1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:28,320 Speaker 1: Ridiculous History is a production of I Heart Radio. Holy Smokes, 2 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:31,840 Speaker 1: it's the end of I never thought this day would 3 00:00:31,840 --> 00:00:35,720 Speaker 1: come again. Yeah, it's part two of the end of 4 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:41,360 Speaker 1: part it's part two with Yes. So we're joining ourselves 5 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:45,239 Speaker 1: in our future selves, our future selves, which will be 6 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:49,640 Speaker 1: important later. We're joining our future selves as you're listening 7 00:00:49,880 --> 00:00:53,320 Speaker 1: our past selves as we're recording for part two of 8 00:00:54,320 --> 00:00:58,000 Speaker 1: New Year's Traditions throughout history and around the world. Let's 9 00:00:58,080 --> 00:01:02,639 Speaker 1: join in already in progress. Nowadays, if you make a 10 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:06,480 Speaker 1: New Year's resolution in the West, you're probably not going 11 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:09,959 Speaker 1: to be making this as a covenant with a god 12 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:14,759 Speaker 1: or a divine entity. Instead, in this increasingly secular society, 13 00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:18,200 Speaker 1: you're going to make a resolution to yourself. You're going 14 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:21,880 Speaker 1: to say, you know, this is the year that I 15 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:25,080 Speaker 1: finally finished that novel, or this is the year that 16 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:28,840 Speaker 1: I stopped buying avocados in bulk because God knows I'm 17 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:32,320 Speaker 1: not going to eat all of them and whatever it is. 18 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:37,080 Speaker 1: H So you focus on self improvement. But unfortunately, and 19 00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:38,679 Speaker 1: I have a hack for this, we'll give you the 20 00:01:38,680 --> 00:01:43,840 Speaker 1: problem first. Unfortunately, it seems that almost half of the 21 00:01:43,880 --> 00:01:48,360 Speaker 1: people in the US say they usually make New Year's resolutions. 22 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:53,440 Speaker 1: Fort However, Noel, as we know, uh, not all of 23 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:58,400 Speaker 1: them are successful. You saw that stat, right, The rate 24 00:01:58,440 --> 00:02:01,240 Speaker 1: of follow up is got to be in the nineties, right, 25 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:07,160 Speaker 1: and then in the negative. Only eight percent of people 26 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:13,040 Speaker 1: actually successfully achieve their goals. Um. And it's not really 27 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:16,320 Speaker 1: showing any signs of like putting the kai bosh on 28 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:19,720 Speaker 1: New Year's resolutions anytime soon, because we really have this 29 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:22,280 Speaker 1: is something that we've been doing for thousands and thousands 30 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:24,960 Speaker 1: of years. Um. But I'd like to get into in 31 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:29,520 Speaker 1: a little bit, Uh, why psychologically it's so difficult to 32 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:32,960 Speaker 1: keep these New Year's resolutions. Yeah, yeah, I've got some 33 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:35,840 Speaker 1: stuff on that. I've got a I've got an unfounded 34 00:02:35,919 --> 00:02:39,320 Speaker 1: life hack to just real real quickly. I think a 35 00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:45,560 Speaker 1: lot of us sometimes feel a cultural pressure to change 36 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:49,440 Speaker 1: ourselves or our habits due to this somewhat arbitrary day 37 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:52,880 Speaker 1: on the calendar, and feeling like you have to do 38 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:57,840 Speaker 1: that may play a role in falling off whatever your 39 00:02:57,840 --> 00:03:00,760 Speaker 1: new wagon is just a few days or months later. 40 00:03:01,160 --> 00:03:04,080 Speaker 1: So I propose that if you're listening to this podcast 41 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:06,519 Speaker 1: and you have had in the his in the past, 42 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:09,920 Speaker 1: the tough time sticking with the new Year's resolution. Why 43 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:12,799 Speaker 1: bother with that one? Why not make a resolution on 44 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:16,799 Speaker 1: your own personal New Year's which is your birthday. Then 45 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:19,440 Speaker 1: it's more unique to you. Is something you won't see 46 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:22,000 Speaker 1: a bunch of people posting about on the internet. Whether 47 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:26,040 Speaker 1: your birthday is in March, the original New Year's I guess, 48 00:03:26,200 --> 00:03:29,040 Speaker 1: or whether it's in September or what have you. Uh, 49 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:31,840 Speaker 1: Then it's a little more personal. And I think that 50 00:03:31,880 --> 00:03:35,040 Speaker 1: can help increase your odds of sticking with your goals. 