Oisín, Nidra, and a Dryad | Advice from Folklore w/ Dr. Moiya McTier
Spirits
Multitude
4.8 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 27 July 2022
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Big questions, little questions, these figures of folklore, mythology and world religion are here to answer them. We tackle camp quandaries, quitting jobs, and the world burning with their help.
Content Warning: This episode contains conversations about or mentions of ableism, mental health, depression, homophobia, climate change, fascism, and hate crimes.
Guest
Dr. Moiya McTier is a New York-based astrophysicist who studies planets outside of our solar system. She’s also a folklorist who specializes in using science and logic to build fictional worlds. You can hear all about the worlds she’s built on her podcast, Exolore, where she imagines, discusses, and reviews fictional worlds, often with expert guests. You can learn more about Moiya and her work on her website, moiyamctier.com.
Housekeeping
- Recommendation: This week, Amanda recommends The Milky Way: An Autobiography of Our Galaxy by Dr. Moiya McTier!
- Books: Check out our previous book recommendations, guests’ books, and more at spiritspodcast.com/books
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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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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Spirits podcast of Boosie Dive into Mythology, Legends, and Folklore. |
| 0:11.0 | Every week we pour a drink and learn about a new story from around the world. |
| 0:14.3 | I'm Amanda. |
| 0:14.8 | And I'm Julia. |
| 0:15.9 | And we are joined as ever by Dr. Moja McTeer for episode 294 in Voice from Folklore. |
| 0:20.4 | Woo, woo, woo. Hi, friends. Hey, how's it going, boy? effort by Dr. Moia McTeer for episode 2.94 in Voicefront folklore. Woo! |
| 0:23.2 | Hi, friends. |
| 0:24.0 | Hey. |
| 0:24.7 | How's it going? |
| 0:25.7 | Boya has life. |
| 0:28.1 | Oh, you know, I am alive. |
| 0:30.2 | Most, this is an honest answer. |
| 0:32.1 | Most things, fantastic. |
| 0:34.6 | Some things, awful. |
| 0:36.8 | But I am choosing to look on the bright side. |
| 0:39.0 | That is fair. That is fair. I know that there is a big something or other coming up very soon for you. Yes, that's one of the wonderful things. |
| 0:45.5 | My book is coming out in a month. Yay! I have a coffee. I have read it. I love it. Normally, I read an advanced copy of a book and then I gift it to somebody to enjoy. This one, Moia, I'm selfish. I'm keeping. Me stay within reach on my shelf nearby at all times. Thank you so much. I can't wait to talk to you two about it. Oh, we cannot wait to hear about it. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Do you want to tell the people what the title of the book is and where they can find it or pre-order it or order it? |
| 1:16.2 | Yes, you can find or pre-order it anywhere. Literally, Target, Amazon, bookshop, whatever. Maybe don't buy it from Amazon. I am partial to bookshop because you're supporting indie bookstores. |
| 1:27.9 | But the book is called The Milky Way, an autobiography of our galaxy. |
| 1:32.0 | And it is exactly that. |
| 1:33.3 | The galaxy narrated its own life story to me, and I wrote it down. |
| 1:37.8 | So you can find that whenever. |
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