Willing & Fable

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We bring you the second episode in our whiskey trilogy - Scotch!

This week historian and whiskey lover Tim Black joins us once again to tell us a tale about drinks and dragons.

Sources

ScotchWhiskey.com

https://scotchwhisky.com/magazine/features/8239/scottish-toasts-the-whisky-industry-s-picks/

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mccIQDlHKI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgUA0_FK944

The Balvenie

https://us.thebalvenie.com/our-whisky-range/view/doublewood-12/?gclid=CjwKCAjwkJj6BRA-EiwA0ZVPVjImIwE76HOc6fMT4f22POAIbk4q6Cpuzb5F2LC_fsrDdcJLboM9ZhoClpYQAvD_BwE

The Whiskey Advocate

https://www.whiskyadvocate.com/bourbon-cask-scotches/

Master of Malt

https://www.masterofmalt.com/whiskies/balvenie/balvenie-doublewood-12-year-old-whisky/

https://www.masterofmalt.com/whiskies/dewars-blended-scotch-whisky/

Dewar’s Blended Scotch

https://www.dewars.com/us/en/double-aged-whiskies/dewars-white-label-whisky/

Wikipedia

https://www.dewars.com/us/en/double-aged-whiskies/dewars-white-label-whisky/

Toast

http://www.rampantscotland.com/know/blknow_toasts.htm

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A lot of Satan in this one. This week Rowan and Tracey sit back, relax, and sip on some whiskey while guest Tim Black shares tales about Irish Whiskey.

He talks about St. Patrick and a famous story of a stand off between a drunken Scotsman and the devil himself.

Sources

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sl%C3%A1inte#:~:text=Sl%C3%A1inte%20is%20the%20basic%20form,to%20your%20health%20as%20well%22.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Bushmills_Distillery

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant%27s_Causeway

Irish Central

https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/top-10-best-irish-toasts-for-christmas-and-new-year-79793302-237359311

Good Food Ireland

https://www.goodfoodireland.ie/blog/history-bushmills-whiskey

Bushmills Whiskey

https://bushmills.com/intl/history/

Whiskey.com

https://www.whisky.com/whisky-database/distilleries/details/bushmills.html

The Whiskey Exchange

https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/p/2833/bushmills-black-bush

Toastmaster Irish Toasts

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/toastmasters-top-ten-irish-toasts-300810282.html

Writer’s Tears Tasting Notes

https://www.masterofmalt.com/whiskies/walsh-whiskey-distillery-co/writers-tears-copper-pot-irish-whiskey/

Lords of the Drink

https://lordsofthedrinks.com/2018/02/05/the-highlander-and-the-devil-a-scottish-folk-tale-about-whisky/

Flaviar

https://flaviar.com/blog/irish-whiskey-tales

Listener Story Links

http://www.lowermerionhistory.org/texts/richmen.html

https://www.mainlinemedianews.com/mainlinetimes/life/history-leading-the-way-in-architecure-and-retail-strawbridge-clothier/article_7a83331f-dcf5-5216-aaaa-f6c480c0bbef.html

VOID

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ow4nvvrA-qc

This week we tell you two modern tales of the end of the world. Rowan talks about Y2K and Tracey explores an out of this world conspiracy theory.

Sources

Merriam Webster

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apocalypse

The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/may/19/year-2000-y2k-millennium-design-aesthetic

Fandom

https://aesthetics.fandom.com/wiki/Y2K#:~:text=Y2K%20is%20an%20aesthetic%20that,with%20tech%20optimism%20%E2%80%93%20sometimes%20literally.

NewScientist

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2229238-a-lazy-fix-20-years-ago-means-the-y2k-bug-is-taking-down-computers-now/

Dollar Times

https://www.dollartimes.com/inflation/inflation.php?amount=600&year=1999

Investopedia

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/y/y2k.asp#:~:text=Y2K%20is%20the%20shorthand%20term,%2C%2099%20instead%20of%201999).

