Monday, October 28, 2024
7pm ET (NYC Time)

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Join Eric Huang, creator and host of Saint Podcast as we investigate a special day in which the divide between the living and the dead disappears. Discover how this ancient day of the dead called Samhain collided with the Christian observances of All Saints Day and All Souls Day to evolve into Halloween. As we trace Halloween's journey from a day of reverence to a month-long retail promotion, we'll uncover the roots of Halloween costumes, jack-o’-lanterns, and candy corn while exploring the holiday’s modern manifestations and continued focus on death from Día de los Muertos in Mexico to the queer Halloween Carnival in West Hollywood, as well as Pangangaluluwa in the Philippines, and much, much more.

Eric Huang is a failed paleontologist who’s now the producer and host of Saint Podcast, a history and pop culture podcast about the lives of the saints. Eric was raised Catholic in LA and describes himself as ‘fallen’, although he has retained his boyhood obsession with saints. In addition to Catholica, Eric is fascinated by queer histories, old masters art, and the natural world. He currently lives in London with his grumpy cat, McNulty. Follow him on Instagram at @dinoboy8989.