51 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:37,880 Speaker 1: But again, I have no research on this. It just 52 00:03:37,920 --> 00:03:39,760 Speaker 1: works for me. That's a great idea, and I love 53 00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:41,600 Speaker 1: it you always refer to everyone's birthday as there on 54 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:44,480 Speaker 1: personal New year uh, And I think that is a 55 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:47,320 Speaker 1: very smart way of going about it, you know. And 56 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:49,160 Speaker 1: then why not let's just go ahead and let the 57 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:51,560 Speaker 1: cat out of the bag. Now. We actually do have 58 00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:55,600 Speaker 1: a study from the University of Scranton that suggests why 59 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:59,320 Speaker 1: only eight percent of people will actually, you know, follow 60 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:02,880 Speaker 1: through with those goals. Um. And there's actually a clinical 61 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:08,280 Speaker 1: psychology term UM to refer to the cycle of repeated 62 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:13,040 Speaker 1: failure to change, and it's called the very dire and 63 00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:18,560 Speaker 1: sad sounding false hope syndrome. Gosh, that's an early like 64 00:04:18,760 --> 00:04:22,000 Speaker 1: emo pop punk song title. If ever I've heard one, 65 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:25,520 Speaker 1: I can I can hear the winey vocals now. But 66 00:04:26,480 --> 00:04:30,040 Speaker 1: think about this for a second. So false hope syndrome 67 00:04:30,680 --> 00:04:35,040 Speaker 1: is a cyclical thing. We resolve to change. Uh. We 68 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:40,760 Speaker 1: usually make a resolution to do something that we couldn't 69 00:04:40,839 --> 00:04:44,200 Speaker 1: do in the previous year, something we were not able 70 00:04:44,240 --> 00:04:48,560 Speaker 1: to achieve. Tim Pitchell was a psychologist at Carlton University 71 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:52,800 Speaker 1: in Ottawa. He says that we're making new Year's goals 72 00:04:52,880 --> 00:04:56,320 Speaker 1: because we keep failing at a specific task, right. And 73 00:04:56,440 --> 00:05:00,000 Speaker 1: so the tricky thing is that making a new year 74 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:04,400 Speaker 1: is resolution doesn't really require action from you. It doesn't 75 00:05:04,440 --> 00:05:08,800 Speaker 1: even require you saying it to anyone. Just the thought 76 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:14,400 Speaker 1: hits those instant gratification switches in our brains. That's why 77 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:17,880 Speaker 1: sometimes you'll notice that if you're talking to someone about 78 00:05:17,920 --> 00:05:21,520 Speaker 1: a creative project that you haven't done yet, you will 79 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:26,320 Speaker 1: feel good and somewhat accomplished after that conversation, because in 80 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:30,960 Speaker 1: our brains, talking about that thinking about it satisfies us. 81 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:34,080 Speaker 1: If feel our brain doesn't know the difference between talking 82 00:05:34,120 --> 00:05:36,960 Speaker 1: about something and doing it. And therein lies the trap 83 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:39,960 Speaker 1: right where it's almost like some people go to great 84 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:42,520 Speaker 1: length to never talk about a project that they either 85 00:05:42,600 --> 00:05:45,560 Speaker 1: haven't finished or haven't even started. Um. Maybe it's not 86 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:48,039 Speaker 1: consciously because of that thing, but I totally see what 87 00:05:48,040 --> 00:05:50,440 Speaker 1: you're saying. Like, I've had friends throughout the years that 88 00:05:50,680 --> 00:05:54,520 Speaker 1: love to talk up these big, grand plans, uh that 89 00:05:54,600 --> 00:05:57,320 Speaker 1: I know they will never actually follow through with. So 90 00:05:57,480 --> 00:06:01,160 Speaker 1: I think that it's probably pretty smart to actually wait 91 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:05,440 Speaker 1: until you've done the thing before you start blabbing about it. Agreed, 92 00:06:05,640 --> 00:06:08,160 Speaker 1: and Uh, A lot of us listening to the podcast 93 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:12,480 Speaker 1: today are nodding our heads in agreement as well, because, 94 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:14,400 Speaker 1: let's be honest, folks, a lot of us learned that 95 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:19,760 Speaker 1: one the hard way. There's another phenomenon here called effective forecasting. 96 00:06:19,960 --> 00:06:23,120 Speaker 1: That's when we use how we feel emotionally in the 97 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:27,440 Speaker 1: present moment to predict how we will feel in the future. 98 00:06:27,760 --> 00:06:29,760 Speaker 1: And it makes sense. You know, you're making a New 99 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:33,719 Speaker 1: Year's resolution, You're like, I am gonna stop listening to 100 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:37,120 Speaker 1: Steely Dan four hours a day, and you feel good 101 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:40,200 Speaker 1: about that in that moment you're free from Dan. So 102 00:06:40,320 --> 00:06:42,280 Speaker 1: you think I'm gonna feel good about this in the 103 00:06:42,320 --> 00:06:45,960 Speaker 1: future too, But will you Well, first of all, been 104 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:49,120 Speaker 1: why would anyone want to free themselves from the glory 105 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:52,080 Speaker 1: that is Steely Dan. I mean I could listen to 106 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:54,680 Speaker 1: nothing but Steely I could listen to nothing but Deacon 107 00:06:54,760 --> 00:06:57,560 Speaker 1: Blues on repeat for the rest of my life and 108 00:06:57,600 --> 00:07:00,320 Speaker 1: be like a happy man. That's certainly a Desert Island 109 00:07:00,440 --> 00:07:03,440 Speaker 1: disc for me. And right now you probably feel really 110 00:07:03,520 --> 00:07:06,200 Speaker 1: solid and really happy saying that, right, But don't make 111 00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:09,880 Speaker 1: it a resolution. No, no, a resolution to listen to 112 00:07:09,920 --> 00:07:13,480 Speaker 1: nothing but Deacon Blues all year and repeat. I think 113 00:07:13,520 --> 00:07:15,840 Speaker 1: you would get How long would you give yourself of 114 00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:18,360 Speaker 1: that one to get sick of it? I I think 115 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:20,400 Speaker 1: I could probably go. I mean, like, I wouldn't have 116 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:22,320 Speaker 1: to listen to it. There'd be some caveats. I wouldn't 117 00:07:22,320 --> 00:07:24,760 Speaker 1: have to listen to it like seven. It would just 118 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:26,760 Speaker 1: be the only song I could listen to when the 119 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:29,360 Speaker 1: need to listen to music struck me. So I would 120 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:32,040 Speaker 1: probably say I would could go maybe a month. Do 121 00:07:32,040 --> 00:07:34,280 Speaker 1: you think you could listen to uh to cover versions? 