If we are sticking to the strictest form of the rules laid out, we are still all continuously playing the game.

And at the end of the day, the real winning is completely forgetting that the game exists.

Therefore, I've ruined it for most of your audience.

Julia? therefore I've ruined it for most of your audience. Julia Chafini and Amanda McLaughlin are the hosts of the podcast, Spirits, a history and

comedy show focused on mythology, folklore, and urban legends. Each week they pour a drink, hence the spirits double

entendre, and deep dive into stories similar to the ones we cover here. On this episode,

my new friends tell me the history of an early 2000s fad called The Game, a big-time phenomenon that somehow

completely passed me by. And I do hate to inform you of this, dear listeners, but you have

already lost the game. I'm your host, Chelsea Weber Smith, and this is American Hysteria.

I am so excited to welcome our Urban Legends girlies first time on the show, Amanda and Julia, thank you for being here. Our pleasure.

It feels like such a welcoming, but we've already gotten to talk to you so much on our own show

that I'm like, oh yeah, we're old hat at this point, right? Oh, yeah. Old friends. Longtime listener,

first time guest. Thank you so much for having us and for believing us that there is a full episode in this subject.

We promise you there is.

Okay.

I'm excited.

This is one of those episodes where I get to go in knowing almost nothing, which is not where I'm generally comfortable, but it's where I have some of the most fun.

So I am excited to jump into this, like, very strange topic and, like, very seemingly

popular phenomenon that entirely passed me by.

I will say, you're not the only one.

So this is kind of exciting.

Okay.

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