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 my co-host Julia is on a much-deserved break. And this is episode 233, Sinbad the Sailor. This is a good one. There are frame narratives in frame narratives. There is a story with unpredictable twists and turns to someone like me who has never heard the story before. And something that has influenced a lot of pop culture. And that's always one of my favorite things to talk about here on Spirit. So I think you're all going to really enjoy it. I would love to thank the people who joined our Patreon over the last week, Afternoon Star, Alex B, Joe Vito, and Chingling 21.

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And listen, I think I have talked in sort of passing about how much I love food TV shows.

I know I've talked about Guy Fieri and Guy'sy Games. But this season of Top Chef is the best season ever.

We're only, I think, five episodes in, and it is already a season that I know I'm going to be

rewatching for years to come. It is filmed over COVID times last October of 2020. And you can

tell that everybody there, the judges, the cast,

the people that they meet in Portland where it's taking place, are just so happy to be talking

to people and like to be in a room with other folks and like they know how unlikely and like

difficult it is to make this actually happen. That it is just such a pleasure to watch a reality competition show where

like, it's all the pluses, you know, of having a competition show, but no one is mean to each other.

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