What’s in a name? Well, it turns out, a whole lot! We dive into the religious and folkloric origins of the True Name, the fantasy works it inspired, and how names are just as powerful now as they were in the dawn of humanity.    Content Warning: This episode contains conversations about or mentions of death, animal attacks, racism, slavery, and religious persecution.     Housekeeping - Links: Read more about names in Judaism  here,  here, and  here! - Recommendation: This week, Julia recommends The Queen’s Thief series by Megan Whalen Turner - Books: Check out our previous book recommendations, guests’ books, and more at spiritspodcast.com/books - Call to Action: Listen to Tell Me About It today!   Sponsors - BetterHelp is an online therapy service. Get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/spirits - Unthinkable with Jay Acunzo, available in your podcast app now or at jayacunzo.com/unthinkable-podcast   Find Us Online If you like Spirits, help us grow by spreading the word! Follow us @SpiritsPodcast on  Twitter,  Facebook, Instagram, and  Goodreads. You can support us on Patreon (http://patreon.com/spiritspodcast) to unlock bonus Your Urban Legends episodes, director’s commentaries, custom recipe cards, and so much more. We also have lists of our book recommendations and previous guests’ books at http://spiritspodcast.com/books. Transcripts are available at http://spiritspodcast.com/episodes. To buy merch, hear us on other podcasts, contact us, find our mailing address, or download our press kit, head on over to http://spiritspodcast.com.   About Us Spirits was created by Julia Schifini, Amanda McLoughlin and Eric Schneider. We are founding members of Multitude, an independent podcast collective and production studio. Our music is "Danger Storm" by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.

339: True Names

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  Get your notepad ready to take notes, because we’re talking about the god Thoth! There’s games of chance, justice, cliffhangers, and so much more!     Content Warning:  This episode contains conversations about or mentions of colonialism, racism, sexual content, bodily fluids, death, fire, pregnancy/childbirth, incest, polygamy, animal death, decapitation, and gore.      Housekeeping   -  Recommendation: This week, Amanda recommends  The No-Girlfriend Rule  by Cristen Randall   -  Books: Check out our previous book recommendations, guests’ books, and more at  https://spiritspodcast.com/books   -  Call to Action: Check out  Join the Party!     Sponsors   -  Brooklinen  is having their 10-year anniversary sale now. Get 25% off site-wide and up to 45% off bundles in-store or online at  Brooklinen.com!   -  BetterHelp  is an online therapy service. Get 10% off your first month at  https://betterhelp.com/spirits     Find Us Online   - Website & Transcripts:  https://spiritspodcast.com   - Patreon:  https://patreon.com/spiritspodcast   - Merch:  https://spiritspodcast.com/merch   - Instagram:  https://instagram.com/spiritspodcast   - Twitter:  https://twitter.com/spiritspodcast   - Tumblr:  https://spiritspodcast.tumblr.com   - Goodreads:   https://goodreads.com/group/show/205387     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   - Multitude:  https://multitude.productions     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.

385: Thoth

  Hey Time Travelers, we’re diving back in time with the help of author Sacha Coward to talk about the intertwined history of queerness, monsters, and mythology!      Content Warning:  This episode contains conversations about or mentions of homophobia/queerphobia, death, the AIDs epidemic, religious persecution, sex, misgendering, pregnancy, and murder.      Guest  Sacha Coward  has worked in museums and heritage for over 10 years. For the past three years, he has been freelancing as an historian, public speaker, and researcher. He has run LGBTQ+ focused tours for museums, cemeteries, archives, and cities around the world. He has written articles for a huge number of publications, including Metro, Gay Star News, National Theatre, Art UK, Queer Bible, Royal Museums Greenwich, and Dig It Scotland, with a focus on LGBTQ+ history, underrepresented audiences in heritage and mythology and folklore. His new book,   Queer as Folklore, is available for pre-order now!     Housekeeping   -  Recommendation: This week, Julia recommends  The Dead Take the A Train  by Richard Kadrey and Cassandra Khaw   -  Books: Check out our previous book recommendations, guests’ books, and more at  https://spiritspodcast.com/books   -  Call to Action: Join the  MultiCrew  for even more Multitude shows like Head Heart Gut and MultiCrew Review!     Sponsors   -  Shaker & Spoon  is a subscription cocktail service that helps you learn how to make hand-crafted cocktails right at home. Get $20 off your first box at  shakerandspoon.com/cool     Find Us Online   - Website & Transcripts:  https://spiritspodcast.com   - Patreon:  https://patreon.com/spiritspodcast   - Merch:  https://spiritspodcast.com/merch   - Instagram:  https://instagram.com/spiritspodcast   - Twitter:  https://twitter.com/spiritspodcast   - Tumblr:  https://spiritspodcast.tumblr.com   - Goodreads:   https://goodreads.com/group/show/205387     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   - Multitude:  https://multitude.productions     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.

