Big Words for Smart People

19: Pastoral


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Hearken back once more to a time when farmers farmed farms and the Gak was abundant, the word for the week is: 

Pastoral - adjective

a(1): of, relating to, or composed of shepherds or herdsmen (2): devoted to or based on livestock raising

b: of or relating to the countryside : not urban
c: portraying or expressive of the life of shepherds or country people especially in an idealized and conventionalized manner
pastoral poetry
d: pleasingly peaceful and innocent : idyllic
 
In this episode:
  • Cat rivals
  • I want a farm, but not, like, a real farm
  • Oh wait, actually, never mind, farming is hard as hell
  • Intentional Orpheus
  • A brief '90s meditation
  • Rural white-people code-switching
  • What's your pastoral dream?
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