USA Today

https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/2020/05/08/national-debt-how-much-could-coronavirus-cost-america/3051559001/

Scientific American

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-are-the-main-problem/

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-glitch-that-didnt-ste/

Business Insider

https://www.businessinsider.com/billionaires-net-worth-increases-coronavirus-pandemic-2020-7

National Geographic

https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/Y2K-bug/

New York Times

https://time.com/5752129/y2k-bug-history/

AP News

https://apnews.com/694f62788f13a0b6a0cd60b80e9265a2

Buzzfeed

https://www.buzzfeed.com/rachelwmiller/we-smell-tested-the-classic-90s-bath-body-works-scents

Encyclopedia Brittanica

https://www.britannica.com/technology/Y2K-bug

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2000_problem#On_1_March_2000

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nibiru_cataclysm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_phenomenon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Now_That%27s_What_I_Call_Music!_2_(American_series)

ZetaTalk

http://www.zetatalk.com/index.htm

Nasa

https://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/2012.html

https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2012/14dec_yesterday

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

https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/hypothetical-planet-x/in-depth/

National Geographic

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/12/111220-end-of-world-2012-maya-calendar-explained-ancient-science/#close

Knox News

https://www.knoxnews.com/story/entertainment/2018/10/02/planet-x-nibiru-goblin-goapocalypse-nasa-theories-david-meade-nancy-lieder-end-times-prophecies/1502589002/

Space.com

https://www.space.com/15551-nibiru.html

This week we talk about the final sin in our seven deadly sins series, greed

We cover the story of King Midas as well as the hunt for the Fountain of Youth.

Also, jellyfish facts, you're welcome.

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Sources

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_deadly_sins#Greed

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midas

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fountain_of_Youth

Deadlysins

http://www.deadlysins.com/greed

Greekmythology.com

https://www.greekmythology.com/Myths/Mortals/King_Midas/king_midas.html

Greeka.com

https://www.greeka.com/greece-myths/king-midas/

Encyclopedia Britannica

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Midas-Greek-mythology

Ancient.eu

https://www.ancient.eu/midas/

Fountain of Youth Archeological Park

https://www.fountainofyouthflorida.com/history/

Visit St. Augustine

https://www.visitstaugustine.com/thing-to-do/fountain-youth

History Channel

https://www.history.com/news/the-myth-of-ponce-de-leon-and-the-fountain-of-youth

Legends of America

https://www.legendsofamerica.com/fl-fountainyouth/

New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/26/magazine/my-search-for-the-fountain-of-youth.html

Smithsonian Magazine

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/ponce-de-leon-never-searched-for-the-fountain-of-youth-72629888/

Web MD

https://www.webmd.com/beauty/features/retinoids-for-aging-skin#1

Australian Academy of Science

https://www.science.org.au/curious/earth-environment/animals-can-live-forever#:~:text=To%20date%2C%20there's%20only%20one,stage%20of%20their%20life%20cycle.

Weird US

http://www.weirdus.com/states/florida/ancient_mysteries/fountain_of_youth_burial_ground/index.php

St Augustine Sightseeing Tours

https://www.trolleytours.com/st-augustine/history-just-around-corner-2/fountain-youth-history/the-timucua-and-the-village-of-seloy

Biography

https://www.biography.com/explorer/juan-ponce-de-leon#:~:text=Spanish%20conquistador%20Juan%20Ponce%20de,first%20governor%20of%20Puerto%20Rico.

Oxford Academic

https://academic.oup.com/past/article/232/1/87/1752419

Midas Touch Beer

https://www.dogfish.com/brewery/beer/midas-touch

This week, we cover stories about life after death and all the possibilities the world’s belief systems have to offer.

Rowan takes us on a tour of Valhalla and Tracey explains Nirvana and Samsara.

