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Spirits Podcast @spiritspodcast.com · Aug 20

Sometimes we have a guest who just does not want to be scared, so we gathered up wholesome hometown urban legends for our friend @ohitsbigron.bsky.social.

Featuring kindergarten paleontologists, bottomless lakes of fire, and how to make pirates even scarier!

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Spirits: Wholesome Urban Legends w/ Ronald Young Jr.

Sometimes we have a guest who just does not want to be scared! That’s why we’re breaking out some incredible yet wholesome hometown urban legends to share with friend of the pod, Ronald Young J...

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Spirits Podcast @spiritspodcast.com · Aug 14

You’ve heard his name before: Merlin. Not the first wizard, but the most important wizard!

We’re taking a crack at this pillar of Arthurian legend: from demonic birth, to terrible romances, to his role as Arthur’s Wizard Daddy.

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Merlin — Spirits

You’ve heard his name before: Merlin. Not the first wizard, but the most important wizard! We’re taking a crack at Arthurian legend, digging into how the prototypical wizard shaped the stories, includ...

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Spirits Podcast @spiritspodcast.com · Aug 7

Okay, but we're still wondering about the origin of the little boy peeing. Someone, please tell us!

A new episode about house spirits is out now on all your podcast apps.

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Spirits Podcast @spiritspodcast.com · Jul 30

We thought you might want to get deeply creeped out this week! On the latest Urban Legends episode, we dig into some prophetic dreams, creepy child ghosts, and why we trust night nurses over any other profession to combat the supernatural. Out now on all your podcast apps!

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Charlie Claire Burgess (they/them) @thewordwitch.bsky.social · Jun 3

Just recorded a VERY COOL interview with a podcast I’m a huge fan of! We were originally supposed to record 2 weeks ago, but I got sick. I pulled cards for whether to reschedule. For no, I pulled The Hanged One. For yes, Page of Pents. And here he is again in my daily draw today! TAROT WORKS Y’ALL.

Two cards from The Gay Marseille Tarot propped on the corner of Charlie’s altar. The cards are the Ace of Coins (Pentacles) and the Page of Coins (Pentacles). The Ace has a stylized coin with leopard print and a 4-petaled violet in the center, with budding vines growing from it. The Page shows a trans guy in green overalls that show his top surgery scars, a straw hat, and a diabetic arm patch. He stands in a tilled garden and holds up a larger-than-life coin in one hand and smiles at it.

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Spirits Podcast @spiritspodcast.com · Jul 23

This week, author and artist Claire Burgess joins us to talk about their work around tarot and the intersection of spirituality and queerness. Listen in for our witchy awakenings, getting rid of the binary in tarot readings, and so much more! Out now on all your podcast apps.

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Spirits Podcast @spiritspodcast.com · Jul 17

Amanda's face says it all 😳

Settle around the campfire as we tell a tale of the Flatwoods Monster of West Virginia. Available now wherever you get your podcasts!

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Spirits Podcast @spiritspodcast.com · Jul 9

Ever wonder where "hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil" comes from? On this week's episode, we do a deep dive into the philosophical and religious origins of the Three Wise Monkeys! And in true Spirits fashion, we match what beer goes with which monkey, because why not?! 🍺 🙉 🙈 🙊

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elliott junkyard 🍉 @transarchivist.bsky.social · Jul 3

feeling very seen by the most recent @spiritspodcast.com as a gay elder millennial who loves death AND takes care of his emotional stunted grandmother who grew up during the great depression 😂😂😂

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Spirits Podcast @spiritspodcast.com · Jul 2

Julia lore incoming 🐛

A new Urban Legends episode is out now on wherever you listen to your podcasts!

Spirits Podcast @spiritspodcast.com · Jun 25

This week we're joined by author and artist, Brooke Palmieri, to talk about holding onto your weirdness, astral hygiene, Neopets roleplay forums, and more! His new book Bargain Witch: Essays of Self-Initiation, comes out in October 2025!

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Spirits Podcast @spiritspodcast.com · Jun 11

What's the buzz around bees? Listen to this week's episode about bees in folklore and mythology to find out!

Plus, get your Old Wives’ Tale Teller corduroy hat at spiritspodcast.com/merch 🐝

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Spirits Podcast @spiritspodcast.com · Jun 4

We're calling it. It's going to be a hot cocktail summer, y'all. What will you be drinking?

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Spirits Podcast @spiritspodcast.com · Jun 3

Dying to hear the rest of Abby's terrifying dreams? (Plus more listener stories?!?) Get a bonus urban legends episode every month when you subscribe on Patreon! And fun fact—you can get a 7-day free trial when sign up as a patron.

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Spirits Podcast @spiritspodcast.com · May 28

Technology & capitalism & mythology, oh my! This week on Spirits, we are joined by professor and podcaster @jathansadowski.com to discuss the myth of inevitability, the modern Eleusinian Mysteries of Silicon Valley, and why technologists need to read better sci-fi.

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Spirits Podcast @spiritspodcast.com · May 23

Is your Tomte being compensated fairly? This week, we dug into the Scandinavian Nisse and Tomte, the socialist leanings of these house spirits, and why everyone got so into garden gnomes all of a sudden! Available on all your podcast apps!

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Spirits Podcast @spiritspodcast.com · May 14

Shout out to Wellbutrin! This week on Spirits, we dig into the mythological (and alchemical) origins of gnomes. Listen now on wherever you get your podcasts.

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Spirits Podcast @spiritspodcast.com · May 7

What would you do if you saw this? A new Urban Legends episode is out now on all your podcast apps!

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Spirits Podcast @spiritspodcast.com · Apr 30

NYC has a long history of ghost sightings, but sometimes, we wish there were more. A new episode with Greg Young from @boweryboys.bsky.social is out now on all your favorite podcast apps!

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Spirits Podcast @spiritspodcast.com · Apr 28

An ode to fennel 💚

Don't miss our gardening superstitions episode, available on all your podcast apps!

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Spirits Podcast @spiritspodcast.com · Apr 16

Another take on CatDog that we wouldn't have considered 🐱🐶 A new episode about riddles in fiction and mythology is out now on all your podcast apps!

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Spirits Podcast @spiritspodcast.com · Apr 9

New fear unlocked🪞A new urban legends episode about haunted schools is out now on all your podcast apps!

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Spirits Podcast @spiritspodcast.com · Mar 31

happy #TransDayOfVisibility from Coffin Texts Spell 714

Hieroglyphics translated to say

“I made my body evolve through my own effectiveness.
I am the one who made me. I built myself as I wished, according to my heart”

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Spirits Podcast @spiritspodcast.com · Mar 26

It was such an honor to have bestselling author @deannaraybourn.bsky.social on this week’s episode! We got to talk all about the role women of a certain age play in mythology and history. Listen now on all your favorite podcast apps!

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Spirits Podcast @spiritspodcast.com · Mar 25

Might have nightmares about this actually

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