122 00:07:34,360 --> 00:07:37,720 Speaker 1: Just to like very little good? That's a good one. 123 00:07:37,920 --> 00:07:41,000 Speaker 1: There's a great new cover by um Bill Callahan and 124 00:07:41,120 --> 00:07:44,600 Speaker 1: uh Will Oldham, Bunny Prince Billy of Deacon Blues. Oh 125 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:46,120 Speaker 1: my god, I'm out like a month or so ago. 126 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:48,200 Speaker 1: I love both of That's really really good. All right, 127 00:07:48,240 --> 00:07:51,000 Speaker 1: stop the show. We're gonna listen to that Casey only 128 00:07:51,080 --> 00:07:55,200 Speaker 1: case Yeah, this is fascinating. All of this stuff checks out, 129 00:07:55,280 --> 00:07:57,760 Speaker 1: like I mean, you know, it's great to have scientific 130 00:07:57,840 --> 00:07:59,720 Speaker 1: data backing it up, but all of this stuff really 131 00:07:59,720 --> 00:08:01,880 Speaker 1: does makes sense, and I can feel it in myself, 132 00:08:02,120 --> 00:08:04,320 Speaker 1: and I think, you know, I always say self awareness 133 00:08:04,520 --> 00:08:07,239 Speaker 1: is is the first step to living a better life. 134 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:09,800 Speaker 1: I coined that phrase, um, And I think as long 135 00:08:09,840 --> 00:08:13,800 Speaker 1: as you know yourself and you know what your tendencies are, 136 00:08:13,960 --> 00:08:16,800 Speaker 1: you can probably heads your bets a little bit when 137 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:19,000 Speaker 1: it comes to making New Year's resolutions and not make 138 00:08:19,080 --> 00:08:21,880 Speaker 1: such a big symbolic act out of it, and maybe 139 00:08:21,960 --> 00:08:24,880 Speaker 1: just try to, you know, follow the Christians be just 140 00:08:24,960 --> 00:08:26,960 Speaker 1: try to be a little bit better this year, just 141 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:30,920 Speaker 1: a little bit, you know. Yeah. I would argue, while 142 00:08:30,960 --> 00:08:33,679 Speaker 1: I agree with that, I would argue one thing our 143 00:08:33,920 --> 00:08:38,920 Speaker 1: society and civilization and maybe our species is missing is yes, 144 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:41,120 Speaker 1: we all need self awareness, we need to be honest 145 00:08:41,160 --> 00:08:46,000 Speaker 1: with ourselves, but we also have a severe need for 146 00:08:46,520 --> 00:08:50,080 Speaker 1: awareness of others and consideration of others. I mean, that's 147 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:54,040 Speaker 1: the problem we keep running into we are sometimes too 148 00:08:54,080 --> 00:08:58,080 Speaker 1: focused on ourselves, and that's where the neuroscience comes into play, 149 00:08:58,120 --> 00:09:02,439 Speaker 1: because the area of your brain associated with the idea 150 00:09:02,440 --> 00:09:06,360 Speaker 1: of you in the future is the same area associated 151 00:09:06,440 --> 00:09:10,320 Speaker 1: with thoughts about strangers. So if I'm present Ben and 152 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:13,599 Speaker 1: I'm thinking of something for future Bien, maybe making a 153 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:17,600 Speaker 1: nice duck cam fee or something like that, then that 154 00:09:17,679 --> 00:09:21,679 Speaker 1: guy in my head, according to the mechanisms of my brain, 155 00:09:22,559 --> 00:09:25,280 Speaker 1: is a stranger. I'm thinking about some dude, just some 156 00:09:25,480 --> 00:09:30,600 Speaker 1: random dude making duck coom fee. And this means that 157 00:09:31,400 --> 00:09:35,079 Speaker 1: we're not having as much empathy or understanding of our 158 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:38,240 Speaker 1: future self as we should. We're aware of ourselves in 159 00:09:38,280 --> 00:09:42,160 Speaker 1: the present, but we're not self aware in the future. 160 00:09:42,400 --> 00:09:45,920 Speaker 1: If that makes sense this weird conversation, it makes a 161 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:48,599 Speaker 1: lot of sense. No, no, no, it's a very abstract 162 00:09:48,640 --> 00:09:51,280 Speaker 1: way of looking at it. It makes absolute sense because 163 00:09:51,679 --> 00:09:54,520 Speaker 1: you're as such a remove from your future self that 164 00:09:54,600 --> 00:09:58,720 Speaker 1: it's almost like when you kind of, um, let's see, 165 00:09:58,960 --> 00:10:02,280 Speaker 1: you make plan that you don't really you're not super 166 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:05,520 Speaker 1: excited about because you're making them for your future self, 167 00:10:05,760 --> 00:10:08,760 Speaker 1: and you don't really identify with your future self because 168 00:10:08,760 --> 00:10:11,480 Speaker 1: it's separate from your now self. So you can say, oh, 169 00:10:11,559 --> 00:10:13,760 Speaker 1: my future self will be fine with these plans that 170 00:10:13,800 --> 00:10:16,600 Speaker 1: I have made for him. But then future self becomes 171 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:19,480 Speaker 1: present self and still doesn't like the plans or the idea, 172 00:10:19,679 --> 00:10:21,400 Speaker 1: and then we end up in a in a in 173 00:10:21,440 --> 00:10:24,840 Speaker 1: a vicious cycle of rescheduling or flaking. And this isn't 174 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:33,559 Speaker 1: a mean thing. This is just a thing, you know. Yeah, yeah, exactly. So, 175 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:35,840 Speaker 1: now that we've looked at the neuroscience, which is a 176 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:39,040 Speaker 1: little bit challenging, uh, let's let's go back to something 177 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:42,240 Speaker 1: a little more fun. Let's let's bust out a few 178 00:10:42,320 --> 00:10:45,840 Speaker 1: more explorations of New Year's traditions around the world. What 179 00:10:45,880 --> 00:10:50,800 Speaker 1: do you say, Let's do it all right, So let's see. Uh, 180 00:10:50,880 --> 00:10:53,360 Speaker 1: you know, everywhere around the world, no matter where you go, 181 00:10:53,600 --> 00:10:59,120 Speaker 1: people love snacks, they love feasting, and often people eat 182 00:10:59,200 --> 00:11:03,520 Speaker 1: pork on New Year's in places like Cuba, Austria, Hungary, 183 00:11:03,640 --> 00:11:06,600 Speaker 1: Portugal and so odd they do that because in these 184 00:11:06,640 --> 00:11:11,960 Speaker 1: cultures pigs represent progress and prosperity. Isn't that interesting though, 185 00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:15,880 Speaker 1: that they devour their flesh rather than like, you know, 186 00:11:16,320 --> 00:11:19,400 Speaker 1: revere them and to take them around on little leashes. 