217: Theatre Superstitions
Spirits: Mythology, Legends, & Folklore
Multitude
4.8 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 3 February 2021
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
We have talked about theatre a LOT over the past five years, so now seems like the perfect time to talk about theatre superstitions! From old classics like the Scottish Play, to some that are totally new to us, we’re talking all things that go bump in the wings.
Content Warning: This episode contains conversations about or mentions of bodily harm/broken limbs, suicide, civil unrest, riots, police and military violence, fire, death, stabbings, gun violence, and Covid-19.
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Spirits was created by Julia Schifini, Amanda McLoughlin and Eric Schneider. We are founding members of Multitude, an independent podcast collective and production studio. Our music is "Danger Storm" by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Spirits Podcast, a boozy dive into mythology, legends, and folklore. |
| 0:03.9 | Every week we pour a drink and learn about a new story from around the world. |
| 0:07.1 | I'm Amanda, and I'm Julia, and this is episode 217, theater superstitions, yo! |
| 0:12.6 | You know, I couldn't think of a better topic to discuss on our five-year anniversary. |
| 0:18.0 | You've been doing this for five years. |
| 0:20.2 | Oh my god, that's longer than I was in college, and the same length of time you were in college, |
| 0:25.1 | because you got a bunch of work experience. |
| 0:26.9 | I did. I did. I did a five-year program, and I worked for a year and a half in my field, |
| 0:31.2 | and it was great, and it didn't lead to anything. |
| 0:35.5 | Yeah. Well, Julia, I couldn't imagine doing such a long project with anybody else, |
| 0:41.2 | and I'm so thankful that this is such a part of our week. We used to |
| 0:45.1 | exhaustively record in my apartment from like eight to ten p.m., and then you had an hour and a |
| 0:50.4 | half commute home. Sure do. And it was fun still, but less sustainable. And so I'm just, |
| 0:55.6 | I'm so grateful to you and to all of our patrons for helping make this our jobs. |
| 0:58.9 | Yeah, it is so great to be able to record this on a weekday and not commute to your apartment |
| 1:05.2 | at eight o'clock at night. What a long, strange trip it's been, and I definitely am gonna make |
| 1:10.2 | sure that I don't say the name of the Scottish play in a podcast studio just in case, just in case. |
| 1:14.6 | Whoops, whoops, uh-oh. |
| 1:18.1 | You'll hear all about it. This is a great episode, and I can't wait to get to it. But first, |
| 1:21.5 | we have to thank those who just joined our Patreon, Ingrid, Brianna, Ryan, Katie, and Lex, |
| 1:26.6 | the future urban legend. Really, courting disaster there, Lex, I respect it. Thank you very, |
| 1:31.5 | very much for joining. Thank you very much. And thank you to our supporting producer level patrons, |
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