About this Episode:

The natural origins of some of our Christmas stories.

Recorded on 23rd December, 2019, in Byron Bay, Australia.

Links and resources

Winter Solstice: The Sun Stands Still on Saturday (Article) https://www.space.com/24014-winter-solstice-sun-movement-explained.html

Santa Is a Psychedelic Mushroom (Article) https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/21/opinion/santa-christmas-mushrooms.html

The human brain doubled in power, very suddenly, 200,000 years ago. Why? (Article) https://bigthink.com/mind-brain/stoned-ape-return?rebelltitem=3#rebelltitem3

Magic mushrooms & Reindeer–Weird Nature–BBC animals (Video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkCS9ePWuLU

Reindeer’s real superpowers could help us beat depression and cancer (Article) https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24432610-700-reindeers-real-superpowers-could-help-us-beat-depression-and-cancer/ 

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