The Highly Spirited Podcast
The Mai Tai and Haunted Beaches
Jul 16, 202518 min
Its’s beach weather! Let’s make a Mai Tai and talk about some spooky, sandy places
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The Highly Spirited Podcast
Hosted by Stephanie McNew · society · EN
About this Podcast:
The Boozy and Boos-y biweekly podcast filled with cocktail histories and spooky stories
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Who hosts The Highly Spirited Podcast?
The Highly Spirited Podcast is hosted by Stephanie McNew. The show has published 170 episodes to date.
What has The Highly Spirited Podcast covered recently?
Recent episodes include "The Mai Tai and Haunted Beaches" (16 July 2025, 18 minutes), "Bloody Mary & Urban Legends" (30 May 2025, 30 minutes), and "The Richmond Gimlet & Polly Bodine" (14 March 2025, 15 minutes).
How often does The Highly Spirited Podcast publish?
The Highly Spirited Podcast publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 15 minutes across 170 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on The Highly Spirited Podcast?
Booking probability for The Highly Spirited Podcast is 25%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Highly Spirited Podcast requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Highly Spirited Podcast's contact route on record: verified email.
About the host
Stephanie McNew hosts The Highly Spirited Podcast, a society podcast with 170 episodes published.
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Recent episodes
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Episode #5
Bloody Mary & Urban Legends
May 30, 202530 minS3Popping in with an episode all about the breakfast queen of garnishments; The Bloody Mary, and some urban legends. Let’s kick off summer by getting some brunch and getting scared!
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The Richmond Gimlet & Polly Bodine
Mar 14, 202515 minToday’s episode features a Staten Island cocktail and possibly a witch (aka an innocent woman)
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The Saturn Cocktail & Crimes of Passion
Mar 7, 202520 minThis new season is coming in HOT with an award winning Tiki cocktail and stories of crimes of passion!❤️🔥 Also find out which Cryptids, I’d maybe have drinks with 🥃
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Creepsmas 2024: Mari Lwyd & The Christmas Scarecrow
Dec 27, 20247 minExplore a darker side of holiday spirits this year. Today we talk about the Welsh tradition of Mari Lwyd and the French legend of Hans Trapp, The Christmas Scarecrow
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Creepsmas 2024: The Yule Lads & Yule Cat
Dec 20, 20247 minExplore a darker side of holiday spirits this year. Today we’re talking about Icelandic folklore legends the Yule Lads and the Yule Cat
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Creepsmas 2024: The Krampus
Dec 13, 20245 minExplore a darker side of holiday spirits this year, starting with The Krampus from Germanic Folklore
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Interview: Talkin’ Bourbon and Chicago Ghosts with John Flores
Dec 6, 202434 minA few weeks ago John Flores had reached out to me on TikTok and said he had some stories about a haunted sausage factory and a personal story about a haunted apartment in Chicago, and I was like “Yep! I absolutely want...
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The Chicago Handshake & H.H. Holmes
Nov 29, 202422 minGrave robbing, Insurance fraud, Horse theft, Mistresses, Murder, and even a botched execution…H.H. Holmes has done it all!
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The Vieux Carré and The Axeman of New Orleans
Nov 22, 202416 minA very NOLA centric episode, we make a classic Vieux Carré Cocktail then get into the mysterious Axeman
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3rd Friday: Old Hollywood! The Noel Spritzer & Natalie Wood
Nov 15, 202414 minThis episode features a seasonally appropriate white wine spritzer, featuring Chardonnay- the favorite wine of the iconic Natalie Wood. Then we get into her mysterious death. Was it an accidental drowning, or was there...
- Nov 8, 202425 minS3
Veteran’s Day is Monday let’s talk a historic, but very easy cocktail to make cocktail and some haunted military bases! Also, a BIG Thank You to those who have served!!
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The Rickey and Haunted DC
Nov 1, 202416 minWhat’s scarier than a U.S. Election? Haunted Washington DC, of course! Jokes aside, please vote like you actually LIKE the women in your life
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Terror Tuesdays: The Bride
Oct 29, 20246 minTerror Tuesdays is a limited 4 week series of original ghost stories for the month of October 2024; All written and read by me.
- Oct 25, 202414 minS3
This episode originally aired in the summer of 2022, but in my opinion it’s one of the BEST American ghost stories and deserves to be told over and over. Happy Halloween week!
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Terror Tuesdays: Summer Camp
Oct 22, 20245 minTerror Tuesdays is a limited 4 week series of original ghost stories for the month of October 2024; All written and read by me.
Episode #41
Re-airing of The Paper Plane and Aliens
Oct 18, 202419 minS3This episode originally aired in the summer of 2022, but aliens and UFOs always give me cold chills so I thought it’d be perfect to bring back for this spooky season!
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Terror Tuesdays; The Blue Chair
Oct 15, 202411 minTerror Tuesdays is a limited 4 week series of original ghost stories for the month of October 2024; All written and read by me.
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Terror Tuesdays: The Hitchhiker
Oct 9, 20245 minTerror Tuesdays is a limited 4 week series of original ghost stories for the month of October 2024; All written and read by me.
Episode #39
The Old Vermont Cocktail and Haunted Vermont
Oct 4, 202416 minS3Let’s kick off Halloween month by hearing some ghost stories from the land of maple syrup and pretty leaves
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