Episode 231: Advice from Folklore III (with Dr. Moiya McTier)
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Episode 230: Jamaican Witches (with Ciannon Smart)
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One trip and one story can change your life, as author Ciannon Smart showed us in this episode. Listen to how her trip to Rose Hall in Jamaica stuck with her for a decade, how she embraced her weird kid energy to learn about vampires and witches, and how it evolved into her debut novel!
Read MoreEpisode 229: The Secret Tunnels of Europe (Erdstalls)
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They’re mysterious, they’re everywhere, and they’re not quite tall enough to stand up in. This week we explore erdstalls, the completely mystifying thousand-year-old tunnels scattered through Europe. We ask important questions like who made them, what were they used for, and most importantly—would we go into one?!
Read MoreEpisode 228: Inserting Ourselves into the Story (with Rena Rossner)
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We chat with author Rena Rossner about her new book, inserting ourselves into historical fiction, the fairy tales of her youth, and looking beyond the golem in Jewish folktales.
Read MoreEpisode 227: Your Urban Legends XLIX - PS3: Powered By Ghosts?
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What kind of video games do ghost gamers prefer? What does the hierarchy of sleep paralysis demons look like? Is a ghost with snow pants really THAT scary? Sometimes we’re left with more questions than answers after an urban legends episode!
Read MoreEpisode 226: Soju (with Dr. Hyunhee Park)
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We talk a lot about the ghost type of spirits on the show, but what about the liquor kind of spirits? We’re joined by Dr. Hyunhee Park to talk about the global history of the distinctive Korean drink: Soju. Hint: It all comes back to the Mongols.
Read MoreEpisode 225: Tatterhood
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Obviously looks aren’t everything, and with Tatterhood that is absolutely true. This fairy tale is full of twists, turns, and incredible aesthetics. Julia plays folklore sommelier and we ask about The Goat Situation.
Read MoreEpisode 224: Your Urban Legends XLVIII - The Creepy Child Scale
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We’re mixing up statistics and graphs with our creepy children. Typical episode of the show. Also featuring how funeral homes shouldn’t be real homes, our hometown’s Guiness World Record, and the return of the man in the trenchcoat.
Read MoreEpisode 223: The Tale of Princess Kaguya (Myth Movie Night)
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When you put on a Studio Ghibli film, you don’t expect to be talking about aliens and proto-science fiction in 9th century Japan. But that didn’t stop us! We gush over this retelling of a classic Japanese folktale, and lay out the details of a buck wild Third Act twist.
Read MoreEpisode 222: Women and Other Monsters (with Jess Zimmerman)
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We’re joined by author Jess Zimmerman, making her Spirits return, to talk about women and monsters from Greek mythology. We chat Aerosmith music videos, mansplaining, and rant about the lack of allyship from Athena.
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