1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 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.&amp;nbsp; Content Warning: 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.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Housekeeping - Recommendation: This week, Amanda recommends the podcast Black in Appalachia. Check out our previous book recommendations, guests’ books, and more at spiritspodcast.com/books - Merch: Our new pins, digital coloring book, and posters are all for sale at http://spiritspodcast.com/merch! -Survey: Help us decide what’s next for Multitude by filling out our survey! http://multitude.productions/survey&amp;nbsp; Sponsors - Skillshare is an online learning community where you can learn—and teach—just about anything. Visit skillshare.com/spirits2 to get two months of Skillshare Premium for free! This week Amanda recommends “A Beginner’s Guide to Making Butter Cakes.” - BetterHelp is a secure online counseling service. Get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/spirits - Function of Beauty is hair care formulated specifically for you. Save 20% on your first order at functionofbeauty.com/spirits &amp;nbsp; 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’s commentaries, custom recipe cards, and so much more. We also have lists of our book recommendations and previous guests’ 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. &amp;nbsp; 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 &quot;Danger Storm&quot; by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0. Spirits http://spiritspodcast.com <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/15669152/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/09a947/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/item/15669152