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a lot of 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 I'm Julia. And I'm Julia

and Amanda. It's the first urban legends episode of the New Year. Welcome. It's cozy, but it's also

spooky. That's how we like to keep it all year round, folks. True. True that. Sometimes we

skew towards scary rather than cozy, but I want you to know there's always the, like, imagine all of these episodes are scary stories, and then there's the framing device of it being like a scary story around a campfire or in front of a fireplace.

That's the cozy element, is the framing device.

Yes. Or maybe agreeing to watch a scary movie when sitting on the bed of someone you have a crush on,

even though you don't like scary movies, but do you want an excuse to have your hand held.

Cozy. Cozy. So cozy. What's a good example of that for you you amanda what would be a movie that you're

like i don't want to watch this but my crush is watching it so i'll watch it too um midsomer

midsomar midsummer however you pronounce it uh-huh cool yep that's a good one that's a good

never want to see it but person's cute enough yeah might might get a yes for me. It has an aesthetic to it. I feel you there. It does. And there some upsetting scenes that I can perhaps turn off and then say, let's stop this and watch a YouTube video of like cats. Yep. Yep, for sure. For sure. Famously, your sister made you watch that and then left you in her apartment, right? Yeah, for a cutie, which I understand.

But also, I'm like, girl, no, this is not Girl Code.

This is not midsummer.

This is not fair to me, particularly.

How dare you?

But Amanda, imagine, if you will, we are in that sort of cozy, spooky setting.

Is there a story that you want to tell around the fire pit

in front of the fireplace in a cozy twin bed with your crush? Yes, Julia. This email comes from

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