Beef hosts an episode looking at some of the most common of superstitions, and how they started.

Listen on AcastiTunes, and most other podcast services.

 

Superstition Links

The superstitions origins were taken from this article on livescience.com –
The Surprising Origins of 9 Common Superstitions

The TEDED vid we watched near the end can be watched in full on YouTube here –
Where do superstitions come from?

 

References

The Simpsons – ‘Homer Vs. Lisa And The 8th Commandment’ (Bart saying Hell episode)
Futurama – ‘The Luck Of The Fryrish’ (seven leaf clover episode)
Futurama – ‘Jurassic Bark’ (the dog episode)
Malcolm In The Middle – ‘Bowling’ (‘Two to go!)

Wishbone

William’s Wish Wellingtons

 

Music

Superstition‘, by Stevie Wonder

Captain Of Your Ship‘, by Reparata and the Delrons
(more specifically THIS classic Muller Rice advert, used as outro music this week)