187 00:11:19,559 --> 00:11:21,640 Speaker 1: What was that thing we we had the chimney sweeps 188 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:24,240 Speaker 1: in the pig. Wasn't that a New Year's tradition as well? Uh, 189 00:11:24,760 --> 00:11:27,920 Speaker 1: where you'd be plucked the hair, think of of the pig, 190 00:11:28,280 --> 00:11:35,040 Speaker 1: but from like let around by a chimney sweeps the pig. Yes, exactly, 191 00:11:35,120 --> 00:11:37,800 Speaker 1: that happens to pull the pig. That seems weird, but 192 00:11:37,840 --> 00:11:42,200 Speaker 1: it's true. Pork um is often of staple at any 193 00:11:42,520 --> 00:11:45,319 Speaker 1: feasts throughout the year in a lot of these countries, 194 00:11:45,360 --> 00:11:49,000 Speaker 1: but especially around New Year's UM. Also little kind of 195 00:11:49,120 --> 00:11:53,560 Speaker 1: themed cakes in the shapes of rings were assigned, kind 196 00:11:53,559 --> 00:11:57,400 Speaker 1: of of like the full circular path of the year um. 197 00:11:57,480 --> 00:12:02,000 Speaker 1: And then in places like the Netherlands, Mexico and Greece 198 00:12:02,400 --> 00:12:04,960 Speaker 1: all share a lot of these same kind of ring 199 00:12:05,040 --> 00:12:09,680 Speaker 1: shaped confections, and Sweden and Norway you've got rice pudding 200 00:12:09,760 --> 00:12:13,680 Speaker 1: as a popular treat with almonds hidden inside, uh and 201 00:12:13,840 --> 00:12:16,480 Speaker 1: a single almond rather then that's sort of almost like 202 00:12:17,080 --> 00:12:19,960 Speaker 1: the baby in the kingcake, you know, which is that 203 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:24,040 Speaker 1: New Orleans tradition. It symbolizes good luck and whoever finds 204 00:12:24,120 --> 00:12:26,760 Speaker 1: the almond um is supposed to be gifted with twelve 205 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:28,959 Speaker 1: months of good fortune. And that's the same with the baby. 206 00:12:28,960 --> 00:12:31,400 Speaker 1: I believe in the in the kincake, ei either get 207 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:33,640 Speaker 1: the baby or like a piece of cloth, And I 208 00:12:33,679 --> 00:12:35,960 Speaker 1: think the cloth is referred to as the rag, which 209 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:38,360 Speaker 1: sounds gross, and I think probably early days it was 210 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:40,920 Speaker 1: a piece of kitchen rag. But that's the one you 211 00:12:40,920 --> 00:12:43,320 Speaker 1: don't want to get. Well, if you get the baby, 212 00:12:43,600 --> 00:12:46,400 Speaker 1: you have to throw the next party, right, is that right? 213 00:12:46,640 --> 00:12:50,719 Speaker 1: I think so in the next year. Yeah, it's This 214 00:12:50,760 --> 00:12:54,040 Speaker 1: is probably my favorite belief or ritual when it comes 215 00:12:54,080 --> 00:12:58,440 Speaker 1: to the protein portion of a New Year's feast. So yeah, 216 00:12:58,720 --> 00:13:02,000 Speaker 1: some people eat cork, right, and that is considered a 217 00:13:02,040 --> 00:13:07,000 Speaker 1: traditional New Year's uh main dish or entree, but some 218 00:13:07,400 --> 00:13:11,240 Speaker 1: types of meat are avoided. According to the Rio Times, 219 00:13:11,760 --> 00:13:15,600 Speaker 1: people in Brazil often avoid eating chicken for the first 220 00:13:15,640 --> 00:13:19,240 Speaker 1: few minutes of the new year because, get this, chickens 221 00:13:19,440 --> 00:13:23,000 Speaker 1: scratch the earth backwards, So if you're eating chicken, it 222 00:13:23,120 --> 00:13:27,200 Speaker 1: symbolizes going backwards in life rather than forward, and to 223 00:13:27,280 --> 00:13:32,440 Speaker 1: avoid that fate, people eat forward moving food like fish 224 00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:35,400 Speaker 1: and pork. This is like Danny de Vito been always 225 00:13:35,400 --> 00:13:39,040 Speaker 1: study in Philly, like Emily eating blue only eating blue. 226 00:13:39,520 --> 00:13:41,800 Speaker 1: Come on, man, pigs walk around in circles. I've seen 227 00:13:41,800 --> 00:13:43,319 Speaker 1: you to see it. All the time trotting around in 228 00:13:43,400 --> 00:13:47,120 Speaker 1: little little rings you know. Um yeah, getting fish shark 229 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:49,080 Speaker 1: would be a good one because that one never stops, 230 00:13:49,280 --> 00:13:52,320 Speaker 1: you knoww this just keeps going forever earth it will die. Um. 231 00:13:52,360 --> 00:13:55,880 Speaker 1: But yeah, that's the idea of scratching the earth backwards 232 00:13:55,880 --> 00:13:58,560 Speaker 1: with their creepy little chicken feet. Uh sorry, I have 233 00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:01,000 Speaker 1: feelings about chickens in particular. I like to eat them, 234 00:14:01,040 --> 00:14:03,160 Speaker 1: but I don't like the idea of a chicken, you know, 235 00:14:03,640 --> 00:14:06,120 Speaker 1: in the real world with their little creepy witch talents. 236 00:14:06,559 --> 00:14:09,280 Speaker 1: But in Italy, on the other hand, uh, you know, 237 00:14:09,559 --> 00:14:13,160 Speaker 1: big big into harvesting grapes to make wine. Um, this 238 00:14:13,240 --> 00:14:15,560 Speaker 1: is the time of year when they reserve some of 239 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:20,480 Speaker 1: their wine grapes for a very special New Year's you 240 00:14:20,480 --> 00:14:25,960 Speaker 1: know blend. I guess right. Yeah, they're best grapes of 241 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:29,280 Speaker 1: the year they hold back to have on this special occasion. 242 00:14:30,080 --> 00:14:35,880 Speaker 1: And it's sort of celebrating being financially shrewd and being frugal. 243 00:14:36,080 --> 00:14:39,480 Speaker 1: So it's that's oddly enough, that's a celebration of restraint. 