Talking Points with Kia Rae

Kia Rae discusses how some elements of Christmas as we know it actually belong to pagans

https://wootandhammy.com/blogs/news/wassailing-the-pagan-roots-of-christmas-caroling

https://www.newsweek.com/christmas-tree-origin-story-pagan-tradition-1254178?amp=1

https://www.whychristmas.com/customs/25th

Kia Rae discusses the European tradition of Krampus

https://owlcation.com/social-sciences/A-Brief-History-of-Krampus-in-America#:~:text=%22It's%20been%20theorized%20that%20the,for%20the%20Coca%2DCola%20company.

https://nationaltoday.com/krampusnacht

Kia Rae discusses the origins of Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday and why Americans run out to buy stuff right after a holiday of gratitude. 

https://www.history.com/news/black-friday-thanksgiving-origins-history

https://www.fbfs.com/learning-center/history-of-small-business-Saturday

https://www.rd.com/article/history-of-cyber-monday/

 Kia Rae discusses the spiritual and scientific viewpoints on gratitude and how to start your own gratitude practice in time for Thanksgiving.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/luisromero/2017/11/22/gratitude-the-ultimate-spiritual-practice-a-thanksgiving-special/?sh=34fb21452706

https://positivepsychology.com/neuroscience-of-gratitude/

https://newbeginningsfamilylaw.com/3-stages-of-gratitude/

Kia Rae discusses sports tourism and its economic impact across communities

https://www.sportseta.org/portals/sportscommissions/Documents/Reports/TourismEconomics%20-%20Sports%20ETA%20SOTI%20-%20FINAL_82620.pdf

https://destinationsinternational.org/sports-tourism%E2%80%99s-positive-effect-communities

https://blueridgemarathon.com/2021-economic-impact/#:~:text=Foot%20Levelers%20Blue%20Ridge%20Marathon%20and%20Freedom%20First%20Down%20by,%241%2C600%2C000%20in%20regional%20economic%20impact.

Summary:  Kia Rae chats about about a famous horror movie trope - the final girl

https://nofilmschool.com/final-girl-trope

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FinalGirl

https://www.lsureveille.com/opinion/opinion-the-final-girl-horror-trope-is-rooted-in-misogyny-needs-to-be-examined/article_1e500d66-751c-11ea-8f2c-c334fec136a9.html

 Kia Rae chats about real estate laws and how the history of a property might not be shared no matter how sinister. 

https://zillow.mediaroom.com/2019-10-29-Selling-a-Haunted-House-Heres-What-You-Need-to-Know

https://home.howstuffworks.com/real-estate/selling-home/haunted-house-for-sale.htm

https://www.housebeautiful.com/lifestyle/a24125312/haunted-real-estate-report/

Kia Rae chats about to terrifying history of American cults

https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/how-cults-corrected-america

https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/cults-dangerous-deadly-history/

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-lists/american-cult-5-spiritual-groups-that-went-too-far-202224/

Kia Rae discusses how many of the lakes we enjoy today are actually drowned black communities. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3D4hSQcWbk

https://travelnoire.com/black-american-towns-hidden

https://www.centralparknyc.org/articles/seneca-village

https://newsone.com/4185919/lake-lanier-black-city-oscarville/

Kia Rae chats about the history of water bottles, why we cling to them so tightly and carry them everywhere. 

https://www.refinery29.com/amp/en-au/emotional-support-water-bottle-girlies-tiktok-trend

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7445186/

https://www.myownwater.com/blog/history-of-bottled-water#:~:text=The%20first%20commercially%20individual%20bottled,beneficial%20water%20with%20more%20people.