All Holidays Matter
10 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 4 years ago -All Holidays Matter is a podcast exploring the current traditions and surprising past of holidays around the world. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/allholidaysmatter/support
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008-April Fools' Day: The WORST Holiday for a Pandemic!
March 30, 2020 02:13 - 40 minutes - 37.2 MBI am not looking forward to April Fools' Day this year, but that doesn't mean we can't have a fun episode about it! In this episode I share an embarrassing Peace Corps story and we look at some of the best April Fools' Day pranks ever. Guest: Russell Silva. Intro and outro: April Fools' Day Song (Whitney Avalon ft. Jon Cozart) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMt-v6OA1iw Dropkick Murphy's Smash Shit Up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VaVKE82wMs --- Send in a voice message: https://po...
007 Valentine's Day pt 3 of 3: Sex, Lies, and a Golden Ass
March 29, 2020 06:52 - 58 minutes - 53.9 MBConcluding our episode on Valentine's Day, Russell and Cliff look at how it's celebrated in different countries around the world, find out what chocolate has in common with turkey, and discover that people in the comments sections online are dicks, who knew!? Our intro and outro music is "My Funny Valentine" (Babes in Arms) // Acoustic Cover by Shelly Mazor & idov shai https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNm0sbKvRzs Here's a link to the complete video about Saudi Arabia celebrating Valentine's...
Corona Virus Update
March 21, 2020 20:30 - 2 minutes - 2.16 MBJust wanted to let you know that I'm not ghosting you, but been crazy busy with everything going on regarding the coronavirus. Be back real soon! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/allholidaysmatter/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/allholidaysmatter/support
006 Frivolous Festivities: Leap Day
February 29, 2020 06:05 - 10 minutes - 9.23 MBIf we have to have an extra day of the year, why does it have to be in February? In this quickie, we look at the extra day squeezed into the calendar at the end of February. Outro music is by Jonathan Mann: Leap Year Song. Check it out on YouTube! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/allholidaysmatter/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/allholidaysmatter/support
005 Valentine's Day pt 2: Sex, Lies, and a Golden Ass
February 23, 2020 19:58 - 1 hour - 59.7 MBRussell and I continue our exploration in to the history of Valentine's Day with a discussion about love languages, a man turned into a donkey, and the strange history of Cupid. The intro/outro song is by 1girl1guitar, and you can find her at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jszeBbm6WYc --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/allholidaysmatter/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/allholidaysmatter/support
004 Valentine's Day: Sex, Lies, and a Golden Ass (part 1)
February 13, 2020 02:04 - 1 hour - 61.3 MBHave you ever thought Valentine's Day was a whole bunch of lies? It pretty much is! Check out the strange and convoluted history of this holiday in this episode with guest host Russell Silva. Intro and outro music is clipped from the Merrel Twins' "It's Valentine's Day Song" . Check out the full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytMPI_6iw9o --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/allholidaysmatter/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spo...
003 Of Mice and Men and Robert Burns' Skull, part 2
January 27, 2020 04:28 - 2 hours - 145 MBIn the second half of our Robert Burns Night episode, we look at the later days of Burns' life, some of his successes and failures, and learn why Haggis apparently is more dangerous than assault riffles. Special Guest: Dan VanVoorhis. Buy our Robert Burns Night Matters shirts, hoodies, mugs, baby onesies, etc at https://www.teepublic.com/user/allholidaysmatter/ Visit the Indie Audio network at indieaudio.net Here's the video of the forensic facial reconstruction of Robert Burns: https://w...
002 Of Mice and Men and Robert Burns' Skull, Part 1
January 21, 2020 16:22 - 49 minutes - 46.3 MBJanuary 25th is Robert Burns Day and in our second episode, we look into who the hell Robert Burns is and why the hell he gets a holiday. Because of snow-related issues, this episode was forced to be broken up into two parts, hopefully the second will get up before the 25th... (Burns' poem in the intro, "Selkirk Grace", was uploaded by "urbanegorilla". The Spanish translation is by Vlad Bujanda Valiente, the Spanish version vocal is Ana Maria Duffy, and the Scots vocal is by Andrew C Fergus...
001 New Years, New Traditions
December 30, 2019 23:48 - 2 hours - 114 MBWelcome to the first episode of All Holidays Matter! A podcast where we explore the origin, traditions, and people's experiences on holidays around the world. My guest for this first episode is history teacher Miguel Gravelle Izaguirre and we discuss the surprising past of New Year. I mentioned date wine at some point in this episode, so here's a recipe I found online. I've never made it or had it, but it looks good! http://winemaking.jackkeller.net/reques64.asp --- Send in a voice messa...
000 All Holidays Matter Trailer
December 22, 2019 18:29 - 1 minute - 1.92 MBAll Holidays Matter is a new podcast series dropping at the start of the New Year. In this podcast, we'll explore holiday traditions around the world, some you'll know, and others will be new to you and unexpected. Check out this trailer to learn more, and don't forget to subscribe so you can get our new episodes as they arrive. And, in this spirit of sharing, be a friend and share it with your friends on social media so they can subscribe too! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcast...