Monsters that Sell You Stuff Bracket w/ Eric Silver
Spirits: Mythology, Legends, & Folklore
Multitude
4.8 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 26 July 2023
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
We’re constantly being sold stuff, but what if we got sold more things by more monsters? We’re putting our favorite monster-branded commercials head to head to decide which monstrous mascot is best!
Content Warning: This episode contains conversations about or mentions of sex, violence, animal attacks, homophobia, and transphobia.
Guest
Eric Silver is the Head of Creative at Multitude, an independent podcast collective and production studio in Brooklyn. He’s produced 11 podcasts that have racked up tens of millions of downloads, and developed many more, characterized by strong, original structures and thriving communities. He is also a writer, game designer, and teacher. Catch him every week on the actual play TTRPG show Join the Party, the games advice podcast Games and Feelings, and the madcap game show about your favorite things, Tell Me About It.
Housekeeping
- Recommendation: This week, Julia recommends getting cookbooks from your local library!
- Books: Check out our previous book recommendations, guests’ books, and more at spiritspodcast.com/books
- Call to Action: Check out Tell Me About It in your podcast app or at tmaipod.com!
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About Us
Spirits was created by Julia Schifini, Amanda McLoughlin and Eric Schneider. We are founding members of Multitude, an independent podcast collective and production studio. Our music is "Danger Storm" by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I'm not |
| 0:02.0 | a lot Welcome to Spirits podcast, a boozy dive into mythology, legends and folklore. Every week we pour a drink and learn about a news story from around the world. I'm Amanda and I'm Julia. And hi, my husband Eric Silver. |
| 0:38.7 | How are you? |
| 0:39.5 | Welcome. |
| 0:40.3 | I'm good. |
| 0:41.2 | I was hanging out. |
| 0:42.2 | We had a previous intro where I did this for memory and then everyone was like, we can't use that. |
| 0:47.1 | I'm so confused. |
| 0:47.9 | What's happening? |
| 0:49.1 | Amanda Julia, like, what do we say next? |
| 0:51.2 | I don't know. I forget it half the time and I do it every time for the last 340-some episodes. |
| 0:56.7 | Threw us off your rhythm. |
| 0:57.8 | It's like when you have that dream where you're supposed to be in the play and you don't know any of the lines what it's about to happen. |
| 1:03.4 | Yeah. So, Eric, I'm going to tell the Just having fun. Just chilling. No, what you actually did was a couple of weeks ago, you were like, hey, you know how like monsters sell you stuff on signs and commercials? |
| 1:16.5 | And I was like, now that you mention it, yes, I do know about that. |
| 1:20.3 | I assume that this person, this creature, this woman. |
| 1:25.2 | Me? |
| 1:25.4 | This boo man. |
| 1:26.6 | Sorry. |
| 1:27.0 | Okay. |
| 1:30.3 | Was the reason why is because there was a new lady, |
| 1:34.9 | monster cereal lady. Yes, we are going to talk about her. Yes. And that's why I was thinking, |
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