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Sources

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afterlife#Wicca

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valhalla

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shield-maiden#:~:text=A%20shield%2Dmaiden%20(Old%20Norse,Hei%C3%B0reks%20and%20in%20Gesta%20Danorum.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sa%E1%B9%83s%C4%81ra_(Buddhism)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirvana_(Buddhism)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gautama_Buddha#Ascetic_life_and_Awakening

Time Magazine

https://time.com/68381/life-beyond-death-the-science-of-the-afterlife-2/

Norse Mythology for Smart People

https://norse-mythology.org/gods-and-creatures/the-aesir-gods-and-goddesses/odin/

https://norse-mythology.org/cosmology/valhalla/

https://norse-mythology.org/the-einherjar/

https://norse-mythology.org/concepts/death-and-the-afterlife/

Encyclopedia Brittanica

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Valhalla-Norse-mythology

https://www.britannica.com/topic/nirvana-religion

Ancient History Encyclopedia

https://www.ancient.eu/odin/

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla

https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/assassins-creed/valhalla/news-updates/zp9xRC5VBA3SIgAAAxPPi/assassins-creed-valhalla-become-a-legendary-viking-raider

Buddhanet

http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/dharmadata/fdd47.htm

http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/8foldpath.htm

Dharmanet

https://dharmanet.org/coursesM/23/Theravada10.htm

BBC

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zfts4wx/revision/3

https://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/buddhism/beliefs/fournobletruths_1.shtml

https://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/buddhism/beliefs/fournobletruths_1.shtml

LearnReligions

https://www.learnreligions.com/the-enlightenment-of-the-buddha-449789

BuddhismZone

https://buddhismzone.org/buddhist-afterlife-beliefs/

Two stories about Gluttony, its origins and what happens when you take too much from others.

This week Tracey talks about the Prince of Hell and Rowan shares a gruesome tale of a giant ogre.

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The listener story this week was from Brooke

@befitzgerald on Tik Tok

@b.e.fitzgerald on Instagram

Sources

Deadlysins.com

http://www.deadlysins.com/gluttony

Christianity.com

https://www.christianity.com/wiki/sin/what-is-the-sin-of-gluttony-its-definition-and-consequences.html

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archdemon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beelzebub

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demonology#Christianity

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_demonology

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictionnaire_Infernal

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aix-en-Provence_possessions

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogre

Genies

https://genies.fandom.com/wiki/Beelzebub

Encyclopedia Britannica

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Beelzebub

https://www.britannica.com/topic/ogre

Demonic Paradise

https://the-demonic-paradise.fandom.com/wiki/Seven_Princes_of_Hell

https://the-demonic-paradise.fandom.com/wiki/Beelzebub

Of Beezlebub and his Plot

https://www.bartleby.com/400/prose/202.html

Youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rIbvtLWZzY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lHNeoe6PFI&t=677s

Merriam Webster

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ogre

Villains Wiki

https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Ogres_(folklore)

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/enders-game-orson-scott-card/1100353963

New World Encyclopedia

https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Ogre

Mythology Wiki

https://mythology.wikia.org/wiki/Ogre

Odysseus and the Cyclops

https://www.mwpai.org/assets/Education/MA-Resources-9-15-2016/Myth-Odysseus-and-the-Cyclops.pdf

Pitt.edu

https://www.pitt.edu/~dash/type0410.html

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This week Rowan and Tracey talk about Death Gods. Those beings are who are responsible for taking care of the once living. We talk about Baron Samedi and Anubis.

