Babies of unusual size, vegetable babies, animal babies, and more! This week we’re talking about the most interesting babies of mythology, folklore, and fairy tales, from the Minotaur to Thumbling and everything in between.
Content Warning: This episode contains conversations about or mentions of pregnancy, birth, ableism, xenophobia, infertility, forced birth, abortion, misogyny, child abandonment, violence, neglect, child abuse, bestiality, death, natural disaster, and anti-semitism.
Housekeeping
- Recommendation: This week, Julia recommends Prey on Hulu.
- Books: Check out our previous book recommendations, guests’ books, and more at spiritspodcast.com/books
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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.
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216: Your Urban Legends XLVI - All Stars!
215: Your Urban Legends XLV - XL!
214: Your Urban Legends XLIV - Pets & Animals!
213: Your Urban Legends XLIII - Second Chances!
212: Over the Moon (Myth Movie Night)
211: A Christmas Carol (with Emily VanDerWerff)
210: Your Urban Legends XLII - The Worst Question We’ve Ever Asked
209: Past Lives
208: Beowulf (with Maria Dahvana Headley)
207: Advice from Folklore (with Moiya McTier)
206: Your Urban Legends XLI - Trapper Keeper Confusion
205: The ‘Hades’ Guide to the Greek Underworld
204: Frankenstein (with Rose Eveleth)
203: Halloweentown (Myth Movie Night)
202: Your Urban Legends XL - Maybe it was Crows?
201: 50 Scariest Urban Legends from Each State
200!!! Urban Legends + Q&A Spectacular!
199: Your Urban Legends XXXIX
198: The Western Zodiac
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