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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 I'm

Julia. Amanda, I feel like we're coming off of the high of Halloween now. If you are a patron

and you heard our bonus Urban Legends episode that came out on Halloween, you might know I was

a little burnt out from Halloween this year. But the spooky season continues all the time because this is

a spirits podcast and we're always talking about spooky stuff. So while we had a banger of a

extra large episode for the Halloween season, I'm really excited for this one. I'm back at it. I've

taken my little break. I've taken a breather. And now I'm like,

spooky stories again, please. And Julia, I prepared for us several voicemails for this episode,

several voice notes stories told with your mouths here on spirits. Because I think in this time of year

where we're all about to spend some time on the phone with relatives that we may or may not necessarily call rest of the year.

I just want to remind you that you can also call up your spooky bitches and get great stories told to you.

And if you are visiting your hometown or talking to folks you haven't talked to in a while,

and you're not quite sure what's talk about except how proud you are in New York City for voting in Zoran Mamdani, our first Democratic Socialist, Mary.

Yes, so excited. We love it. We love it. I encourage you to just ask somebody, what urban legend

did you grow up with? You know what? I almost always forget that November was the season in which

we decided to start doing hometown urban

legends, and it does bring me a lot of joy. I feel like our December one in particular

is going to be a banger because it is going to be everyone went home for the holidays. They

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