384: Queer Monsters (with Sacha Coward)

  We’re back from our tour, and even though none of the theatres we visited were haunted, we decided to do a dive into the most haunted theatres around the world!      Content Warning:  This episode contains conversations about or mentions of death, suicide, fire, child endangerment, child death, poisoning, warfare, stabbing, illness, murder, and government corruption.      Housekeeping   -  Recommendation: This week, Amanda recommends the new content in  Stardew Valley!   -  Books: Check out our previous book recommendations, guests’ books, and more at  https://spiritspodcast.com/books   -  Call to Action: Check out  Big Game Hunger!     Sponsors   -  Blueland  creates everyday eco-friendly cleaning productions that save you money and space, without any plastic waste. Get 20% off your first order when you go to  blueland.com/spirits.   -  Wildgrain  is the first bake-from-frozen box for artisanal bread. For a limited time, you can get $30 off the first box - PLUS free Croissants in every box - when you go to  Wildgrain.com/Spirits  to start your subscription.     Find Us Online   - Website & Transcripts:  https://spiritspodcast.com   - Patreon:  https://patreon.com/spiritspodcast   - Merch:  https://spiritspodcast.com/merch   - Instagram:  https://instagram.com/spiritspodcast   - Twitter:  https://twitter.com/spiritspodcast   - Tumblr:  https://spiritspodcast.tumblr.com   - Goodreads:   https://goodreads.com/group/show/205387     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   - Multitude:  https://multitude.productions     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.

383: Haunted Theatres

  The antidote we all need to April Fool’s Day is here: a roundup of wholesome stories from your lives about the ways you and your parents make your days more magical.     Content Warning:  This episode contains conversations about or mentions of genitalia, illness, insects, spiders, injury, child endangerment, divorce, and death.      Housekeeping   -  Recommendation: This week, Julia recommends   Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV    -  Books: Check out our previous book recommendations, guests’ books, and more at  https://spiritspodcast.com/books   -  Call to Action: Check out  Pale Blue Pod!     Sponsors   -  BetterHelp  is an online therapy service. Get 10% off your first month at  https://betterhelp.com/spirits     Find Us Online   - Website & Transcripts:  https://spiritspodcast.com   - Patreon:  https://patreon.com/spiritspodcast   - Merch:  https://spiritspodcast.com/merch   - Instagram:  https://instagram.com/spiritspodcast   - Twitter:  https://twitter.com/spiritspodcast   - Tumblr:  https://spiritspodcast.tumblr.com   - Goodreads:   https://goodreads.com/group/show/205387     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   - Multitude:  https://multitude.productions     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.

382: Your Urban Legends XC - Wholesome Urban Legends

  Let’s play a game of Never Have I Ever with the gods. We’re talking about Ma’at, the balance of the universe, and how we all play a role in upholding order from chaos.      Content Warning:  This episode contains conversations about or mentions of light cannibalism, death, sex, classism, and power imbalance.      Housekeeping   -  TOUR: Get the VOD for our  Rolling Bones Tour!    -  Books: Check out our previous book recommendations, guests’ books, and more at  https://spiritspodcast.com/books   -  Call to Action: Check out  Exolore  today!     Sponsors   -  Soul CBD  offers hemp-derived THC products. Head to  GetSoul.com  and use code SPIRITS for 30% off your order.     Find Us Online   - Website & Transcripts:  https://spiritspodcast.com   - Patreon:  https://patreon.com/spiritspodcast   - Merch:  https://spiritspodcast.com/merch   - Instagram:  https://instagram.com/spiritspodcast   - Twitter:  https://twitter.com/spiritspodcast   - Tumblr:  https://spiritspodcast.tumblr.com   - Goodreads:   https://goodreads.com/group/show/205387     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   - Multitude:  https://multitude.productions     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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