Oracle of Delphi, Enkidu, and Brigid | Advice from Folklore w/ Moiya McTier
Spirits: Mythology, Legends, & Folklore
Multitude
4.8 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 25 November 2020
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
It’s time to turn to the gods for some divine advice. We welcome Moiya McTier back to the show to channel the gods like the oracles of old and answer questions about long distance relationships, working from home, and keeping your plants alive!
Content Warning: This episode contains conversations about or mentions of Covid-19, drug use, self-mutilation, debt, sex, mental health, and relationship problems.
Guest
Moiya McTier is a New York-based astrophysicist who studies planets outside of our solar system. She’s also a folklorist who specializes in using science and logic to build fictional worlds. You can hear all about the worlds she’s built on her podcast, Exolore, where she imagines, discusses, and reviews fictional worlds, often with expert guests. You can learn more about Moiya and her work on her website, moiyamctier.com.
Housekeeping
- Recommendation: This week, Julia recommends the What We Do in the Shadows TV show. Check out our previous book recommendations, guests’ books, and more at spiritspodcast.com/books
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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 | 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 Julia, you'll hear from Amanda later. And this is episode 207, advice from folklore with Moia McTeer. I'm really, really stoked about this one. I think this might be a new segment on the show. If you like it, let us know. |
| 0:21.7 | We really would love to continue it, but we also value your feedback. |
| 0:25.6 | We also really value and appreciate our newest patrons. |
| 0:29.3 | Tom, Robert, Neil, Tiana, Alexis, Z, Nana, and Madeline, |
| 0:34.2 | as well as our supporting producer-level patrons. |
| 0:38.2 | Alicia, Alison, Deborah, Hannah, Jen, Jessica Keegan, Neaselkins, Landon, Liz, Megan Linger, Megan Moon, |
| 0:45.4 | Phil Fresh, Polly, Riley, Sarah, Skyla, and The Campy Vamp, as well as our legend-level patrons. |
| 0:51.8 | Audra, Chelsea, Drew, Francis, Jack Marie, Kai, Lada, Livy, Mark |
| 0:57.0 | Morgan, Necrowfancy, Renegade, and BMEY up Scotty. I could give you advice from the gods all the time, |
| 1:02.8 | but you're already doing great, so thank you. We really appreciate it. Patreon is the way that we |
| 1:07.6 | support this show and you all let us do the thing that we'd love to do. |
| 1:12.0 | And we appreciate that. |
| 1:13.2 | I also appreciate that usually during this intro, this is where Amanda asks what I'm watching, |
| 1:18.0 | listening to reading lately. |
| 1:19.2 | And the answer is the what we do in the shadows TV show. |
| 1:22.1 | It is extremely good. |
| 1:23.7 | I loved the movie when I saw it a couple of years ago. |
| 1:26.8 | And I had been putting off the TV |
| 1:28.5 | show for whatever reason. Not exactly sure why. But oh my God, it is incredible. You need to be |
| 1:35.0 | watching it. I'm pretty sure you can watch it on Hulu that we just finished the second season, |
| 1:38.9 | and it was great. It's funny. It's spooky. It's wonderful. It's everything you would expect |
| 1:43.6 | us on the show to love. |
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