Demonology (EVIL SPIRITS) with Alyssa Beall

Ologies with Alie Ward

Alie Ward

Comedy, Science, Society & Culture

4.9 • 23.8K Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2019

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Demons, spooky spirits, devils, fallen angles, hungry ghosts: every culture has them. And West Virginia University Religious Studies professor, demonologist and history buff Dr. Alyssa Beall runs down how humans have used myths and stories to explain the feelings that make our hairs stand up and our stomaches sink. Is possession a mental illness? Are demons pranksters from hell? Is your baby evil or just cranky? And why do we like to be scared and poke at the line between life and death? Also: demon dongs. Oh wow. Follow Dr. Alyssa Beall at Instagram.com/religiontraveler October 25th free "Science under the Stars" event with Alie and Sarah McAnulty: 6-9pm, Silverlake Meadow, Los Angeles. Bring a picnic blanket and pee before you get there. Donations went to DoctorswithoutBorders.org and PlannedParenthood.org Sponsor links: periodbetter.com, code OLOGIES; BetterHelp.com/ologies; KiwiCo.com/ologies; LinkedIn.com/ologies Become a patron of Ologies for as little as a buck a month: www.Patreon.com/ologies OlogiesMerch.com has hats, shirts, pins, totes and STIIIICKERS! Follow twitter.com/ologies or instagram.com/ologies Follow twitter.com/AlieWard or instagram.com/AlieWard Sound editing by Jarrett Sleeper of MindJam Media & Steven Ray Morris Theme song by Nick Thorburn Support the show: http://Patreon.com/ologies

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0:00.0	Oh, I, it's that guy who asked to pet your dog, but doesn't realize how much you want to talk to him about your dog's likes and
0:07.2	dislikes and hopes and dreams.
0:09.7	Alleyward back with another spooky episode of allergies.
0:14.0	So I've been dition up a whole month of dark-ish
0:17.8	Pumpkin-y topics, and if you've missed out this October, y'all there are episodes on skeletons.
0:23.4	We talk about body farms. We got one on spider webs, one on pumpkins that will warm your whole heart
0:29.6	and now this one is just right on the nose.
0:32.9	Demons, evil spirits, creepy mean beings. Let's get into it.
0:37.0	But before we do a few business items up top number one if you're in LA and you're hearing this before Friday, October 25th,
0:42.8	come hang out in a park and learn about squids with me and Sarah McAnulty who is our squid expert
0:49.1	pathologist. So we're like meadow 6.30 pm Friday, October 25th.
0:53.6	Free. We're just gonna be hang out in a park talking about science.
0:56.5	There's an event bright link in the show notes with more info. Also, happy birthday to fancy Nancy aka my mom
1:02.0	Who taught you how to fall asleep better? We all love you fancy Nancy. Also, thank you to everyone supporting the podcast on patreon.com
1:09.2	Sash allergies and submitting your questions. Thank you to everyone wearing allergies merch and tagging your photos with
1:15.1	allergies merch thanks to everyone making sure that you're subscribed and
1:18.4	rating the podcast and telling friends and of course the folks leaving reviews
1:21.8	You know that I read them so that I can pick a freshy every week such as for example
1:26.9	Exy 1089 who says crushed Nana's dinner convo says today
1:31.9	I wowed my fam with so much spider web knowledge and pitched the podcast so hard
1:35.8	I told them they can all expect allergies merch for Christmas
1:39.0	Thank you for inspiring me to slow my life down and take genuine interest in things
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