SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: Dragons: As Real as Mermaids
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Hey everybody, Chuck here with episode seven of the S Y S K. Not S-U-S-K, like we get in emails. Stuff U. Why O U Should Know Playlist. Cause we're getting weird, everybody. This episode's on Dragons. Dragons colon. As real as mermaids.
See what we did there? Welcome to Stuff You Should Know, a production of iHeartRadio.
Hey and welcome to the podcast. I'm Josh. There's Chuck Dragonslayer Bryant. And uh well that's it. It's just the two of us. We can make it if we try, Chuck. Just the two of us. Dragons and us.
And the great Bill Withers.
What's up, Perwood? Can't even say with the straight say. We just had the same conversation like two months ago. I'm not doing it again.
Oh, about Bill Withers?
Yeah, I didn't realize that that was a Bill Withers song. It was a good song. Lean on Me Though, man, is just whoa. I cannot take it.
Grandma's Bed.
What is that? Is that a Bill Withers song? I did not know that.
It's good. He's he's great. And we probably have this exact same conversation.
I don't know if we had that one or not, but you know who else I like? Um who's a little bit like Bill Withers, not quite as cool, I guess, if you're like a cool person, but um George Benson was amazing and still is. I think he's still around. You ever listen to his stuff?
Yeah, but now I'm realizing that I uh maybe I should just not correct myself and let people be send in a bunch of emails. Oh, I love that.
I love that. It's when we get a million of the same emails.
It's grandma's hands. I was getting it uh uh John Denver's grandma's feather bed kind of just was in the ether. So 'cause we just talked about John Denver about karaoke. about karaoke, sorry. Grandma's bed. Grandma's bed.
Grandma's hands. The follow-up to use me up. So dragons. Yeah, let's talk about dragons. Let's have a pleasant conversation about dragons, shall we, Chuck?
Yeah. Dragons uh aren't real. And you'll notice by the title of this episode, which is Dragons Colon As Real as Mermaids.
Mm, yeah.
And it's funny because I think the week before this comes out, Mermaids is a is our pick for the uh Selects. The select episode, so it's it aligns perfectly.
That is perfect. The dragons
aren't real.
Well, okay. I please stop saying that because you're crushing my dreams. Sorry. Um, so when we th when we talk about dragons, we have to say right here at the outset that there's a lot of different kinds of dragons.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–5:45
2
What is the opening premise of the episode and who are the hosts?
5:45–7:04
3
How do the hosts define dragons and why do they compare them to mermaids?
7:04–16:25
4
What are the main differences between Western (European) and Asian dragons?
16:25–26:29
5
How did ancient myths (Sumerian, Biblical, and early folklore) contribute to the dragon archetype?
26:29–27:31
6
What evolutionary theory explains why dragons appear in every culture?
27:31–49:42
7
Which historic artworks and manuscripts first visualized dragons in the West?
49:42–50:32
Speakers
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