In this episode co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss holiday food comas, creepy ring tones, Chelsea’s famous wind harp and its contribution to Hollywood sound effects, the righteousness of those who eat plain yogurt, remembering Flash Cubes, new studies linking contagious yawning to empathy, maximum length of tapeworms, fairy tale egg implants, words we can’t say, comedic use of the word “innuendo”, a suspected incendiary device, walking long distances alongside meat birds, poultry angst, Tulsi Gabbard’s homey dinner table video chats, tips for handcrafting a tofu turkey, nostalgia for Gravy Train & Chuck Wagon dog foods, the evils of clever advertising, alleged ties between Emily’s favorite breakfast cereal and the CIA, the new Buy Nothing Day, love/hate for big box stores, tricks for breaking the Amazon habit, reaching the lofty heights of book hoarding, the efficacy of dragging broken appliances to protest marches, dangerous dust bunnies in and around your gas fridge, ecstatic paper crinkling, an alien spelling invasion, how DMV employees personalize their cubicles, an analysis of candy bowls at banks, nursing home heroes, new statistics on fake apologies, how we warp our children into modeling our own contrived behavior, more than you wanted to know about expanding your knowledge of cheese graters and cheese grating techniques, the politics of pre-shredded dairy products - and so much more!
Featuring music from Vermont musicians & friends: Willa Mamet & Paul Miller [Long Ride Home]; Val McCallum [Chateauguay]; Carl Goulet [Jesus, Me and Whiskey].
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