Welcome to Spirits Podcast, a boozy dive into mythology, legends, and folklore.

Every week we pour a drink and learn about a new story from around the world.

I'm Amanda, and Julia is taking a much-deserved break, so it's just me telling you about episode

2.29, bird stalls. I loved this conversation, Julia and I recorded it.

Last week, and I spent the rest of the weekend, like googling this topic, looking up pictures,

looking up examples, reading Reddit threads. I really went down a rabbit hole and I think,

or down an earth stall as you're soon going to know, and I think you will be as well.

But first, I would like to welcome our newest patrons, Matthew, Jennifer, pointing cat,

Catherine, and Alexa. I would definitely follow down into an earth stall, I think.

And our supporting producer-level patrons, who would make sure that I do not get caught,

and that I have exactly the materials and supplies I need to get out.

Alicia, Alison, Brian, Deborah, Hannah, Jane, Jessica K, Jessica S, Justin, Keegan,

Mieselkins, Liz, Megan Linger, Megan Moon, Philfresh, Polly, Captain, Jonathan, Malachi, Cosmos,

Sanna, Sarah, Scott, Skyla, and Zazie. Now, Sanna, Sarah, and Scott. As I go through the different

vowel pronunciations of your names, I just want to thank you three in particular, because

I try really hard to get it right. And our legend-level patrons, finally,

Audra, Drew, Jack Marie, Key, a lot of Morgan, Neckrore, Royalty, Renegade,

Sandy Todd, and B.M.E. Up. Scotty. We're so grateful for all of you. You make it possible for

this to be our jobs. And in fact, this week, I just want to remind everybody that our Patreon

starts at just a dollar and episode. That's a handful of dollars a month. That's probably

less than a latte costs near you. And that support goes a huge way toward helping us make sure

we can keep making the show. In fact, we just passed 400 patrons, meaning that's right. We are

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