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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 Amanda, it's a new year. And with the new year, it means a new series

for us to dive into in terms of a specific type of mythology. So as many conspirators know in the

past, we've done deep dives into Greek mythology and Norse mythology and

Egyptian mythology. But this year, the Lord's Year of 2026, is it the Lord's year still?

Well, you know what? That's a good point. However, I think more than any of the three that I've just

listed, this new category is going to be the closest to the year

of our Lord than any others. Okay. Because Amanda, in this year, I want to dive into something

that is something that I've only been tangentially familiar with in the past. It is something

that is tied to a lot of like different pop culture and is inspired,

a lot of fantasy series and television series and book series. But it's one that I will admit,

it's never really grabbed me as much as the pantheons of our past. But after we did our

Merlin episode a few months ago, Amanda, I think I'm ready for Arthurian legend. We're going deep on

Arthurian legend in 26. We are indeed. Now, Amanda, what is your experience with Arthurian

legend like? Julia, it's going to be those Avalon books for all the bisexual unicorn girls.

I feel like the unicorn is the most bisexual option for the bisexual horse girls.

You know what I mean?

Yes.

I definitely read some Y.A. fantasy books when I was a child that were loosely based on, like, knights.

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