244 00:14:40,480 --> 00:14:47,160 Speaker 1: There are some more frightening New Year's traditions. In the 245 00:14:47,280 --> 00:14:52,800 Speaker 1: Japanese village of olga O g a pardon or pronunciations here, 246 00:14:52,880 --> 00:14:56,480 Speaker 1: as we're not native Japanese speakers. Every New Year's Eve, 247 00:14:57,160 --> 00:15:00,880 Speaker 1: guys in the town dress up in grass mass and 248 00:15:01,120 --> 00:15:06,720 Speaker 1: they embody something called the Namajaga, which is a demonic 249 00:15:06,760 --> 00:15:10,360 Speaker 1: figure that goes door to door searching for people who 250 00:15:10,360 --> 00:15:14,080 Speaker 1: are new in town, as John mulaney would say, and 251 00:15:14,120 --> 00:15:17,960 Speaker 1: then they scream at the family and the children and 252 00:15:17,960 --> 00:15:21,960 Speaker 1: the new family members. They say, study, work hard. And 253 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:24,200 Speaker 1: then the people who've lived in the town for a 254 00:15:24,200 --> 00:15:28,080 Speaker 1: while come out and they're like, hey, go away, demon, 255 00:15:28,480 --> 00:15:32,200 Speaker 1: these people are they're legit. We stand by them. And 256 00:15:32,240 --> 00:15:36,360 Speaker 1: then the demon leaves the traumatized youngsters alone for a year. 257 00:15:36,920 --> 00:15:39,640 Speaker 1: These are cool outfits. They kind of remind me of 258 00:15:39,640 --> 00:15:43,480 Speaker 1: the work of a really great artist named Nick Cave, 259 00:15:43,680 --> 00:15:45,360 Speaker 1: not to be confused with you know, Nick Cave and 260 00:15:45,400 --> 00:15:47,800 Speaker 1: the Bad Seeds, but he's like kind of a performance 261 00:15:47,880 --> 00:15:50,360 Speaker 1: artist in the building where our offices are when it 262 00:15:50,400 --> 00:15:53,160 Speaker 1: first opened. Uh, but I think you went. Are you're 263 00:15:53,160 --> 00:15:55,160 Speaker 1: at least aware of everything going on around it? Yeah? 264 00:15:55,160 --> 00:15:57,320 Speaker 1: I did the interviews, that's right. We did a whole 265 00:15:57,320 --> 00:16:00,960 Speaker 1: piece Casey filmed as well for how Still Works. Back 266 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:03,800 Speaker 1: when we were doing video in those days, and the 267 00:16:04,480 --> 00:16:08,000 Speaker 1: artist makes these things he calls sound suits that are 268 00:16:08,080 --> 00:16:11,120 Speaker 1: kind of like wicker kind of that. They're all kinds 269 00:16:11,120 --> 00:16:13,080 Speaker 1: of different ones, but they seem to be very influenced 270 00:16:13,080 --> 00:16:16,760 Speaker 1: by this Namahage. So it's got like a mask, a 271 00:16:16,840 --> 00:16:19,920 Speaker 1: large paper mache looking mask that looks like that traditional 272 00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:23,280 Speaker 1: I think there's actually an emoji of this thing that's 273 00:16:23,280 --> 00:16:26,240 Speaker 1: got kind of big tusks and red and like a 274 00:16:26,280 --> 00:16:28,920 Speaker 1: big nose and kind of like horns almost. And then 275 00:16:28,920 --> 00:16:31,960 Speaker 1: the suit is made of wicker and um kind of 276 00:16:32,040 --> 00:16:34,800 Speaker 1: you know, shuffles around when you move and dance. Uh. 277 00:16:34,840 --> 00:16:37,440 Speaker 1: And it looks like they're carrying little kind of whips 278 00:16:37,480 --> 00:16:40,920 Speaker 1: almost like in their hands. Um. Really interesting. You can 279 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:45,240 Speaker 1: check out some amazing images of these at Unamahage dot 280 00:16:45,280 --> 00:16:51,360 Speaker 1: co dot JP. It's the Namahage Museum. I can't wait 281 00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:53,320 Speaker 1: to see this. I want to be I want to 282 00:16:53,360 --> 00:16:56,080 Speaker 1: get there like a couple of days before the New Year. 283 00:16:56,320 --> 00:16:58,360 Speaker 1: I want to be the person who gets yelled at. 284 00:16:58,440 --> 00:17:00,840 Speaker 1: I I think it will be fun. Uh. There will 285 00:17:00,840 --> 00:17:04,280 Speaker 1: probably be some snacks involved too, I imagine. Well let's 286 00:17:04,359 --> 00:17:08,080 Speaker 1: let's travel. Uh, let's travel a little bit westward and 287 00:17:08,080 --> 00:17:13,000 Speaker 1: go to Turkey. If you are celebrating New Year's in Turkey, 288 00:17:13,480 --> 00:17:17,120 Speaker 1: you might wear red underwear. You might run the faucet 289 00:17:17,640 --> 00:17:20,760 Speaker 1: similar to the way that people in ancient ran would 290 00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:24,360 Speaker 1: sprinkle water as a celebration. And then you'll you'll sprinkle 291 00:17:24,440 --> 00:17:29,400 Speaker 1: salt on your doorsteps in Turkey to ensure prosperity. If 292 00:17:29,440 --> 00:17:33,720 Speaker 1: you're Swiss, you'll skip the salt and you'll just straight 293 00:17:33,840 --> 00:17:36,040 Speaker 1: get that. You'll just straight up throw whipped cream on 294 00:17:36,080 --> 00:17:39,359 Speaker 1: the floor. I mean, it's it's a shame, but you 295 00:17:39,359 --> 00:17:43,760 Speaker 1: know it's weird. Hopeful, hopefully it bodes well for the future. Uh. 296 00:17:43,760 --> 00:17:47,280 Speaker 1: And that's according to the Farmer's Almanac. And this whole 297 00:17:47,640 --> 00:17:50,240 Speaker 1: dollarp of whipped cream on the floor is supposed to 298 00:17:50,320 --> 00:17:54,800 Speaker 1: usher in great prosperity for the year. UM. In the Philippines, um, 299 00:17:54,880 --> 00:17:58,439 Speaker 1: folks will wear polka dots uh, the idea being that 300 00:17:58,520 --> 00:18:03,080 Speaker 1: these circles symbolize prosperity and also that cyclical nature of 301 00:18:03,080 --> 00:18:06,600 Speaker 1: of the new year of birth and rebirth. UM. And 302 00:18:06,640 --> 00:18:09,320 Speaker 1: then in the US here in our deck of the 303 00:18:09,320 --> 00:18:12,640 Speaker 1: woods in the South, black eyed peas and color greens 304 00:18:13,040 --> 00:18:18,200 Speaker 1: and corn bread is a super popular tradition. Get yours now, 305 00:18:18,520 --> 00:18:23,120 Speaker 1: you guys, I'm talking to all our fellow Southern ridiculous historians. 