251: Advice from Folklore V (with Dr. Moiya McTier)
Spirits: Mythology, Legends, & Folklore
Multitude
4.8 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 29 September 2021
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Hold on a second, we’re channeling the gods to answer your questions about creativity, religion, bachelorette parties, body image and more. Don’t worry, your cool wine Aunt Inanna is here to help.
Content Warning: This episode contains conversations about or mentions of human sacrifice, war, abusive relationships, death, dismemberment, murder, grief, religious experiences, body image issues, ableism, anxiety, and white supremacy.
Guest
Dr. Moiya McTier is a New York-based astrophysicist who studies planets outside of our solar system. She’s also a folklorist who specializes in using science and logic to build fictional worlds. You can hear all about the worlds she’s built on her podcast, Exolore, where she imagines, discusses, and reviews fictional worlds, often with expert guests. You can learn more about Moiya and her work on her website, moiyamctier.com.
Housekeeping
- Live Show: Join us October 27th at 8:00 EST for a LIVE virtual show! Get your tickets at spiritspodcast.com/live!
- Recommendation: This week, Julia recommends The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix.
- Books: Check out our previous book recommendations, guests’ books, and more at spiritspodcast.com/books
- Call to Action: Check out Exolore: Helping you imagine other worlds, but with facts and science! Every other week, astrophysicist/folklorist Moiya McTier explores fictional worlds by building them with a panel of expert guests, interviewing professional worldbuilders, or reviewing the merits of worlds that have already been built.
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About Us
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 dime into mythology, legends, and folklore. |
| 0:03.4 | Every week, we pour a drink and learn about a new story from around the world. |
| 0:06.6 | I'm Amanda. |
| 0:07.2 | And I'm Julia. |
| 0:08.2 | In this episode 251, |
| 0:09.8 | advice from Folkoy Number 5, what's Dr. Moya McTier? |
| 0:12.4 | Back at it, channeling the gods, seeing what they have to say about love and |
| 0:16.8 | jobs and creativity and all those things. |
| 0:19.8 | There is so much vulnerability that you, conspirators, trust us with, |
| 0:24.0 | and so much wisdom that the gods have to share. |
| 0:26.4 | We love recording these episodes and we're so happy that you like them too. |
| 0:29.7 | We do. We truly do. |
| 0:30.9 | Such a blast. |
| 0:31.8 | And before we get into our normal housekeeping, we want to let you all know that we are doing |
| 0:35.4 | a spooky Halloween live show. |
| 0:38.8 | We cannot wait to do another Halloween weekend digital live show for everybody, |
| 0:44.4 | no matter where you are in the world, whether you're going to join us live on October 27th, |
| 0:48.8 | 2021 at 8 p.m. Eastern time, or watch it afterward with the VOD that video on demand. |
| 0:55.0 | Even if you want to buy a ticket and be like, I'm not sure if I can get off work, |
| 0:58.0 | I might have to watch it later. |
| 0:59.2 | That's cool. Buy a ticket. You're going to get the same link. |
| 1:01.4 | Or maybe you come live and you're like, wow, it was a great live show. |
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