Episode 237: Sinbad the Sailor (Part 2)
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Ahoy! Is that the return of Sinbad the Sailor? It is! We’re judging the luckiest/unluckiest man in folklore this week, as well as talking about the economics of coconuts and monkeys.
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Episode 236: Your Urban Legends LI - Ghostly Cheez-Its
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Would you eat the cursed Cheez-its? It’s important that we know if you would. Also, we talk about being trained by a ghost on how to be a good adult, and rate some theatre ghosts.
Read MoreEpisode 235: Beauty and the Beast (Myth Movie Night)
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Here comes the podcast, with its myths like always. We’re covering the origins of the classic, Beauty and the Beast, and decide that if we try, we can all be disembodied himbos.
Read MoreEpisode 234: Sirens and Black Voices (with Bethany C. Morrow)
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We’re joined this week to talk with author Bethany C. Morrow about her novels, using “speculative” fiction to tell the truth, how Black sisterhood is lifesaving, and decentralizing fantasy and mythology.
Read MoreEpisode 233: Sinbad the Sailor
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An episode with a framing device, within a framing device. We’re getting meta here with the One Thousand and One Nights story, Sinbad the Sailor. We discuss whether or not Sinbad is the luckiest or unluckiest guy in the world, his buckwild plans, and befriending eccentric rich guys.
Read MoreEpisode 232: Your Urban Legends L - Mold? Or GHOSTS?
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Haunted woods, haunted schools, and creepy kids. We’re hitting all of the classics in this Urban Legends episode, including the return of a familiar figure...
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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.
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