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Spirits: Mythology, Legends, & Folklore

Nature Yokai

Spirits: Mythology, Legends, & Folklore

Multitude

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

4.82K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2026

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Gardeners, as you start to see your plants begin to sprout, be cautious that there might be nature spirits lurking in your (garden) beds! This roundup, we talk about the various yokai that might be haunting your trees, fruits, and vegetables this spring and summer - gangly pumpkin spirits, dueling melons, and the BEAN BOIS!


Content Warning: This episode contains conversations about or mentions of death, animal death, illness, sexual content, pregnancy, murder, child endangerment, defecation, and gun violence. 


Housekeeping

- 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: Bren Frederick

- Music: Brandon Grugle, based on "Danger Storm" by Kevin MacLeod

- Artwork: Allyson Wakeman

- Multitude: multitude.productions


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

The I'm Amanda.

0:37.0

And I'm Julia and Amanda. Hey, how is your garden going? Just want to check in real quick with you. Julia, I'm feuding with the squirrels, man. I direct sewed a lot of my early spring garden. We got some dill, some nasturt, some, uh, what else we got there? Cale. Carr. And the squirrel said, yum, yum.

0:54.9

Thanks, Amanda.

0:55.8

So I am starting a lot of seedlings indoors right now

0:59.1

in the hope that I can transplant out some more mature peppers, cucumbers,

1:03.7

tomatoes, good stuff, a little bit later in the season.

1:07.2

I mean, that's an ideal situation.

1:09.0

I think also if you decide to direct so, you could put a

1:12.5

little bit of like bird fabric over the beds until you start getting actual little guys, little

1:19.7

sproutlings. That's what we're going to have to do. I, uh, I let go and let God with these seedlings

1:24.1

and squirrels said, thanks, ma'am. You're like, you can't possibly eat all of those seeds, please.

1:30.4

Ah, the squirrels, the squirrels, the squirrels.

1:32.9

Well, Amanda, I was checking in about your garden

1:36.2

because I've been thinking about ways that you can optimize your garden better.

1:42.7

Thank you.

1:43.0

That's a nice of you.

1:43.7

Of course. I'm always nice of you. Of course.

1:44.4

I'm always thinking about you.

1:45.7

So I was thinking about ways that you can really make sure that your plants take off.

1:52.6

And I think knowledge is sort of the key element to doing your best at any topic, really.

1:58.0

So true.

1:58.5

So I thought, hey, maybe Amanda needs to learn a little bit more

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