Hermes | It's All Greek to Me

Spirits

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4.8 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2022

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

King of Interns, patron of finance bros, we’re talking this week about our messenger god, Hermes! Amanda channels her past jobs, and Julia thinks about THE MOST HANDSOME BOY.

Content Warning: This episode contains conversations about or mentions of sexual assault/rape, death, homophobia, animal death, childbirth, bestiality, misogyny, theft, violence, genitalia, and execution.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to Spirits Podcast, a boozy dive into mythology, legends, and folklore.
0:11.3	Every week we pour a drink and learn about a new story from around the world.
0:14.8	I'm Amanda.
0:15.4	And I'm Julia.
0:16.5	And this episode 269, nice, Hermes, as part of our It's All Greek to Me series. We're back at it.
0:23.3	It's all Greek to me. And I think this is going to be a very fun episode, Amanda, because this
0:28.0	week we are talking about Hermes, who is the Herald of the Gods. And for me, he has the vibe of
0:34.5	the personal assistant to a CEO who knows more about what's going on with the company than the CEO will ever know.
0:40.7	Yes, a.k.a. the character I played on Join the Party in our Join the Paper One Shot.
0:45.5	You did. And it was wonderful. And I just got that vibe so much. And I was like, when I was doing my research for Hermes, I was like, oh, this is just that. Okay.
0:59.9	He just knows everybody's business because he's like the only one that's actually going between Olympus and the mortal world to do things other than fuck women.
1:03.7	And also because he's the only one of the Olympic gods that really goes to the underworld,
1:10.3	which makes him really stand out
1:11.7	compared to his fellow Olympians. Love it. Can't wait. Stoke to be here. Thank you for having me.
1:18.1	Every episode of this podcast is fun, Julia, but I am loving this series. So tell me all about this guy
1:23.7	and his, does he have a little winged feet. Is that right? He does. He has little wing sandals. We'll get to those in a little bit. A game that I would like you to play throughout Amanda
1:31.2	is how does this relate to my job experience? And so I'm going to tell a bunch of stories about Hermes.
1:36.7	And if you feel compelled to tell me a story that this reminds you of working in finance.
1:42.9	Julia, I try not to be the kind of podcaster to just
1:45.2	like insert personal anecdotes whenever something someone else says reminds me of a thing that I
1:49.8	have experienced in my life. But if you're inviting me to do that, I've had so many megal
1:53.9	bosses. I think you're going to enjoy this. And I encourage it, in fact, in this episode.
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