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The 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 Amanda, I want you to think back a couple of, not a couple of episodes, several episodes ago, weeks, maybe months ago.

Yep.

Maybe last year.

I don't really recall.

The thing about podcasting that we joke about a lot is we say things into the microphone and then completely forget about them

until someone reminds us of a funny thing we said. We're like, oh, I did say that, I guess. That's right.

If you are the kind of person who laughs at your own jokes, podcasting is for you. Yes, yes, it is.

We all have weird memento brain. The moment these words go into a microphone, we simply forget that they were said.

It's gone.

But a while back, we had joked about how we wanted to create a calendar of Greek and Roman festivals

so that we could like bring these back into the public consciousness.

You remember this?

Yes, I sure do, because I don't need Christian holidays

and I don't need false celebrations of nationalism. What I do need is an excuse to like get

wine drunk with my girls or, you know, clean out my house or I don't know, rededicate a temple

to Hephaestis or someone. There you go. So this had me thinking

about how many different festivals would be celebrated from month to month, particularly in

ancient Rome. And since so much of our modern calendar actually pulls from the ancient Roman

calendar, I figured I would get us somewhat started off

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