4.8 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 30 December 2020
⏱️ 46 minutes
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We’re closing out this year with the tale of Chang’e - or rather, the many tales of the Chinese moon goddess. We cry through a musical, blend tales of betrayal and love, and discuss the honesty of grief and moving on, drinks in hand.
Content Warning: This episode contains conversations about or mentions of death, terminal illness, Covid-19, misogyny, murder, abusive relationships, emotional trauma, fire/death by fire, suicide, animal abuse, defecation, and family dysfunction.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Spirits Podcast, a boozy dive into mythology, legends, and folklore. |
| 0:04.6 | Every week we pour a drink and learn about a new story from around the world. |
| 0:08.2 | I'm Amanda. |
| 0:08.9 | And I'm Julia. |
| 0:09.9 | And this is episode 212, the last one of 2020, Myth Movie Night with Over the Moon. |
| 0:14.9 | I regret that we weren't able to do this around mid-autum because that is really when the movie takes place. But I am glad that |
| 0:23.4 | we got to it for the end of the year because I think it is a great story. I think it's a great movie. |
| 0:28.7 | And it's very sweet. And it's one that we haven't touched upon yet in spirits. Absolutely. It was a |
| 0:33.8 | really nice way to spend this last week of the year. So good selection, Jules. |
| 0:38.6 | Plus, it's on Netflix. So everyone can kind of close out their year with a nice, feel-good Netflix |
| 0:43.5 | movie about loss and love. You know whose Netflix always has complete editions of all the shows |
| 0:50.1 | they want to stream? Is it our new patrons? Our new patrons, Bright Valkyrie, Peggy Pegs, and Jane. |
| 0:56.0 | Thank you so, so much for supporting this little podcast over on Patreon. A little podcast that could. |
| 1:01.6 | That's us. We don't always say the URL, by the way. It's Patreon.com slash Spirits Podcast. |
| 1:06.0 | If you would like to join the ranks, have your name read, and have us give you a compliment like we do every week for our supporting producer-level patrons. |
| 1:14.0 | Alicia Allison, Deborah Hannah, Jen, Jessica, Keegan, Nieselkins, Liz, Megan Linger, Megan Moon, Phil Fresh, Polly, Sarah, Skyla, Sam Nitaad, and Alex Forbes. |
| 1:23.4 | We love all these people. I would make a homemade rocket to the moon for them. |
| 1:29.2 | Hell yes. And thanks as well to our legend level patrons. Audra, Chelsea, Drew, Francis, Jack Marie, Key, Lada, Mark, Morgan, Necrowfancy, Renegade, and BMEY up Scotty. |
| 1:39.6 | Now they just own the moon. Legally, they own the moon now. |
| 1:42.9 | A hundred percent. Julia, I hope you had a great |
| 1:45.5 | week off. What have you been reading, watching, or listening to? So I recently saw the trailer for |
| 1:51.7 | a Netflix series about a book series that I read a while back. So I did what any normal person |
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