Dinosaurs are Ghost Birds | Your Urban Legends 74 w/ Corinne Caputo
Spirits: Mythology, Legends, & Folklore
Multitude
4.8 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 11 January 2023
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Did you know, a ghost bird? Just a dinosaur. We’re joined by writer and comedian Corinne Caputo to explore your creepiest stories, get her opinion on Team Ignorant, and Zombie Jurassic Park.
Content Warning: This episode contains conversations about or mentions of suicide, fire, death, arranged marriage, dueling, and animal death.
Guest
Corinne Caputo is a writer and comedian in New York City. 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. Most recently she penned the three episode comedic radio play, Space Trash, for Yale’s Summer Cabaret, about three female astronauts past their prime. Her first book, a self help parody titled How To Success: A Writer’s Guide To Fame and Fortune was published in March of 2017 by Chronicle Books.
Housekeeping
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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 boozy dive into mythology, legends, and folklore. |
| 0:33.3 | Every week we pour a drink and learn about a new story from around the world. |
| 0:36.6 | I'm Amanda. |
| 0:37.2 | And I'm Julia. |
| 0:38.0 | And this is episode 318. |
| 0:39.9 | Your hometown urban legends with a first for spirits. |
| 0:43.6 | Listen, new year, new us, Corinne Caputo. |
| 0:46.5 | Welcome to Urban Legends and Spirits. |
| 0:49.2 | Hi. |
| 0:50.0 | Thank you both for having me. |
| 0:51.4 | I'm so excited. |
| 0:52.4 | We're excited to have you. |
| 0:53.5 | I think the first question that we have to ask you, ghosts, opinions. Oh, my God. I have so many opinions on ghosts. I am someone who is obsessed with hearing anyone's ghost story. Like, that's kind of my go-to icebreaker question for a new person is like, so have you ever seen a ghost? Oh, damn. I am someone who |
| 1:11.9 | never, ever wants to see them, but I want to hear every story, and I am deeply scared of them. |
| 1:17.1 | So this is great. Recently, I, not recently, in the last few years, I had a roommate who was like, |
| 1:23.6 | what can they do? Like, what do they do? They're just there. And I was like, and for that, in that |
| 1:29.1 | moment, it really so soothed me where I was like, oh my God, you're so right. They're just there. |
| 1:33.1 | They're just hanging out in the corner. I'm like afraid they're going to kill me. Like, as a kid, |
| 1:36.7 | I would run through the house if it's dark and like slam into walls and whatever's going on. Whatever will get me into my bed the fastest. |
| 1:44.8 | Sure. |
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