wife, Nefertiti waited with Pahannate, the commissioner of Canaan and Amurru for the scribe to unwrap the latest tablet from Gubla. Akhenaten was a hands...
ListenAncient Goddess : IG PC3 from 2020-09-24T00:00
It takes a different mindset to bring a horse to your side without reverting to punishment born of frustration, and Katie had successfully accomplished this in front of a contingent of chariot warr...
ListenAncient Lalish: IG PC4 from 2020-09-24T00:00
Katie was badly injured from the grenade blast and was lucky to arrive at a place where people had the knowledge and desire to nurse an ailing stranger from near-death wounds. Even more fortuitous ...
ListenGubla, Ancient Byblos IG PC5 from 2020-09-24T00:00
Remember those ghostly images Katie saw when she was visiting modern day Byblos with Rene? The apparitions came from the same place, 3,000 years earlier when Byblos, then called Gubla, was under co...
ListenAncient Goddess : IG PC3 from 2020-09-24T00:00
It takes a different mindset to bring a horse to your side without reverting to punishment born of frustration, and Katie had successfully accomplished this in front of a contingent of chariot warr...
ListenAncient Lalish: IG PC4 from 2020-09-24T00:00
Katie was badly injured from the grenade blast and was lucky to arrive at a place where people had the knowledge and desire to nurse an ailing stranger from near-death wounds. Even more fortuitous ...
ListenGubla, Ancient Byblos IG PC5 from 2020-09-24T00:00
Remember those ghostly images Katie saw when she was visiting modern day Byblos with Rene? The apparitions came from the same place, 3,000 years earlier when Byblos, then called Gubla, was under co...
ListenAmarna, Egypt: IG PC6 from 2020-09-24T00:00
In Amarna, Egypt, Pharaoh Akhenaten and his wife, Nefertiti waited with Pahannate, the commissioner of Canaan and Amurru for the scribe to unwrap the latest tablet from Gubla. Akhenaten was a hands...
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