306 00:18:23,720 --> 00:18:27,440 Speaker 1: I hope you already got them, because for Pete's sake, man, 307 00:18:27,560 --> 00:18:31,600 Speaker 1: there is a huge run on color greens and black 308 00:18:31,640 --> 00:18:34,320 Speaker 1: eyed peas every year leading up to the New Year. 309 00:18:34,400 --> 00:18:36,600 Speaker 1: Do you guys celebrate that? I always, I always do. 310 00:18:36,720 --> 00:18:38,960 Speaker 1: I try to. I I have it personally, but maybe 311 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:40,800 Speaker 1: I will this year. How how about your case? How 312 00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:42,680 Speaker 1: do you feel about the color greens, black eyed peas 313 00:18:42,680 --> 00:18:46,760 Speaker 1: and cornbread tradition? Yeah? I actually actually partook of that 314 00:18:46,760 --> 00:18:49,200 Speaker 1: that tradition for the first time last year. I had 315 00:18:49,240 --> 00:18:53,560 Speaker 1: like a good luck New Year's Day meal, and um, 316 00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:55,440 Speaker 1: it's it's not like my favorite food eat, but I 317 00:18:55,480 --> 00:18:57,920 Speaker 1: mean it was cool. The whole tradition was fine. It's 318 00:18:57,960 --> 00:19:01,040 Speaker 1: the tradition. I think there's a reason in that. It's 319 00:19:01,080 --> 00:19:03,680 Speaker 1: not tradition to collar greens and black eyed peas and 320 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:06,680 Speaker 1: cornbread every Thursday of every week, you know what I mean. 321 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:10,239 Speaker 1: But but it's it's an enjoyable tradition. You don't have 322 00:19:10,320 --> 00:19:12,680 Speaker 1: to live in the South to do it. Uh, It's 323 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:15,320 Speaker 1: it's it's just kind of fun, especially if you get 324 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:17,600 Speaker 1: together with friends and you make a whole thing of it. 325 00:19:18,320 --> 00:19:21,360 Speaker 1: I do want to point out I recently heard an 326 00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:26,240 Speaker 1: excellent episode of Rick Steve's show. You guys know Rick Steves, 327 00:19:26,240 --> 00:19:29,959 Speaker 1: the travel guy. What a sweetie, what a sweet sounding guy. 328 00:19:30,040 --> 00:19:32,480 Speaker 1: He's just got the most friendly voice in the in 329 00:19:32,520 --> 00:19:36,520 Speaker 1: the entire universe. He always yeah, he's always like quietly 330 00:19:37,080 --> 00:19:43,560 Speaker 1: delighted to tell you about this this new obscure food 331 00:19:43,680 --> 00:19:46,920 Speaker 1: he's learned about, or how where you should go and 332 00:19:47,080 --> 00:19:51,480 Speaker 1: zagreb in spring travel with Rick Steves, it is high 333 00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:56,200 Speaker 1: Rick Steves bringing you tales of my travels. So Rick 334 00:19:56,240 --> 00:20:01,640 Speaker 1: Steves is like in his holiday episode, he's and today 335 00:20:01,800 --> 00:20:06,240 Speaker 1: we're going to hear the very exciting story from the 336 00:20:06,280 --> 00:20:11,560 Speaker 1: isolated islands of Scotland where they practice something called first 337 00:20:11,800 --> 00:20:16,399 Speaker 1: footing and very good man, we're both doing it and 338 00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:23,320 Speaker 1: we love uh so first footing, which again check out 339 00:20:23,440 --> 00:20:25,879 Speaker 1: Rick show if you haven't yet. He's he's really awesome. 340 00:20:25,920 --> 00:20:27,800 Speaker 1: He's really call me. He's kind of like the British 341 00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:29,920 Speaker 1: Baking show, you know what I mean. He's also really 342 00:20:29,960 --> 00:20:34,640 Speaker 1: into weed. He's he's he's a big um uh legalization 343 00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:36,600 Speaker 1: guy with like normal I think is the name of 344 00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:39,199 Speaker 1: the organization that he raps. I just I didn't know 345 00:20:39,320 --> 00:20:42,280 Speaker 1: that growing up it's kind of like, uh, if you 346 00:20:42,359 --> 00:20:44,879 Speaker 1: rewatch Bill and Ted as an adult and you go up, 347 00:20:44,920 --> 00:20:49,120 Speaker 1: this is kind of a star movie totally. So so 348 00:20:49,800 --> 00:20:54,080 Speaker 1: Rick had this guest on where the guests from Scotland 349 00:20:54,119 --> 00:20:57,640 Speaker 1: who explains to the tradition of first footing and so 350 00:20:57,880 --> 00:21:01,440 Speaker 1: after the stroke of mid on New Years, for good luck, 351 00:21:01,920 --> 00:21:05,560 Speaker 1: the first person to set foot in a house should 352 00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:08,960 Speaker 1: be a tall, dark male burying a lump of coal, 353 00:21:09,560 --> 00:21:14,680 Speaker 1: short bread, salt, a black butt like a bun of bread, 354 00:21:15,280 --> 00:21:21,639 Speaker 1: and we dram of whiskey and then you you trade uh, 355 00:21:21,760 --> 00:21:25,800 Speaker 1: I think you trade shots. But this it's fun to 356 00:21:25,840 --> 00:21:28,800 Speaker 1: hear this description and it's something that really brings the 357 00:21:28,840 --> 00:21:31,480 Speaker 1: community together. I think that's one thing a lot of 358 00:21:31,560 --> 00:21:35,040 Speaker 1: us are going to be struggling with as we get 359 00:21:35,080 --> 00:21:40,040 Speaker 1: into one because you know, usually you're out with your 360 00:21:40,080 --> 00:21:44,160 Speaker 1: friends or you're at someone's house. Um, but as we say, 361 00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:46,600 Speaker 1: we're gonna make it through this. And uh, if you 362 00:21:46,640 --> 00:21:50,720 Speaker 1: have the opportunity, as we always say, call your mom, 363 00:21:50,920 --> 00:21:53,840 Speaker 1: call your mom, call your mom. And I agree, always 364 00:21:53,880 --> 00:22:03,040 Speaker 1: good advice. Well, I will say uh on the record 365 00:22:03,320 --> 00:22:05,840 Speaker 1: that I am trying to resolve to to exercise a 366 00:22:05,840 --> 00:22:07,119 Speaker 1: little more and a lot of it had to do 367 00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:10,760 Speaker 1: with COVID, you know, sort of ruining the gym and 368 00:22:10,800 --> 00:22:12,520 Speaker 1: all of that, and then also just like the kind 369 00:22:12,520 --> 00:22:15,680 Speaker 1: of general malaise that set in um during this year. 370 00:22:16,200 --> 00:22:19,240 Speaker 1: But I went and got myself a little early Christmas present. 371 00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:22,200 Speaker 1: I got this thing called it's for the switch. It's 372 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:26,720 Speaker 1: called Ring Fit Adventure, yes, yeah, and it's like this 373 00:22:26,880 --> 00:22:29,680 Speaker 1: weird kind of stretchy band that you mount the week. 374 00:22:29,920 --> 00:22:32,119 Speaker 1: I'm not the wee those switch controller too, and one 375 00:22:32,160 --> 00:22:33,720 Speaker 1: of them goes on there, one goes on your leg 376 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:36,000 Speaker 1: and it makes you do squats and like all of 377 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:39,560 Speaker 1: these things, but all while collecting coins and fighting monsters. 