45 - Wrapping a Hair Around a Spider's Leg (FIRST HALF)

On this episode, Kris and I discuss initiation rites throughout the world, with an eye towards distinguishing childhood from adulthood in terms of agency when dealing with uncertainty.

We finish up with some practical questions: what’s the best way to know how many gumballs are in a gumball machine? Why are there so many large insects in the Solomon Islands? Does sex magic work?

We continue our quest to acquire new and interesting questions…

Part 1

Death Thinking / Initiation Rites/ Rumspringa / Bull Jumping

Part 2

Land Divers / Developing Agency in Uncertainty / Hieroglyphic Silence

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