The Welcome to Spirits podcast, a boozy dive into mythology, legends, and folklore.

Every week we pour a drink and learn about a new story from around the world.

I'm Amanda.

And I'm Julia. And

hey, Amanda, it's our first episode of the New Year. Happy New Year. Happy New Year, Julia. How are you

feeling? How are you doing? I'm feeling good. I always get like weird around the new year,

the idea of a lot of people get really down on themselves being like, oh, I didn't achieve anything

in this past calendar year.

And I think that is not the best mentality to go into a new year. Like, yeah, you can use it as

motivation, but at the same time, hey, like be gentle on yourself. Maybe the year didn't turn out

the way that you were hoping. And that's fine. You got other years ahead of you. We're also four

months into the Jewish year, Lunar New Year. And it's fine. You got other years ahead of you. We're also four months into the Jewish year,

Lunar New Year, and it's also a leap year in both calendars. So there's just like in the Jewish

calendar, an extra month in the Gregorian calendar, an extra day. Like, it feels like there's,

there's room in 2024 that I'm really excited about.

I didn't even know that you guys get an extra month in the lunar calendar on a leap year.

That's wild. I love that. That's great.

Now, because it is the new year and because I'm sure everyone is kind of coming off that holiday

high slash low, depending on how you feel about the holidays, I wanted to do something kind of coming off that holiday high slash low depending on how you feel about the

holidays. I wanted to do something kind of fun and lighthearted for this episode back and

just, you know, a little bit more freeform than our usual episodes. So Amanda, I want to talk to

you today about the Greek mythology origins of words.

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