FEED DROP: Spirits Podcast – Jewish Lesbian Vampires

About this episode

This episode features a discussion with Samara Breger about reclaiming vampires as queer, feminist, and Jewish figures.

We've got a special treat for you this week, my little Hormones! Historical Homos is proud to present this episode of the Spirits Podcast, a history and comedy pod devoted to mythology, folklore, and the occult. Every episode of the Spirits Podcast features co-hosts Julia and Amanda mixing a drink and discovering a new story or character from a wide range of places, eras, and cultures. Learn brand-new stories and enjoy retellings of your favorite myths, served over ice every week, on Spirits. They're fun, they're clever, they are effectively our spiritual sister podcast (get it? cuz SPIRITS). So please enjoy this episode and we'll be back in your earholes next week with more OG Historical Homos content! *** Spirits Podcast: "Jewish Lesbian Vampires" Author Samara Breger is here to reclaim vampires as queer, feminist, and Jewish figures. Let's find out how! Content Warning: This episode contains conversations about or mentions of antisemitism, The Holocaust, eugenics, blood, homophobia/lesbophobia, misogyny, stalking, predatory relationships, animal death, sex, and death. Guest Samara Breger writes books about women in improbable circumstances falling in love. Before she started…

People in this episode

Host: Sebastian Hendra

Guest: Samara Breger

Topics covered

• Jewish culture
• lesbian representation
• vampires
• mythology
• folklore
• feminism

Keywords

• Jewish Lesbian Vampires
• queer
• feminist
• mythology
• folklore
• antisemitism
• homophobia
• vampires

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Spirits Podcast

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