The Ghost is Capitalism | Your Urban Legends 53
Spirits: Mythology, Legends, & Folklore
Multitude
4.8 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 11 August 2021
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
There’s something very special about this episode. We answer questions like “why can’t capitalism be a ghost?”, “are ghosts part of your college orientation?” and “have you ever tried to carbon date a ghost?”. And of course, a ghost train.
Content Warning: This episode contains conversations about or mentions of capitalism, abusive job situations, child death, sex, sexual assault/flashers, sexually transmitted diseases, and animal death.
Housekeeping
- Recommendation: This week, Julia recommends Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty.
- Books: Check out our previous book recommendations, guests’ books, and more at spiritspodcast.com/books
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Spirits was created by Julia Schifini, Amanda McLoughlin and Eric Schneider. We are founding members of Multitude, an independent podcast collective and production studio. Our music is "Danger Storm" by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Spirits Podcast, a boozy dive into mythology, legends, and folklore. |
| 0:04.0 | Every week we pour a drink and learn about a new story from around the world. |
| 0:07.3 | I'm Amanda. And I'm Julia. |
| 0:08.7 | And this is episode 244. Your Urban Legends, number 53. |
| 0:12.4 | There's something really special about this urban legend. I'm not going to spoil what it was |
| 0:16.5 | just yet, but I think that everyone's going to be pleased with it. |
| 0:19.6 | I think so, too. And you know what else |
| 0:21.5 | really pleases me, Julia? Our new patrons? Our new patron, Kate M. Thank you so much for pledging |
| 0:26.9 | some of your hard-earned human dollars each month to supporting a podcast that presumably you enjoy. |
| 0:31.4 | That makes us really happy. And thank you to our supporting producer-level patrons, |
| 0:34.7 | Alicia Allison, Brian, Deborah, Hannah, Jack Marie, Jane, Jessica Kinser, Jessica |
| 0:39.0 | Stewart, Justin Keegan, Measelkins, Megan Linger, Megan Moon, Phil Fresh, Captain Jonathan Malachite Cosmos, Sarah, Scott, and Zazi. |
| 0:46.1 | Oh, Amanda, I would read haunted house stories with these people all day, every day. I just would. |
| 0:52.8 | So true. And of course, there are our legend-level patrons |
| 0:55.9 | who I think have all become urban legends in their hometowns in a fun and cool and not creepy way. |
| 1:01.4 | Honestly, the dream for everyone who listens to the show, I feel like. |
| 1:04.4 | Absolutely. And none are more fitting of that dream than Audra, Clara, Drew, J. Ba-Bay, |
| 1:09.8 | Key, Lada, Lexus Morgan, Morgan H, mother of |
| 1:12.7 | Vikings, Necro, Royalty, and BMEY up Scotty. What wonderful, wonderful, ghouls and goblins. |
| 1:17.9 | Speaking of my favorite ghoul and goblin, Julia, what have you been reading, watching or listening |
| 1:21.4 | to this week? So I completely tore through a book that my cousin recommended me. Shout out, Chris. It is the six |
| 1:29.7 | wakes by Mur Lafferty. It is a murder mystery, but it takes place on a ship that is traveling |
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