Alosa, Psyche, and Yue Lao | Advice from Folklore w/ Dr. Moiya McTier
Spirits: Mythology, Legends, & Folklore
Multitude
4.8 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 1 February 2023
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Dr. McTier is back, and we’re once again channeling the gods. We are learning how to fail safely, talk about stealing plants from your hometown, and discourage you from throwing rocks at your future wife. Y’know, the usual advice.
Content Warning: This episode contains conversations about or mentions of death, infidelity, anxiety, injury, grief, breakups, and sex.
Guest
Dr. Moiya McTier is a New York-based astrophysicist who studies planets outside of our solar system. She is the co-host of Pale Blue Pod, an astronomy podcast for people who are overwhelmed by the universe, but want to be its friend. 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
- Recommendation: This week, Julia recommends The Ruthless Lady’s Guide to Wizardry by C.M. Waggoner.
- 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 Dr. 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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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I'm |
| 0:02.0 | M. |
| 0:05.0 | The Welcome to Spirits podcast, a boosy dive into mythology, legends, and folklore. |
| 0:33.5 | Every week we pour a drink and learn about a new story from around the world. |
| 0:36.8 | I'm Amanda. |
| 0:37.7 | And I'm Julia. |
| 0:38.6 | And we're joined as ever and as always by Dr. Moia McTeer for another episode number 321, in fact, advice from folklore. |
| 0:46.6 | Woo! |
| 0:46.8 | Hey! |
| 0:48.0 | So many episodes. |
| 0:49.1 | Congrats, friends. |
| 0:50.2 | Oh, thank you. |
| 0:51.7 | And Moia, congrats. |
| 0:52.9 | We've talked about it at length on the show, but congrats being back here for the first time since Pale Blue Pod emerged from the universe. Thank you. It has been a while. Pale Blue Pod and the universe are keeping me away from my folklore duties, but it's nice to be back at a time when I can talk about how much of a friend I am to the universe. |
| 1:11.3 | Yay. |
| 1:19.1 | For the people who haven't listened to Pale Blue Pod yet, Moia, can you tell them a little bit about the show and why they should listen because it's fantastic? |
| 1:20.5 | Yes, thank you. |
| 1:21.1 | I would love to. |
| 1:25.0 | Pale Blue Pod is a casual astronomy podcast. |
| 1:26.2 | I'm starting to say that now. A casual astronomy podcast for people |
| 1:28.8 | who are kind of overwhelmed by the universe, maybe even a little afraid of it. There's nothing |
| 1:33.1 | shameful about that. I am here to help the universe become a little bit more familiar to you. |
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