Episode 52: Spanking Off the Years, A Celebratory Look at Birthday Traditions

It’s their party and they’ll cry if they want to! The Two Humans celebrate their one-year birthday with a buffet of birthday foods and traditions from around the world. 

Episode 52: Spanking Off the Years, A Celebratory Look at Birthday Traditions

An Intro to Anthro with 2 Humans

Human Number One, John McCray, and Human Number Two, John Lehr, re-assess what it means to be human.

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Resources:

Argetsinger, Kathryn

1992 Birthday Rituals: Friends and Patrons in Roman Poetry and Cult. Classical Antiquity, Oct., 1992, Vol. 11, No. 2 (Oct., 1992), pp. 175-193.

 

Bags of Love

2024 History of Birthday Celebrations: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know—And Then Some. Bags of Love (website), www.bagsoflove.com/blog/history-of-birthday-everything-you-ever-needed-to-know/.

 

BirthdayCelebrations.net

2024 Traditions from Around the World: Birthday Celebrations from America. BirthdayCelebrations.net (website).

 

BBC

2023 How Are Birthdays Celebrated across the World? BBC.com, September 2023, www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zs4gdnb.

 

Cheung, Theresa

2023 The Element Encyclopedia of Birthdays. Harper Element, London, UK.

 

Chudacoff, Howard P.

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Debjani

2018 Chaler Payesh, aka Bengali Rice Kheer. Debjani Rannaghar: The Kitchen of Debjani (website), October 22, 2018, kitchenofdebjani.com/2018/10/chaler-payesh-aka-bengali-rice-kheer/.

Drzazgowski, Alexandria

2021 Oto (Mashed Yams with Red Onions) from Ghana. The Foreign Fork (website), August 13, 2021, foreignfork.com/oto/.

 

Eagle, Mary Ann

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Gore, Makinze

2024 Tres Leches Cake. Delish, April 15, 2024, www.delish.com/cooking/recipe-ideas/a58567/easy-tres-leches-cake-recipe/.

 

Hagan, Elizabeth

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Katterman, Stella

2019 My Swedish Princess Cake Recipe (No Baking Required). Stella’s Wardrobe (website), www.stellaswardrobe.com/2019/09/my-diy-swedish-princess-cake-no-baking.html.

 

Kiosow, Brooklyn

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Leila’s Empanadas

2024 Brigadeiro. Brigadeiro (on the box of chocolates), 2024.

 

Levene, Alysa

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Lo, Eileen Yin-Fei

2022 Longevity Noodles. Food & Wine, December 7, 2022, www.foodandwine.com/ recipes/longevity-noodles.

 

Mejia, Paula

2018 The Political Lore of an Iconic Brazilian Sweet. Atlas Obscura, August 27, 2018, www.atlasobscura.com/articles/how-did-the-brigadeiro-become-popular.

 

Nivera, Katrien

2024 9 Dutch Birthday Traditions That’ll Confuse the Heck Out of Internationals. DutchReview, February 29, 2024, dutchreview.com/culture/dutch-birthday-traditions/.

 

Redlich, Orly

2020 The Concept of Birthday: A Theoretical, Historical, and Social Overview, in Judaism and Other Cultures. World Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Technology International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, September 21, 2020, Vol: 14, No. 9, pp. 791-801.

 

Rosanas Ideas

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Ruurs, Margriet and Ashley Barron

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Santos, Leticia Cezario

2023 After All, When Did Celebrating Birthdays Become a Thing? The Oakland Post, February 15, 2023, oaklandpostonline.com/45230/features/after-all-when-did-celebrating-birthdays-became-a-thing/.

 

Schuette, Sarah L.

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Shoham, Hizky

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Tolone, Cecilia

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