Sources

Anubis Poem https://allpoetry.com/poem/10427907-Anubis---by-alyson-green2003

Encyclopedia Brittanica

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Bawon-Samdi

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Marie-Laveau

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Anubis

Youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1V_Q82X1t6o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAjxnlGA1aQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1SFKq4iHDk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROQLMcj54os

Ancient.eu

https://www.ancient.eu/Anubis/#:~:text=Anubis%20is%20the%20Egyptian%20god,whom%20he%20is%20often%20confused.

https://www.ancient.eu/article/42/the-egyptian-afterlife--the-feather-of-truth/

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gu%C3%A9d%C3%A9

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loa

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anubis

“Why We Can’t Talk To You About Voodoo” by Brenda Marie Osbey

https://www.jstor.org/stable/23208853?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents

Vice

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/r7g5ar/from-benin-to-bourbon-street-a-brief-history-of-louisiana-voodoo

NPR

https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2017/10/13/554251889/on-halloween-remember-voodoo-isnt-black-magic

Live Science

https://www.livescience.com/40803-voodoo-facts.html

Kreol Magazine

https://kreolmagazine.com/culture/history-and-culture/baron-samedi-a-loa-of-the-dead/#.Xxj3DvhKg_U

Huffington Post

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/vodoun-voodoo_b_2413249

The Spelling VooDoo

http://faculty.webster.edu/corbetre/haiti/voodoo/spelling.htm

Knowledge Nuts

https://knowledgenuts.com/2013/12/26/the-difference-between-hoodoo-and-voodoo/

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In this episode, Rowan and Tracey tell stories based on the theme of Lust. Tracey tells the first story of the Iliad: that of Paris and Helen and Rowan explores the shocking tales of Drukpa Kunley: the Divine Madman, or Saint of 5,000 Women.

Sources

Lust

https://aleteia.org/2019/09/04/lust-this-deadly-sin-is-not-just-about-sex/

https://www.christianitytoday.com/biblestudies/articles/spiritualformation/understanding-lust.html

http://www.deadlysins.com/lust

Ancient .eu

https://www.ancient.eu/iliad/

https://www.ancient.eu/Trojan_War/

Ancient Origins

https://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends/helen-troy-beauty-sparked-trojan-war-002076

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iliad#Date_and_textual_history

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judgement_of_Paris

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_of_Troy#Seduction_or_kidnapping_by_Paris

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trojan_War

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drukpa_Kunley

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourism_in_Bhutan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Bhutan

History.com

https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/trojan-war

WHC Unesco

https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/849/#:~:text=Troy%20is%20located%20on%20the,southern%20entrance%20to%20the%20Dardanelles.

Thought Co

https://www.thoughtco.com/heinrich-schliemann-and-discovery-of-troy-169529

Wiley Online LIbrary

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/andr.12599

Youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWCAONT8x08

Messy Nessy

https://www.messynessychic.com/2018/03/14/a-pilgrimage-to-the-ancient-penis-monastery/

New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/24/world/asia/bhutan-phallus-commercialization-tourism.html

Encyclopedia Brittanica

https://www.britannica.com/topic/lama

https://www.britannica.com/topic/saint#ref34112

Culture Trip

https://theculturetrip.com/asia/bhutan/articles/how-and-why-bhutan-came-to-worship-the-phallus/

PBS

https://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/bhutan/journey.html

Trip Advisor

https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g469429-d2025165-r265280329-Chimi_Lakhang_Cafeteria-Punakha_Punakha_District.html

Youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRiduH9xmkY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17j8_UVwyIg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WZvycPteT8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWCAONT8x08

The Divine Madman: The Sublime Life and Songs of Drukpa Kunley

https://www.amazon.com/Divine-Madman-Sublime-Drukpa-Kunley/dp/1495379833/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

In this episode Rowan and Tracey discuss two fearsome women who's stories have been told by men. What happens when two women decide to tell their tales?

Meet the Adam's first wife and the first solo Queen of England.

