Cryptid Currency

Today we open up some discourse about the appropriation of indigenous cultures when we talk about the skinwalker, and Chris gets local with his cryptid.

Please check out the links below for some information about Native cultures and how to help:

Resources & Donation Info: 

https://www.bustle.com/p/7-native-american-organizations-to-donate-to-for-the-indigenous-peoples-march-15862457

https://wiki.ezvid.com/m/5-organizations-that-support-empower-indigenous-people-r1Ey8cIAkboe2

https://www.bgdblog.org/2016/09/support-indigenous-people/

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2016/apr/01/nine-ways-to-support-the-rights-of-indigenous-people

https://www.powwows.com/giving-tuesday/

And here are the links to the BLM organizations we are supporting: 

Resources & Information:

https://blacklivesmatter.com/resources/https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/https://hollywoodlife.com/feature/black-lives-matter-resources-protesters-4085856/https://www.lindaedgecombe.com/blog/black-lives-matter-resources/https://countway.harvard.edu/news/black-lives-matter-antiracism-health-suggested-resources

Some Places to Donate:

https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/#otherhttps://www.communityjusticeexchange.org/nbfn-directoryhttps://secure.everyaction.com/zae4prEeKESHBy0MKXTIcQ2https://www.phillybailfund.org/https://chicagobond.org/

Hot Damn! It's a new episode of Cryptid Currency. 

Today, Ash talks about the Jackalope and Chris discusses the star and titular cryptid of the hit musical, Hot Damn! It's the Loveland Frog Man!

This week we tackle the squonk and the ozark howler. 

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This podcast supports black lives. All our proceeds this month be donated to the places we listed.

Black lives matter to Cryptid Currency, and they should matter to you as well. We interrupt your usual cryptid-filled feed to make a statement we feel passionately about. We refuse to stay silent, and we hope you will join us in trying to make active change.

It's June. We are two queer creators, and we'd love to be talking about Pride Month. There is no better way to do that right now than to remember that the first pride was a riot, started by trans Black and Latina women. Their community is our community, and we need to stand with them like they have always stood with us. 

Resources & Information:

https://blacklivesmatter.com/resources/https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/https://hollywoodlife.com/feature/black-lives-matter-resources-protesters-4085856/https://www.lindaedgecombe.com/blog/black-lives-matter-resources/https://countway.harvard.edu/news/black-lives-matter-antiracism-health-suggested-resources

Some Places to Donate:

https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/#otherhttps://www.communityjusticeexchange.org/nbfn-directoryhttps://secure.everyaction.com/zae4prEeKESHBy0MKXTIcQ2https://www.phillybailfund.org/https://chicagobond.org/

We encourage you to keep having this conversation in our social media spaces - share links to petitions we can sign, resources we may have missed, and black creators we can support.

Lucky number 13! 

Today, Chris kicks off fright club for the first time ever to kick off a nostalgic overview of the Bogeyman, and then Ash goes back to her Monster Manual to talk about the Mind Flayer. 

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Yes, today's episode is very silly! Believe it or not it had twice as much nonsense before the edit.

Join the insanity to hear about The Loch Ness Monster and the Mongolian Death Worm on this good good cryptid Thursday, and please email us at [email protected]

If you're looking for Many Monsters, you came to the right place, my friend.

This week, Ash tries to free the Flatwoods Monster from late stage capitalism while Chris tells us about his goat sucking friend, the Chupacabra. 

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This Thursday, Ash does a deep dive into the tale of Baba Yaga and her weird chicken-legged cabin in the woods, while Chris goes back to his childhood to explore the story of the Scape Ore Swamp Lizard Man. 

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Today, Ash tells you about the supernatural horror that is Batsquatch, while Chris talks about the (apparently) eldrich horror that is the Kraken.

 

A note from Ash concerning the Covid-19 epidemic, if you'd like to know where we stand on that:

While we didn’t mention it in the podcast, we are, in fact, in the midst of a global pandemic. Chris and I are both heavily effected in different ways by shut downs, quarantines, and the whole situation in general. That being said, we’re asking for some grace as we figure out the process and logistics of recording remotely. This is our first episode of presumably at least a few that we’re going to have to record over Zoom. We didn’t address it in the episode specifically, but the audio quality is definitely not what you’ve come to expect from us. However, we wanted to release anyway so we’re asking for you to forgive us. 

It was really important to me personally to still put out an episode and not make it about the pandemic. I’m a very anxious person who is stuck in my home, and I’m looking to the arts for entertainment and escape. I wanted our podcast to be that for you guys, and also for us while we make it. While I understand that people cope in different ways, listening to my podcasts that are usually an escape for me talk about the biggest stressor in my life has been... not great for my mental health. I told this to Chris, who agreed and had heard similar feedback from other podcast listeners! So he suggested we make our podcasts “business as usual” regardless of the global climate... “business” of course being puns, bad jokes, and cryptids. 

So yeah! We’re very aware of, effected by, and sympathetic to the COVID-19 situation. But this podcast is just a good old romp as usual, and will continue to be in the foreseeable future. We’ll stick to our regular release schedule and hope you’ll bare with us while we figure out the technical side of things!

Let women be cryptids! We stan equal opportunity for monsters in this house.

Today, Ash and Chris cover banshees and hodags. 

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