Mythological Cross-Dressing w/ Andrea Lam
Spirits: Mythology, Legends, & Folklore
Multitude
4.8 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 16 January 2019
⏱️ 79 minutes
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Summary
Our good friend Andrea is BACK, this time to lead us through a history of cross-dressing in mythology and folklore. We tackle stories from ancient Greece, Norse mythology, Chinese poetry, and beyond! We also chat about disaster bis, make too many puns and portmanteaus, and debate how best to cut a bagel. And remember: Never Sleep.
Julia’s recommendation this week is The Cryptonaturalist.
Guest
Andrea Lam is a writer and actor. Follow her on Twitter @AndreaNLam!
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | 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 this is episode 113, mythological cross-dressing with Andrea Lamb, returning guest. It's so nice to have Andrea back. Yeah, this is super fun. I feel like it really builds on our first episode with her, Gender Fuck the Gods, and it is great. |
| 0:23.3 | I had so much fun recording this. |
| 0:24.6 | I cannot wait for you to hear it. |
| 0:25.7 | Yeah, this is an absolute blast of an episode. |
| 0:27.8 | And we touch upon a bunch of topics that I think people are going to be really excited about. |
| 0:32.3 | And some of those folks who recently supported us on Patreon are lucky enough to have their shout out in this dope episode. Alicia, Shelby, Erin, Callahan, Andrea, Victoria, Dylan, Katie, |
| 0:43.4 | Talia, and Kaylee, welcome. Yeah, welcome. Thank you for coming. This is going to be a lot of fun. |
| 0:49.2 | There's a lot of you, and we're excited for you to be here. We're also excited to welcome back |
| 0:53.5 | our supporting producer-level patrons. |
| 0:56.0 | Philip, Julie, Eeyore, Kathy, Vinnie, Danica, Marissa, Sammy, Josie, Amara, Neil, Jessica, Phil Fresh, and Deborah. |
| 1:04.6 | And our legend-level patrons, all of whom can pull off whatever style of clothing they choose, regardless of gender. It's a social |
| 1:11.6 | construct. Jordan, Jess, Sarah, Zoe, Sandra, Audra, Mercedes, Jack Marie, and Leanne. We love you |
| 1:18.2 | all. You all look great in that outfit. Oh, and Julia, tell us about the cocktail we drank for this |
| 1:22.3 | episode, which was suggested by Andrea. Yeah, the drink that we had is called the Marlene Dietrich. |
| 1:27.3 | It was actually suggested by Andrea, and Marlene drink that we had is called the Marlene Dietrich. It was actually |
| 1:27.7 | suggested by Andrea. And Marlene Dietrich is a early movie star who traditionally had a very |
| 1:34.2 | masculine wardrobe. Yeah, it was awesome. She looks great in a tuxedo. Man, you should Google those |
| 1:39.3 | images. I wish I looked that good in a tuxedo. Me too. And, Joel, do you have a recommendation |
| 1:43.5 | for us this week? I do. I'm going to recommend another audio drama, because you know, that's my jam. |
| 1:48.2 | I'm going to recommend the Crypto Naturalist. Very up our alley. It is very up our alley. It is a |
| 1:53.6 | podcast about a man who tells us about different interesting cryptozoology specimens and whatnot. |
| 2:00.5 | It is very well written. It is very like prose |
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