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Spirits: Mythology, Legends, & Folklore

King Arthur w/ Christian Madera

Spirits: Mythology, Legends, & Folklore

Multitude

Mythology, Drunkhistory, Legends, Urbanlegends, Society & Culture, Educational, Folklore, Myths, Comedy, History, Gods, Alcohol, Learning

4.82K Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2017

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

The Arthurian Canon is sacred to some people—so you know we’ve got a lot of jokes about it. We dive into the nitty gritty with special guest Christian Madera as we talk about why self-insert fanfiction is questionable, even in the Middle Ages; how OT3s can solve all problems; how freaky historians can get; and why “whiskey” is a word that transcends language. 

You can find Christian online at Once and Future Nerd, and on Twitter and Tumblr! The fabulous Professor E.R. Udite is on tumblr for your enjoyment, and you can learn more about Marion Zimmer Bradley here. To learn more about resources available to survivors of sexual assault, head over to Rainn.org

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to Spears Podcast episode 56, King Arthur with Christian Madeira.

0:03.9

You know, Amanda, this is such a, you know, well-loved and, you know, just remains in the canon of

0:11.0

human stories so much. So naturally, we're going to shit on it a little bit. Yeah, no, it's so well

0:15.8

known that even I knew a little bit about it. And, uh, we have just a completely new take there is all kinds of crazy

0:22.8

stuff i quote in a movie correctly there's a lot of talk about shipping there's some real good

0:27.9

hot takes in this very hot the hottest of takes the hottest of takes like the the hottest of takes

0:32.7

and the roundest of tables that's what we have to offer you here on spirits podcast which is ironic

0:36.6

because the hot

0:37.5

takes were very hot back in February when we recorded this. I know. It's been so patient.

0:42.8

And he's a great friend of ours and the kind of proprietor of the podcast Once and Future Nerd.

0:47.8

Which is definitely worth checking out. Fantastic. But before we get to that, I would love to thank

0:52.4

our newest patrons R. and Megan for joining us as well as our supporting producer level patrons.

0:58.2

Neil, Chandra, Philip, Julie, Sarah, Josh, Eeyore, Mercedes, Sandra, Robert, Lindsay, Phil, Catherine, Ryan, and Deborah.

1:05.1

Each of you is in an OT3 friendship with Amanda and I.

1:08.3

Oh my gosh, that's adorable.

1:09.8

As are our legend level patrons,

1:12.7

Leanne, Erin, Ashley, Shannon, Cammy, and Cassie. You're all the nights of our roundtable.

1:17.8

Aw, so sweet. And we were drinking this episode, something that I really want to reprise now that it's cold again.

1:24.6

We've lasted so long before putting out this recording. I think Christian actually

1:27.9

suggested this recipe. Yes, he brought some beautiful mead with us or to us for the recording.

1:34.3

And it was very cold. So we made hot toddies with whiskey and lemon. It was so good. You guys had

1:38.8

whiskey. I don't drink whiskey. Yes. So Julie just had meat and more for me. It was delicious.

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