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🗓️ 29 April 2020
⏱️ 58 minutes
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It’s another game of Creepy or Cool? And because we played in Texas, our two teams have to determine whether a series of GIANTS are either big ol’ creeps or the coolest things we’ve ever seen.
Content Warning: This episode contains conversations about or mentions of cannibalism, natural disasters (tsunamis, earthquakes), drug use, drowning/shipwrecks, fire/burning, funerary rites, improper burial, and dehydration.
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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.
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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. |
| 0:07.5 | I'm Amanda. |
| 0:08.2 | And I'm Julia. |
| 0:09.3 | And this is episode 178, creepy or cool, bigger in Texas. |
| 0:14.0 | Ah, man, the Texas Live show was so much fun. |
| 0:17.0 | I had never been to Austin before. |
| 0:18.6 | And, oof, it was so good. |
| 0:20.0 | What a great city. |
| 0:26.6 | We truly had tacos for like seven out of our eight meals there. And I feel like I got everything, |
| 0:31.3 | you know, that I hoped out of the experience. We're so thankful to those who came out for the spirits join the party double header. And we're really, really stoked that we can bring the |
| 0:35.6 | live show to those of you who were not able to join us in person. |
| 0:39.5 | Yeah, you know, it's definitely a big, creepier cool. And I think people are going to find it pretty buckwild. |
| 0:46.2 | I really enjoyed this one. And I also really enjoy that we have some new patrons with us to celebrate today. |
| 0:51.3 | Sabrina, Sammy G. Rose, Hannah, Kate, Kerry, Jessica, Eric Hittomi, and Jasmine. |
| 0:56.9 | Welcome. |
| 0:57.5 | You joined the ranks of such supporting producer-level patrons as Sarah, Landon, Nikki, Megan, Deborah, Molly, Skyla, Samantha, Sammy, Neil, Jessica, and Phil Frash. |
| 1:06.9 | And, of course, our legend-level patrons, Diane, Stephen, Melena, Frances, Clara, Brittany, Josie, Kylie, Morgan, Bia me up, Scotty, Audra, Chris, Mark, Mr. Fulk, Sarah, and Jack Marie. |
| 1:18.7 | You all are wonderful, wonderful beings, and our hearts are as big as the state of Texas when we think of you. |
| 1:25.2 | And the drink for this episode, Julia, was provided by the |
| 1:28.4 | venue. The North Door was kind enough to buy us drinks, and we all really, really loved El Diablo. |
| 1:33.4 | Tell us what it was like. El Diablo is really, really good. I like a little bit of like spicy, |
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