Episode 308: Never Mind I Didn't See Your Sign

Show Notes Episode 308: Never Mind, I Didn’t See Your Sign  Part 1 of “Why Do You Believe This Crap?” This week Host Dave Bledsoe’s horoscope warns him that failure to pay outstanding bar tabs will lead to certain distress and emotional pain. (Like we needed an astrologer for THAT prediction) On the show this week we kicked off a series called “Why Do You Believe This Crap?” with Astrology. (And just when we started to get a few listeners too!) Along the way we learn that Dave once met a woman who hates him for leaving instead of hanging around. Then we dive right into the history of the Zodiac and Astrology, from its humble beginnings telling Babylonian Kings when to doink all the way through apps on our phones telling YOU when to doink. (The Stars say Thursday!) We find how newspaper horoscopes became a thing (The Royal Family) and why the Boomers loved shitty Age of Aquarius song. (Drugs) Then we learn why Millennials are all into astrology even if they pretend they don’t really believe in it. (Except they kinda do) Our Sponsor this week is Edna Blavitz Psychic Reader, learn the mysteries of the universe with Edna Blavitz, Psychic Reader. We open the show with Dara O’Brianin who makes a point about lumping people together and close with Bill Engvall who did not see your sign.  Show Theme: https://www.jamendo.com/track/421668/prelude-to-common-sense The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music:https://youtu.be/p5ZkdHImCuQ We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: History of astrology Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_astrology#:~:text=The%20earliest%20Zodiac%20found%20in,lived%20in%20Alexandria%20in%20Egypt. How Are Horoscopes Still a Thing? https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-are-horoscopes-still-thing-180957701/ Horoscopes: Tales of the expected https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/196242/Horoscopes-Tales-of-the-expected Age of Aquarius http://scholar.library.miami.edu/sixties/aquarius.php Nancy Reagan turned to astrology in White House to protect her husband https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-nancy-reagan-astrology-20160306-story.html Astrology in the Age of Uncertainty https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/10/28/astrology-in-the-age-of-uncertainty The New Age of Astrology https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/01/the-new-age-of-astrology/550034/ Uncited Additional Reading:  https://flashbak.com/whats-sign-look-1970s-zodiac-fad-393271/ https://astrostyle.com/learn-astrology/history-of-astrology-timeline/ https://www.astrology-zodiac-signs.com/zodiac-signs/gemini/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices