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The gods are back to give advice, with advice dealing with angsty teenagers from a teacher of gods, to learning to become fluent in fae speak to get out of uncomfortable conversations. Just in time for the holidays!

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Content Warning: This episode contains conversations about or mentions of arranged marriage, abuse, burning, ableism, pregnancy, misogyny, apocalypse, climate change, and\\xa0 racism.

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Guest

Dr. Moiya McTier is a New York-based astrophysicist who studies planets outside of our solar system. She\\u2019s also a folklorist who specializes in using science and logic to build fictional worlds. You can hear all about the worlds she\\u2019s 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.

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Housekeeping

- MERCH! Get the Mothman Crewneck at spiritspodcast.com/merch!

- Recommendation: This week, Julia recommends My Best Friend\\u2019s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix.\\xa0

- Books: Check out our previous book recommendations, guests\\u2019 books, and more at spiritspodcast.com/books

- Call to Action: Check out Join the Party, a collaborative storytelling and roleplaying podcast co-hosted in part by Julia and Amanda. Search for Join the Party in your podcast app, or go to jointhepartypod.com.

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Find Us Online

If you like Spirits, help us grow by spreading the word! Follow us @SpiritsPodcast on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Goodreads. You can support us on Patreon (http://patreon.com/spiritspodcast) to unlock bonus Your Urban Legends episodes, director\\u2019s commentaries, custom recipe cards, and so much more. We also have lists of our book recommendations and previous guests\\u2019 books at http://spiritspodcast.com/books.

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.

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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.