Hi, I'm Ophira Eisenberg.

I'm a comedian and a parent.

Uh, the absurdity of telling jokes late at night and then waking up early with a small

child in the morning.

I have a new podcast called Parenting Is a Joke.

I'll talk to other funny people who are also parents.

Will we be laughing?

Will we be crying?

Find out by listening to Parenting Is a Joke.

Find the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Welcome to Stuff to Blow Your Mind, a production of I Heart Radio.

Hi, my name is Robert Lamb and this is the Monster Fact, a short form series from Stuff to

Blow Your Mind focusing on mythical creatures, ideas and monsters in time.

As we discussed in the Stuff to Blow Your Mind episode, InSense Part 1, the burning of

incense is intrinsically linked in various cultures to traditions of burnt offerings

to divine beings.

Likewise, the burning of incense is also vital in the creation of sacred spaces and in

Eastern traditions, this crosses over into traditions involving the veneration of

ancestors.

Now, as Gart Seaman points out in the 2013 article, why don't we see some real money here,

offerings and Chinese religion?

InSense use in Chinese Buddhism isn't truly an offering to spirits or gods, but rather

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