Sources

‘Lilith’ by Enid Dame

http://www.lilithgallery.com/library/lilith/EnidDame-Lilith.html

‘The Book of Lilith’ by Barbara Black Koltuv

https://www.amazon.com/Book-Lilith-Barbara-Black-Koltuv/dp/0892540141

Biblical Archeology Society

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/people-cultures-in-the-bible/people-in-the-bible/lilith/

My Jewish Learning

https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/lilith-lady-flying-in-darkness/

https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/midrash-101/

Vox

https://www.vox.com/2018/3/20/16955588/feminism-waves-explained-first-second-third-fourth

How stuff works

https://people.howstuffworks.com/bloody-mary-legend.htm

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilith

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adamah

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_of_Sheba

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetary_objects_proposed_in_religion,_astrology,_ufology_and_pseudoscience#Lilith

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphabet_of_Sirach

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Mary_(folklore)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_I_of_England

History.com

https://www.history.com/news/queen-mary-i-bloody-mary-reformation

Smithsonian

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/myth-bloody-mary-180974221/

Encyclopedia Britannica

https://www.britannica.com/story/was-bloody-mary-a-real-person

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mary-I

All That’s Interesting

https://allthatsinteresting.com/bloody-mary

History Collection

https://historycollection.com/ghost-mirror-legend-bloody-mary-revealed/

In this Episode, Tracey and Rowan take a deep dive into history and explore the ancient Egyptian Myth of Osiris and Set, and the origin of American Spiritualism. Oh, and they chat about accidentally killing their plants, their DnD characters, and maybe their childhoods.

Sources

Bitesize Irish

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWBUnixqX5g

Langfocus - The Irish Language

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLNY8JrVYFU

Christianity.com

https://www.christianity.com/wiki/sin/what-is-envy-the-definition-and-consequence-of-this-deadly-sin.html

Encyclopedia Britiannica

https://www.britannica.com/topic/ancient-Egyptian-religion

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Maat-Egyptian-goddess

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Re

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Osiris-Egyptian-god

https://www.britannica.com/topic/spiritualism-religion

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Margaret-Fox-and-Catherine-Fox#ref669862

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Envy#:~:text=Envy%20is%20one%20of%20the,favored%20Abel's%20sacrifice%20over%20Cain's.&text=Envy%20is%2C%20therefore%2C%20a%20sin%20deeply%20ingrained%20in%20human%20nature.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_religion#:~:text=Ancient%20Egyptian%20religion%20was%20a,in%20control%20of%2C%20the%20world.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_afterlife_beliefs#Journey_to_the_afterlife

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Set_(deity)#:~:text=In%20the%20Osiris%20myth%2C%20the,his%20son%20and%20heir%20Horus.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_sisters

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_views_on_sin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Great_Awakening

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouija#:~:text=Commercial%20parlor%20game,-Businessman%20Elijah%20Bond&text=Bond%20filed%20on%20May%2028,in%20addition%20to%20this%20device.

Youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiNLx8h5jVE

UTexas

https://www.laits.utexas.edu/cairo/teachers/osiris.pdf

Mythopedia

https://mythopedia.com/egyptian-mythology/gods/set/

https://mythopedia.com/egyptian-mythology/gods/osiris/#the-murder-of-osiris

Great Courses Daily

https://www.thegreatcoursesdaily.com/osiris-seth-horus-and-the-divine-origins-of-kingship/

Smithsonian

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-fox-sisters-and-the-rap-on-spiritualism-99663697/

The Paris Review

https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2016/11/04/in-the-joints-of-their-toes/

History.net

https://www.historynet.com/the-fox-sisters-spiritualisms-unlikely-founders.htm

National Archives

https://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/13th-amendment#:~:text=Passed%20by%20Congress%20on%20January,within%20the%20United%20States%2C%20or

U.S. History

https://www.ushistory.org/us/22a.asp#:~:text=The%20transition%20from%20an%20agricultural,the%201790s%20through%20the%201830s.

Shonda Land

https://www.shondaland.com/live/a23652668/legacy-of-spiritualists/

Jsotr.org

https://www.jstor.org/stable/3711842?seq=1

Project Muse

https://muse.jhu.edu/article/634709/pdf