Valentine's Day

Spirits

Multitude

Myths, Folklore, Society & Culture, Alcohol, Legends, Learning, Urbanlegends, Mythology, Comedy, History, Education, Gods, Educational, Drunkhistory

4.8 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Valentine’s Day has changed over the past millennia or so. From a martyred saint, to a feast day, to courtly love and gifting roses and chocolates, where did our current Valentine’s Day traditions come from? Hint: British postal reforms are more important than you’d think!

Content Warning: This episode contains conversations about or mentions of death, religious persecution, torture, beheading, violence, execution, feces, and sex.

Housekeeping

- See us LIVE! Buy a ticket to our March 23 live show in Portland at spiritspodcast.com/live. And if you live in or around NYC, RSVP to our free cocktail popup at jointhepartypod.com/popup

- Recommendation: This week, Amanda recommends Deal or No Deal Island. Also, protesting in DC.

- Books: Check out our previous book recommendations, guests’ books, and more at spiritspodcast.com/books

- Call to Action: Listen to Big Game Hunger today!

- Submit Your Urban Legends Audio: Call us! 617-420-2344

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey, conspirators, it's me, Amanda, with a quick update for you. Come see us live in Portland, Oregon.
0:07.2	On March 23rd, 2025, Spirits will be doing a live show with Join the Party.
0:13.4	Julia and I will be in both halves of this live show, and you get two live shows for the price of one.
0:18.0	We are incredibly excited and we want to see you there.
0:21.3	Come on over to spiritspodcast.com slash live to check it out and get your tickets now.
0:27.8	That's March 23rd, Portland, Oregon, spiritspodcast.com slash live. We want to see you there.
0:34.9	And by the way, if you're a conspirator who lives in New York City or surrounding areas,
0:39.6	we are also going to be having a free cocktail pop-up on February 20th, which is all about the end of our current campaign on Join the Party.
0:49.6	Julia and I will be there.
0:51.0	Eric will be there.
0:51.6	It'll be fabulous.
0:52.8	And a listener of Join the Party is
0:54.2	theming incredible craft cocktails all around the Join the Party plot. But I'm mentioning it here
0:59.4	because, number one, if you want to come hang out with me and Julia, great place to do it. Two,
1:03.3	totally free, just RSVP at the link in the description. And third, I think if you listen to the show,
1:08.6	you want to have a craft cocktail or macktail.
1:13.0	We have any options as well.
1:14.2	So come on through and see us.
1:16.9	One more time, Portland, March 23rd, New York City, February 20th.
1:21.6	Links in the description.
1:23.1	We hope to see you there.
1:58.7	Music to see you there. Welcome to Spirits podcast to boosy dive into mythology, legends, and folklore.
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