378 00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:42,560 Speaker 1: So the gamification of exercise is key for me. My 379 00:22:42,560 --> 00:22:44,560 Speaker 1: favorite thing of the gym was this recumbent bike that 380 00:22:44,600 --> 00:22:46,439 Speaker 1: had like a video game screen where you would like 381 00:22:47,480 --> 00:22:51,200 Speaker 1: do like weird little you know, video gaming type adventures. 382 00:22:51,280 --> 00:22:53,960 Speaker 1: So I have already had a pretty good trackord with 383 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:55,840 Speaker 1: this thing. I also got a fit bit, so um 384 00:22:55,920 --> 00:22:58,600 Speaker 1: that is my low key resolution. I'm not putting a 385 00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:00,680 Speaker 1: number on it. I'm just kind of being a general 386 00:23:00,880 --> 00:23:03,240 Speaker 1: I'm gonna try to exercise more. I gonna try to 387 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:05,640 Speaker 1: you know, get my steps in and all that, um 388 00:23:06,040 --> 00:23:07,840 Speaker 1: and not like put a clock on it or put 389 00:23:07,840 --> 00:23:09,720 Speaker 1: a number on weight loss, just kind of try to 390 00:23:09,720 --> 00:23:13,120 Speaker 1: do a little better in general. How about you been well? Uh, 391 00:23:13,160 --> 00:23:16,240 Speaker 1: these are ongoing projects, so I don't want to disclose 392 00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:21,480 Speaker 1: too too much, but I I will say I've got 393 00:23:21,520 --> 00:23:26,320 Speaker 1: some I got some stuff cooking. And as a note 394 00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:29,560 Speaker 1: of encouragement, not just you know, but to you and 395 00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:36,280 Speaker 1: everyone listening. Remember, just because you fall off once doesn't 396 00:23:36,280 --> 00:23:39,000 Speaker 1: mean the game's over. It's not about the battle. It's 397 00:23:39,040 --> 00:23:42,560 Speaker 1: the war. You can stumble a step and still be walking, 398 00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:46,600 Speaker 1: So keep with it. You know where. If you are 399 00:23:46,640 --> 00:23:49,080 Speaker 1: listening now and you have a resolution, we would love 400 00:23:49,240 --> 00:23:51,080 Speaker 1: to hear yours and we'll tell you how to get 401 00:23:51,080 --> 00:23:52,720 Speaker 1: in touch with us at the end of the show. 402 00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:56,720 Speaker 1: Uh for now, Well, one one last thing we've got 403 00:23:56,720 --> 00:23:59,359 Speaker 1: to share. It would be remiss if we didn't do this. 404 00:23:59,440 --> 00:24:03,280 Speaker 1: I think, what is old laying sign? Why do people 405 00:24:03,320 --> 00:24:06,320 Speaker 1: sing it? It's a good question. Then when we're growing up. 406 00:24:06,359 --> 00:24:07,960 Speaker 1: I don't know about you, guys, we're growing up. I 407 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:11,320 Speaker 1: just sort of accepted it and thought that I didn't 408 00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:15,159 Speaker 1: understand the lyrics and I was miss hearing them. I 409 00:24:15,160 --> 00:24:20,120 Speaker 1: thought it was like old laying sign s. I g 410 00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:24,600 Speaker 1: n E was like a sign. I'm I'm only guessing here, 411 00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:26,480 Speaker 1: but I'm assuming it has something to do with Old 412 00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:30,520 Speaker 1: English or like Canterbury Tales, ask kind of that, you know, 413 00:24:30,880 --> 00:24:33,720 Speaker 1: Middle English. I guess, but let's see. It looks like 414 00:24:33,760 --> 00:24:37,720 Speaker 1: it's actually a Scottish poem that was officially committed to 415 00:24:37,880 --> 00:24:42,640 Speaker 1: text in sight by Robert Burns. Uh. And that's according 416 00:24:42,640 --> 00:24:46,040 Speaker 1: to the very helpful Scotland dot org Um. The melody 417 00:24:46,480 --> 00:24:50,040 Speaker 1: is actually from an older folk song that was passed around, 418 00:24:50,240 --> 00:24:53,000 Speaker 1: you know, through oral tradition in Scotland, and then the 419 00:24:53,040 --> 00:24:57,679 Speaker 1: Scottish Museum took Burns poem and said it to to 420 00:24:57,800 --> 00:25:01,119 Speaker 1: that tune. And that's according to the English Folk Dance 421 00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:07,200 Speaker 1: and Song Society mm hmmm. And Burns was thrilled with 422 00:25:07,240 --> 00:25:10,880 Speaker 1: this literally, he was writing about it in a letter 423 00:25:10,920 --> 00:25:13,800 Speaker 1: in sight where he said there is an old song 424 00:25:13,920 --> 00:25:18,000 Speaker 1: and tune which is often thrilled through my soul. And 425 00:25:19,160 --> 00:25:22,920 Speaker 1: he noted that he was at least inspired to write 426 00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:26,560 Speaker 1: these lyrics when he heard an old man singing this 427 00:25:26,680 --> 00:25:30,880 Speaker 1: song and other variations of it that appeared in times 428 00:25:30,920 --> 00:25:35,560 Speaker 1: gone by. The literal translation of old lenk sign is 429 00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:39,399 Speaker 1: old long times. But it means something more along the 430 00:25:39,440 --> 00:25:43,439 Speaker 1: lines of days gone by, once upon a time. So 431 00:25:43,560 --> 00:25:46,840 Speaker 1: it's a great you know, it's a great song for 432 00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:50,359 Speaker 1: people to sing along to in a group when maybe 433 00:25:50,359 --> 00:25:53,120 Speaker 1: there are a couple of drinks in feeling a little nostalgic. 