I feel like magic, it's like a dive into the mysterious force of being where you dance with it and move with it and work with it. From Crooked Media, this is unholyer than now. I'm your host, Philip Picardy.

For the past few weeks, we've been pretty focused here

on keeping you informed about the upcoming election

and the Supreme Court confirmation hearings.

And while it's so important to stay on top

of the monstrosities of 2020, it's also important to take a damn break once in a while, you know?

So this week we're doing just that.

We are taking a break from all of the Trump bullshit. This week

we're focused instead on Halloween and what better way to do so than

dedicating this episode to the witches. But instead of the witches you may see in the typical

Halloween movies...

I put a hell on you and now you're gone.

Oh, one, so long. We have a whole slate of guess. We're bringing you actual witches. We have a whole slate of guests today who are going to explain everything from hexes to binding spells.

But first, let's start with some basic facts about witches.

In debunking the myths you may have been taught about them.

For that, I'm honored to have Sabina Malayoko, a scholar who's

an expert in witchcraft and folklore. Sabina, thanks for joining me.

Thank you, Philip. It's a pleasure to be here this morning.

So I'm curious, how do you define which and what does that word

really mean? Well the word which has a number of different definitions and

those definitions are contextual. So let me talk briefly about three types of definitions of the word

which. The first type I'm going to talk about is the anthropological definition of which.

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