{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The State Between Us","title":"42. Púcaí, Banshees, and MI5: A Proper Samhain w/ Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/551d520e\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":5323,"description":"Anti-fascist historian Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc returns to the show to share the indigenous Irish origins of Halloween. He gives us the lowdown on púcaí forest fairies, eerie banshees, and even scarier MI5 psyops to create a satanic panic in the 1970s. Sharpen your turnip-carvin' implements and get your Samhain right!\n\nLike it? Share it! Connect to The State Between Us at patreon.com/TheStateBetweenUs for more episodes, exclusive content, and live events for as little as $3 a month! Join free today!\nBluesky: @thestatebetweenus.bsky.social‬\nInstagram: thestatebetweenuspod\nYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheStateBetweenUsPod\n\n\nGet Padraig's Burn Them Out!: A History of Fascism and the Far Right in Ireland from Bloomsbury press!\n\n\nOther learnins':\n\nMag Fhloinn, Bill. Blood Rite: The Feast of St. Martin in Ireland. 2016. Get here!\nJenkins, Richard. Black Magic and Bogeymen: Fear, Rumour and Popular Belief in the North of Ireland 1972-74. Cork, 2014.\nGregory, Augusta. Visions and beliefs in the west of Ireland. 1920. Read free here!\n\n\nLinks to the videos discussed in the episode:\nKids talk about banshees\nThe TFP hates fun\n\n\nOpening song: Morpheus This Time by Ghost Collar\nClosing song: Port na bPúcaí by Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh & Billy Mag Fhloinn. Music video and lyrics here!\n\n\nOther music by Ghost Collar, Koleso Nešťastia, and pixabay.org, esp. Geoff Harvey","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/WGPc_0fRvE6OoYR28zJyokp1lOZEzuRrjU40jzjx_Ok/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xMjVh/MmZlNmM1ZWFhMWFl/MzNhMzY3YmI3M2Nl/Y2YxOS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}