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NICOLE RICHIE talks to Sasha Sagan about her long, happy relationship with a very common, very strange custom.
We’ll also hear from experimental psychologist DR. ROHAN KAPITANY, a specialist in rituals and supernatural beliefs, about this and other lesser deities who populate the minds of our children—usually because we put them there ourselves.
Sasha sits down with author and adventurer JEDIDIAH JENKINS to explore a human custom that can be fun and games—or life and death. We’ll also hear from historian JORDAN GIRARDIN about the surprising origins of the custom, and the ways we’re still not getting it quite right after 500 years of trying.
Sasha Sagan kicks off the Strange Customs podcast with actor, author, and activist BRANDON KYLE GOODMAN in a thoughtful and hilarious conversation about an ancient custom that is a major part of Brandon’s life—but one they couldn’t have participated in just a few years ago.
We’ll also hear from historian STEPHANIE COONTZ about how changeable and varied this “traditional” custom has actually been over the centuries.
How would you explain wedding rings to an extraterrestrial? What about a birthday cake, or fireworks on New Year’s Eve? Why do we do things the way that we do them? We take on customs from our ancestors and teach them to the next generation, often without examining them. But when we take a step […]
