You Just Lost the Game | Spirits x American Hysteria

Spirits

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

4.8 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2025

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Sorry to tell you, but you just lost The Game. In our first ever crossover episode with American Hysteria, we do a deep dive into the mind game with origins in Cambridge, early internet culture, and other memes of the age like the Cool S.

Content Warning: This episode contains conversations about or mentions of 4chan, sexual content, and drug use.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Spirits Podcast, a boozy dive into mythology, legends, and folklore.
0:03.7	Every week we pour a drink and learn about a new story from around the world.
0:07.2	I'm Amanda, and you're about to hear from Julia because this is a special, our first ever
0:12.5	collaborative crossover episode.
0:15.2	We are so excited about this.
0:17.3	We had a past and probably future guest, Chelsea, of American hysteria, talk with us about a topic that we thought would interest them. If you remember when Chelsea was on the show, we referenced the game. I don't even know how to describe it. The game that's not really a game where if you think about it, you lose. And Chelsea was like, never heard of this before. And Julia and I were astonished because it is such a huge
0:37.5	part of our childhoods. So we went on American Hysteria to do a full deep dive episode all about
0:43.1	the game, plus some other like memes from middle and high school that I think you are going
0:47.8	to love. We had so much fun and we really made this an American Hysteria X Spirits collaboration
0:54.0	event.
0:55.2	The whole episode follows.
0:56.7	You are going to love it.
0:58.3	If you are already a listener of American Hysteria, we hope you love it.
1:02.4	We hope you extra love it and listen to it twice on both podcast feeds.
1:05.2	And if you are not yet a listener of American Hysteria, I know you are going to love that podcast.
1:10.7	So make sure you go over and
1:12.6	check it out. You'll get the link in the description. And listen, Chelsea is fabulous. You're going
1:16.9	to love their lens on all things, urban legends and moral panics. We will be back next week with a
1:23.5	brand new episode of Spirits. And in the meantime, enjoy our crossover all about the game
1:28.3	with Chelsea Weber Smith of American Hysteria.
1:35.7	If we are sticking to the strictest form of the rules laid out, we are still all continuously
1:42.5	playing the game.
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