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 this is episode 168, myth movie night, Gretel and Hansel. It's not often we do a movie that's in theaters currently, but I thought that, you know, I saw it and I was just like, this seems like the right choice to make. And it gives us an opportunity to talk about things like the history of fairy tales and ways that we adapt them now.

Yeah, absolutely. And you know who I enjoy sharing new things with Amanda?

Is it our new patrons, Mark Andre, Agneshka, Lux, Meredith, and Juliet?

It is as well as our supporting producer level patrons. Philip, Tyree, Megan, Deborah, Molly, and Juliet. It is, as well as our supporting producer-level patrons.

Philip, Tyree, Megan, Deborah, Molly, Skyla, Samantha, Sammy, Neil, Jessica, and Phil Fresh.

They sustain our show and make it possible every dang week, just like our legend-level patrons.

Brittany, Josie, Kylie Morgan, Kylo the Husky, B.M. Yep, Scotty, Audra, Chris, Mark, Mr. Folk, Sarah, and Jack Marie.

And, Julia, this week, we are enjoying a variety pack of German beer, which is quite thematic, from a local Belgian and German beer store here in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

Yeah, I'm rocking out to that Heffawizen. It is extremely good. One of the first beers I ever liked was a Heffa Weissan. I think it's a very good kind of entry point for people who don't know if beer is for them yet.

Yeah, it's a little bit lighter. It's almost like starting with like a good shandy.

Yeah. Good stuff.

One of the first beers I remember really, really liking was one called Checkpoint Charlie. And it was a heparison that was extremely good. It tasted like lemonade. That is so

delicious. Speaking of delicious, Amanda, what, what delicious things have you been watching, reading,

or listening to lately? I awaited with great baited breath, the release of Daniel M. Lavery's

newest book, something that may shock and discredit you. The cover is just like a wonderfully brooding byronic figure. And it is a really like lovely heartfelt, sometimes like heart-wrenching collection. No one writes like Danny does. And I love every single thing that he writes, whether that's a newsletter or the brand new book that clearly took a ton of time to make.

And actually, we just set up a list of all of the books that we recommend in the show, as well as books by our guests.

So if you want to find a link to buy something that may shock and discredit you on a great website that

helps share revenue with indie bookstores when you make purchases. Go to spiritspodcast.com

slash books. What an easy URL to remember, Amanda. Thank you. I set it up. And speaking of things

that may shock and discredit you, I don't know why I did that transition. We're going to be in Austin,

Texas. And you can get tickets by going to multitude.com production slash live and clicking on the

Austin, Texas show. We're doing it with Join the Party, and it is going to be an absolute blast.

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