Mexican Vampires w/ Isabel Cañas
Spirits: Mythology, Legends, & Folklore
Multitude
4.8 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 27 September 2023
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Author Isabel Cañas is back to talk about her newest book, Vampires of El Norte! We chat about Mexican vampires and boogeymen, historical romance, and drawing inspiration from her family’s history.
Content Warning: This episode contains conversations about or mentions of illness, death, forced marriage, religious persecution, colonialism, and pregnancy.
Guest
Isabel Cañas is a Mexican-American speculative fiction writer. After having lived in Mexico, Scotland, Egypt, Turkey, and New York City, among other places, she has settled in the Pacific Northwest. She holds a doctorate in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and writes fiction inspired by her research and her heritage. She is the author of The Hacienda and Vampires of El Norte.
Housekeeping
- Recommendation: This week, Julia recommends Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea by Rita Chang-Eppig.
- Books: Check out our previous book recommendations, guests’ books, and more at spiritspodcast.com/books
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Cast & Crew
- Co-Hosts: Julia Schifini and Amanda McLoughlin
- Editor: Brandon Grugle
- Music: Brandon Grugle, based on "Danger Storm" by Kevin MacLeod
- Artwork: Allyson Wakeman
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About Us
Spirits is a boozy podcast about mythology, legends, and folklore. Every episode, co-hosts Julia and Amanda mix a drink and discuss a new story or character from a wide range of places, eras, and cultures. Learn brand-new stories and enjoy retellings of your favorite myths, served over ice every week, on Spirits.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everybody. Amanda here, CEO of Multitude, the podcast collective that this incredible show is a part of. |
| 0:06.8 | And before we get started today, I want to tell you about something new that we are doing here at Multitude happening right now. |
| 0:13.2 | It's the multi-crew drive. Now, Multitude exists because of the support of listeners like you. |
| 0:18.8 | And the very best way of supporting Multitude is to join the Multi-Crew, a membership program that lets you, our listeners, help fund new work from Multitude and get exclusive perks. |
| 0:30.2 | So between now and October 1st, we are running the Multi-Crew Drive. |
| 0:34.1 | We will be highlighting the ways your support makes a difference and show off all the ways that we pay it back to you, our community. |
| 0:41.4 | We are running a couple of very cool specials that are not going to happen any other time this year. |
| 0:47.8 | If you join the multi crew by October 1st, you can get a brand new. |
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| 0:56.4 | And if you were an annual member at any level on October 1st, you will get your names inscribed forever on the We Put 2023 on our back plaque, which we will look at every day in the multitude office. |
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| 1:15.1 | To learn more about the multi-crew drive, |
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| 1:22.4 | or visit multi-cru.club to learn more about the drive. |
| 1:27.2 | All right, let's get the show started. Welcome to Spirits Podcast, a boozy dime into mythology, legends, and folklore. |
| 2:04.8 | Every week we pour a drink and learn about a new story from around the world. |
| 2:08.3 | I'm Amanda. |
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