Skeleton Keys

By: Torri Yates-Orr John Bucher
  • Summary

  • SKELETON KEYS is a podcast dedicated to unlocking the mysteries of mythology and history in pop culture. Each episode is a skeleton key to unlock a particular artist, film, comic or other popular art through myth and history. Hosts, Torri Yates-Orr is an African American Historian and John Bucher is a Mythologist. Together, they take a look at the people, places, and events happening in culture in order to mine out a deeper meaning, having a ton of fun along the way.
    2019-2021 Skeleton Keys
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Episodes
  • Myths of Games
    Jul 15 2022

    Torri's Skeleton Key - https://www.britannica.com/sports/jujitsu 

    John's Skeleton Key - https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Finite-and-Infinite-Games/James-Carse/9781476731711 

    Torri Yates-Orr - @TorriYatesOrr on all channels 

    John Bucher - @johnkbucher on Twitter and @tellingabetterstory on IG

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    36 mins
  • Myths of Catwoman
    Jul 1 2022

    Torri's Skeleton Key - https://imagecomics.com/comics/series/the-wicked-the-divine

    John's Skeleton Key(s) -  @BlackGirlNerds

    Torri Yates-Orr - @TorriYatesOrr on all channels 

    John Bucher - @johnkbucher on Twitter and @tellingabetterstory on IG

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    39 mins
  • Myths of Loki
    Jun 10 2022

    Torri's Skeleton Key - Sympathy For the Devil by The Rolling Stones (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgnClrx8N2k) 

    John's Skeleton Key(s) - Ring of Nibelung by DC Comics (https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Ring_of_the_Nibelung_Vol_1) 

    Dr. Scott Neumeister - @MythicPath on all channels

    Torri Yates-Orr - @TorriYatesOrr on all channels 

    John Bucher - @johnkbucher on Twitter and @tellingabetterstory on IG

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    1 hr and 16 mins

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