434 00:25:53,520 --> 00:25:55,080 Speaker 1: I know the end of this year is going to 435 00:25:55,160 --> 00:25:58,120 Speaker 1: be a time of deep reflection for a lot of us. 436 00:25:58,119 --> 00:26:00,080 Speaker 1: So maybe you can hop on zoom or maybe we 437 00:26:00,119 --> 00:26:03,639 Speaker 1: could zoom bombs someone and just start singing old lang side. 438 00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:08,800 Speaker 1: I wonder, like, have you guys ever had surprise singers 439 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:11,399 Speaker 1: like Christmas carolers or something show up to your door, 440 00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:14,679 Speaker 1: like a Santa gram perhaps, Yeah, something like that. Have 441 00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:18,000 Speaker 1: you know, well, Carol I've been caroling. I've been a 442 00:26:18,040 --> 00:26:19,920 Speaker 1: wash sail in a time or two with a group 443 00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:21,960 Speaker 1: in my mom's neighborhood. It's kind of fun. I have 444 00:26:22,040 --> 00:26:24,720 Speaker 1: this little tiny red guitar that I strapped on and 445 00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:26,679 Speaker 1: carried it around and I just tried to kind of 446 00:26:27,080 --> 00:26:29,760 Speaker 1: play by ear to to whatever the songs that they 447 00:26:29,760 --> 00:26:31,320 Speaker 1: were singing. It's a lot of fun. But I've never 448 00:26:31,400 --> 00:26:34,679 Speaker 1: been visited upon by carollers. How about you, Casey? I 449 00:26:34,720 --> 00:26:37,119 Speaker 1: think once or twice. Yeah, my parents place, uh in 450 00:26:37,160 --> 00:26:40,160 Speaker 1: the suburbs, like in the little neighborhood there. Um. Yeah, 451 00:26:40,160 --> 00:26:42,280 Speaker 1: I think there's there's been like a few small groups 452 00:26:42,280 --> 00:26:44,720 Speaker 1: of carolers kind of walking around doing their thing. That 453 00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:47,439 Speaker 1: sounds awesome. We associated with Christmas, but maybe we should 454 00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:50,639 Speaker 1: have more official songs for different holidays, you know what 455 00:26:50,680 --> 00:26:53,720 Speaker 1: I mean? Where the arbor day carolers? I agree? What's 456 00:26:53,760 --> 00:26:55,440 Speaker 1: the thing about all the things? Zion? Though it's not 457 00:26:56,680 --> 00:27:00,959 Speaker 1: it's just kind of like a reflective, fun little tune 458 00:27:01,359 --> 00:27:04,160 Speaker 1: that has been associated with New Year's but it's sort 459 00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:07,640 Speaker 1: of about like looking back at you know, the day 460 00:27:07,680 --> 00:27:09,919 Speaker 1: has gone by, and it's a really good summation of 461 00:27:09,960 --> 00:27:12,080 Speaker 1: like all of the themes that we've been talking about 462 00:27:12,080 --> 00:27:17,120 Speaker 1: today from these from these various and sundry um New 463 00:27:17,200 --> 00:27:19,320 Speaker 1: Year's traditions from around the world that take a lot 464 00:27:19,359 --> 00:27:22,119 Speaker 1: of inspiration from each other. Yeah. You know what, as 465 00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:24,760 Speaker 1: a matter of fact, casey uh, if we can find 466 00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:28,360 Speaker 1: a copyright free version of something like this, can we 467 00:27:28,359 --> 00:27:31,520 Speaker 1: can we have that plan just under the there we 468 00:27:31,560 --> 00:27:37,040 Speaker 1: go as we bid. You do what a year ridiculous historians. 469 00:27:37,119 --> 00:27:39,840 Speaker 1: Thank you so much for tuning in, Thank you for 470 00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:43,919 Speaker 1: sticking with us, Thank you for continually being the best 471 00:27:43,960 --> 00:27:48,159 Speaker 1: part of our show. Sorry, Casey, your your second, NOLS, 472 00:27:48,160 --> 00:27:51,879 Speaker 1: third and I'm I'm a strong fourth. Number one is 473 00:27:51,920 --> 00:27:55,000 Speaker 1: our audience. Uh and that that's this show does not 474 00:27:55,119 --> 00:27:57,840 Speaker 1: happen without you. 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I'm about to be 483 00:28:25,560 --> 00:28:28,360 Speaker 1: on a little mini vacation, so maybe i'll maybe I'll 484 00:28:28,359 --> 00:28:31,760 Speaker 1: post some of my vacation Lee activities on there. Um 485 00:28:31,840 --> 00:28:34,680 Speaker 1: you can find me at how Now Noel Brown, and 486 00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:37,840 Speaker 1: you can find me at Ben Bullen h s W. 487 00:28:38,200 --> 00:28:41,720 Speaker 1: Hit me up with your weird history facts sort questions. 488 00:28:41,960 --> 00:28:44,840 Speaker 1: You can also find me and contact me directly at 489 00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:50,680 Speaker 1: Ben Bolan on Instagram. Thanks as always to our dear 490 00:28:50,760 --> 00:28:55,360 Speaker 1: super producer Casey Pegram, thanks to Alex Williams, and if 491 00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:59,720 Speaker 1: you would like to hear more strange beautiful explorations of 492 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:02,840 Speaker 1: all known history. Do check out Ephemeral. I was really 493 00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:05,200 Speaker 1: listening to some of that and it holds up. It 494 00:29:05,280 --> 00:29:10,200 Speaker 1: also features a younger Eaton Brown herself. I believe that's right. 495 00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:13,480 Speaker 1: She does the little isn't the closing alright, it's like 496 00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:15,040 Speaker 1: with a little kind of sign off at the end 497 00:29:15,080 --> 00:29:17,200 Speaker 1: of the show or maybe at the beginning, But yeah, 498 00:29:17,240 --> 00:29:19,800 Speaker 1: she she was much younger at that time, and like 499 00:29:19,880 --> 00:29:23,240 Speaker 1: she's now basically like a grown adult human person. She 500 00:29:23,320 --> 00:29:26,800 Speaker 1: just turned twelve and it's freaking weird, um, but yeah, 501 00:29:27,280 --> 00:29:30,320 Speaker 1: huge thanks to Christopher Haciotes here in Spirit, our research 502 00:29:30,520 --> 00:29:35,840 Speaker 1: associate extraordinaire, Gabe Louisier Um Jonathan Strickland, the Quister. We're 503 00:29:35,840 --> 00:29:37,680 Speaker 1: gonna see him more from him in the new year, 504 00:29:37,720 --> 00:29:43,400 Speaker 1: I guarantee, yes, absolutely. We'd also like to thank Gabe 505 00:29:44,040 --> 00:29:48,120 Speaker 1: or gobb a has just been insisting. Uh, thanks so 506 00:29:48,200 --> 00:29:52,240 Speaker 1: much Gabe for helping us make this amazing show. And 507 00:29:52,320 --> 00:29:55,400 Speaker 1: of course thanks to Eve's Jeff Coat. I just talked 508 00:29:55,440 --> 00:29:58,840 Speaker 1: with her a little bit earlier. She is out hiking 509 00:29:58,920 --> 00:30:02,120 Speaker 1: in the wild. She's on adventures. The pictures are awesome. 510 00:30:02,280 --> 00:30:04,720 Speaker 1: I love it. We'll see you next time, folks. Happy 511 00:30:04,760 --> 00:30:12,080 Speaker 1: New Year. For more podcasts from my Heart Radio, visit 512 00:30:12,120 --> 00:30:14,760 Speaker 1: the I heart Radio app, Apple podcast, or wherever you 513 00:30:14,840 --> 00:30:16,200 Speaker 1: listen to your favorite shows.