Welcome to Spirits, a drunken dive into myths and legends. Every episode, we will mix

and cocktail or uncork a bottle and discuss a new myth from somewhere in the world.

You'll hear our take on familiar figures from Greek, Norse, and Egyptian traditions,

and learn something new about the urban legends of Florida, London, New Jersey, and more.

And did we mention we're pretty funny?

I hope so. We're your hosts, two friends who are internet people and deeply bookish history

nerds. Julia, why don't you start? Sure. I'm Julia. Spirits was born out of my lifelong love

for mythology from my elementary school library all the way to university history and religious

studies departments.

Your deepens of internet things too, though.

That's right.

Urban legends, community myths, exfile kind of things.

All of it fascinates me and especially what these stories say about those of us who keep telling them.

Those who keep the myths alive.

Julia should be everybody's

phone a friend for mythology and history questions. And you're my person for literary trivia.

Oh, well, thanks. I'm Amanda, the mythology layperson in this duo. I'll be learning along with you,

the listener in each episode, asking questions and providing verbal emoji as we go. I think they call those reactions?

Shh.

Anyway, we're really excited to get started.

Episode one starts on familiar ground with an ancient Greek myth that you may have encountered

before, the story of Persephone in Haiti.

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