194: Sailor Superstitions

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Avast! What’s that on the horizon? Unlucky bananas, gold hoop earrings, and sons of guns; it must be sailor superstitions! Trim the sails and come on this voyage with us as we suss out the origins of legends taught to every sailor. </span></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Content Warning:</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">This episode contains conversations about or mentions of death, drowning, misogyny, boating accidents/capsizing, labor violations, funerals/burials, objectification of women, starvation, scurvy, corporal punishment, pregnancy/birth, storms/lightning, and suffocation. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Housekeeping</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">-</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">Recommendation</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">: This week, Amanda recommends the podcast</span> <a href= "https://www.blackinappalachia.org/podcast"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Black in Appalachia</span></em></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">. Check out our previous book recommendations, guests’ books, and more at</span> <a href= "http://spiritspodcast.com/books"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">spiritspodcast.com/books</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">-</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">Merch</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">: Our new pins, digital coloring book, and posters are all for sale at</span> <a href="http://spiritspodcast.com/merch"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">http://spiritspodcast.com/merch</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">-</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Survey</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">: Help us decide what’s next for Multitude by filling out our survey!</span> <a href= "http://multitude.productions/survey"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">http://multitude.productions/survey</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><br /> <br /></p> <p><strong>Sponsors</strong></p> <p><span style="font-we