4.8 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 24 January 2024
⏱️ 46 minutes
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What do Victorians, kids of the 90s, and Renaissance Christians have in common? They were all SUPER into unicorns. We talk about unicorn stories from across the globe and from ancient times to now, to see how the unicorn has evolved over the years.
Content Warning: This episode contains conversations about or mentions of racism, colonialism, animal death, animal attacks, Christopher Columbus, poaching, illness, genitals, homophobia, and pornography.
Housekeeping
- Recommendation: This week, Julia recommends the A League of Extraordinary Women series by Evie Dunmore
- Books: Check out our previous book recommendations, guests’ books, and more at https://spiritspodcast.com/books
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Cast & Crew
- Co-Hosts: Julia Schifini and Amanda McLoughlin
- Editor: Bren Frederick
- Music: Brandon Grugle, based on "Danger Storm" by Kevin MacLeod
- Artwork: Allyson Wakeman
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About Us
Spirits is a boozy podcast about mythology, legends, and folklore. Every episode, co-hosts Julia and Amanda mix a drink and discuss a new story or character from a wide range of places, eras, and cultures. Learn brand-new stories and enjoy retellings of your favorite myths, served over ice every week, on Spirits.
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| 0:00.0 | The |
| 0:07.0 | The Welcome to Spirits podcast of Boozy dive into mythology, legends, and folklore. |
| 0:33.4 | Every week we pour a drink and learn about a new story from around the world. |
| 0:36.9 | I'm Amanda. |
| 0:37.8 | And I'm Julia. |
| 0:38.8 | And Amanda, we've talked a lot about various different creatures that we've seen not only around the world, but in pop culture, in fantasy, in all different types of media. |
| 0:47.7 | We've talked about werewolves. |
| 0:49.0 | You talked about vampires. |
| 0:50.0 | You talked about dragons. |
| 0:50.8 | All sorts of creatures, right? |
| 0:52.5 | But one that we haven't talked about much on |
| 0:55.0 | the show is the unicorn. Now, Julia, have you been avoiding this subject out of, you know, |
| 1:02.5 | politeness and care for me? Because early on in the podcast, I firmly asserted that narwhals were fictitious. |
| 1:09.9 | And you said, baby, baby, they're real. And I said, |
| 1:12.7 | no, that can be right. I think enough time has passed that we can address that. And you don't feel |
| 1:18.5 | like a fool. And that is my kindness to you. Thank you. You know, I'm learning along with everybody |
| 1:24.4 | in the audience. It's been eight years. I'm, I'm, you know, the distance between when we started spirits and now is the distance |
| 1:31.6 | between us starting high school and, uh, finishing it. |
| 1:37.3 | So, uh, maybe, maybe mid, midway through high school. |
| 1:39.9 | So, um, A, that's nuts. |
| 1:41.7 | And B, I've grown. |
| 1:44.0 | Yeah, that's fair. Hey, listen, we've all grown here. The show is grown. We've done 372 episodes. Well, this will be 372 episodes. We're all here to learn. We're all here to make mistakes and grow together, you know? I'm into it. And I'm excited to learn about these sparkly extra horses. |
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