Fakelore w/ David Rheinstrom
Spirits: Mythology, Legends, & Folklore
Multitude
4.8 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 29 August 2018
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
We are joined this week by David Rheinstrom, who helps us parse through the history of fakelore in the USA! How do we feel about Paul Bunyan being invented to sell lumber? Does it make him any more or less a part of American folklore? Also featuring amazing accents, Olsen Twin movies, and just wayyyy too many puns!
Amanda recommends this week The Changeling by Victor LaValle.
Guest
David Rheinstrom is on Twitter @IcarusFloats. Do yourself a favor and follow him to hear some great stories!
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Spirits Podcast, a boozy dive into mythology, legends, and folklore. |
| 0:04.2 | 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. |
| 0:09.4 | And this is episode 92, fake lore with David Reinstrom. |
| 0:13.4 | Oh, I love it, David. |
| 0:14.9 | I love David with all my heart. |
| 0:17.1 | Me too. |
| 0:17.7 | He is one of our best, best pod pals and really excellent on Twitter. You should follow him at Icarus Floats. |
| 0:23.6 | Also a confirmed Faking. He is absolutely a Faye King and don't let him tell you otherwise. |
| 0:29.4 | No, don't let him. And members of the Seeley High Court who definitely don't like seduce humans and keep them in their bower forever. |
| 0:38.0 | Wink. |
| 0:38.5 | Who would those be? |
| 0:39.3 | That would be our new patrons, Sam, Emily, Ryan, Serenity, Dana, Jess, and Bunny. |
| 0:45.6 | And those like high court officials who you look at their outfits and you're like, damn, |
| 0:52.5 | that would be our supporting producer level patrons. |
| 0:54.4 | Philip, Julie, Christina, Josh, Eor, Amara, Ella, Ashley Marie, Neil, Jessica, Maria, Ryan, |
| 1:00.5 | Phil Fresh, and Deborah. |
| 1:02.5 | You all have the best outfits made of only the finest spider silk and fallen leaves and |
| 1:08.2 | whatnot. |
| 1:08.8 | Man, I want to rock that aesthetic so bad. |
| 1:11.2 | If we, for whatever reason, Julia, ever get invited to the Metball, I'm just saying it's not impossible. |
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