Fabulist

Best friend goals; The Rat Pack as told by Shannon and Lizz tells the story of Oprah and Gayle.

SOURCES

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_School_of_Night

https://www.marlowe-society.org/christopher-marlowe/life/the-free-thinkers/

https://www.prevention.com/life/a39861145/oprah-winfrey-gayle-king-friendship-origin/

https://www.oprahdaily.com/life/relationships-love/a26965035/oprah-and-gayle-friendship/

https://www.oprah.com/omagazine/gayle-king-and-oprah-uncensored-the-o-magazine-interview

https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/pictures/surprise-celeb-bffs-2009268/#:~:text=The%20lifestyle%20g

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-creation-of-the-rat-pack/ 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean%27s_11#Reception 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_Pack 

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2011/03/lauren-bacall-201103 

https://musicoholics.com/backstage-stories/the-rat-pack-a-squad-of-hollywood-bad-boys/ 

https://okmagazine.com/p/the-original-oceans-11-the-true-story-behind-the-film-that-made-the-rat-pack/ 

https://www.avclub.com/decades-before-george-clooney-pulled-a-big-heist-sinat-1846898565

Happy new year! Let's celebrate the good old days and the good old workouts.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auld_Lang_Syne

https://www.rd.com/article/what-does-auld-lang-syne-mean/

https://www.scotland.org/features/the-history-and-words-of-auld-lang-syne

https://americansongwriter.com/behind-the-song-lyrics-auld-lang-syne-popularized-by-robert-burns-guy-lombardo-dick-clark-and-more/

https://www.timessquarenyc.org/times-square-new-years-eve/nye-history-times-square-ball#:~:text=HISTORY%20OF%20THE%20NEW%20YEAR'S,to%20signal%20the%20New%20Year.

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/jane-fonda-workout-remember-when/index.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Fonda%27s_Workout https://savyagency.com/bowflex-and-modern-marketing/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_spinoff_technologies#Bowflex_Revolution http://www.tadias.com/10/20/2014/remembering-bowflex-inventor-dosho-tessema-shifferaw/ https://www.ethiosports.com/2014/10/22/ethiopian-born-bowflex-inventor-and-entrepreneur-passed-away/ https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/print-edition/2013/03/22/hoping-lightning-strikes-twice.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CrossFit https://www.crookedrivercrossfit.com/the-history-of-crossfit/

A holiday episode about the most iconic man and beverage of the season.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToYfRlEDY_E

https://www.coca-colacompany.com/company/history

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stith_Pemberton

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asa_Griggs_Candler

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Coca-Cola_Company

https://www.invent.org/inductees/william-painter#:~:text=William%20Painter%20invented%20the%20crown,with%20stoppers%20and%20bottle%20caps.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_cork

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Coca-Cola_Company

https://www.coca-colacompany.com/company/history/the-history-of-the-coca-cola-contour-bottle

https://www.coca-colacompany.com/company/history/five-things-you-never-knew-about-santa-claus-and-coca-cola

https://www.coca-colacompany.com/news/coca-colas-polar-bears

https://www.coca-colacompany.com/press-releases/arctic-home-generates-over-2-million-polar-bear-conservation

https://www.rd.com/article/mcdonalds-coke/

In this episode Lizz talks about Sari Solden and her groundbreaking work for women with ADHD and Shannon talks about Kitch Childs, a psychologist, activist, and queer woman of color who practiced feminist therapy, anti-racism, and LGBTQIA+ advocacy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._Kitch_Childs https://feministvoices.com/exhibits/e-kitch-childs 

https://www.kennethyoung.org/blog/inspiringblackleaders 

https://www.kennethyoung.org/blog/inspiringblackleaders 

https://www.betterhelp.com/advice/therapy/feminist-therapy-helps-everyone/ 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality_in_the_DSM 

https://daily.jstor.org/how-lgbtq-activists-got-homosexuality-out-of-the-dsm/ 

https://www.2civility.org/celebrating-illinois-lgbtq-history/ 

https://www.sarisolden.com/

https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-bitch-fix/episode/ep-150-evolving-conversations-about-women-with-adhd-with-sari-solden-207580557

https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/solden-sari

https://add.org/celebrating-20-years-of-women-with-adhd-a-conversation-with-sari-solden/

Please enjoy this episode. Yours in headphones, with deepest gratitude, and best wishes for a good holiday and wine worthy of note, Shannon and Lizz  

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We are so happy to give you this Jimmy Buffet episode of more origins and meanings of phrases like 'spilled the beans', 'the walls have ears', and the ever present 'pull yourself up by your bootstraps'. 

SOURCES

Wikipedia: Idiom, linguistic relativity, turning a blind eye, ear of Dionysius

 https://www.rd.com/article/spill-the-beans-meaning; http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/05/origin-phrase-coin-phrase/; https://www.wordorigins.org/big-list-entries/pussyfoot; https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-gastronomy/how-apples-go-bad; https://abcnews.go.com/US/bad-apples-phrase-describing-rotten-police-officers-meaning/story?id=71201096#:~:text=%22Historically%2C%20there%20is%20a%20version,quarter%20to%20sin%20or%20sinners.%22; https://www.rd.com/article/bite-the-bullet-meaning/; https://www.historyextra.com/period/victorian/why-we-say-phrase-bite-bullet/; https://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2012/11/where-the-phrase-speak-of-the-devil-came-from/; https://www.cxomedia.id/art-and-culture/20220302191847-24-173971/why-do-we-say-pinky-promise; https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants.html; https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/what-is-the-origin-of-the-phrase-flying-by-the-seat-of-your-pants-20050312-gdkwem.html; https://airplaneacademy.com/airplane-slipping-vs-skidding-turn-what-you-should-know/; https://zapier.com/blog/you-cant-pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps/; https://interestingliterature.com/2020/08/steal-my-thunder-phrase-origin/; https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/words-and-their-stories-the-walls-have-ears/4003874.html; https://www.loc.gov/everyday-mysteries/meteorology-climatology/item/what-is-the-origin-of-the-phrase-its-raining-cats-and-dogs/; https://www.jonathanbecher.com/2020/06/14/bring-home-the-bacon/

In this manners adjacent episode, Shannon tells the stories of Chivalric codes, orders, love, and courts and Lizz tells the tales of The Law of Hospitality and guests rights.

SOURCES

The Knights Hospitaller https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSnt1ATgYRo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hospitium Patheos.com Wyrd Words: Pagan Ethics and Odin’s Rites of Hospitality by Alyxander Folmer

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/agora/2014/07/wyrd-words-pagan-ethics-and-odins-rites-of-hospitality/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanngrisnir_and_Tanngnj%C3%B3str#:~:text=Tanngrisnir%20(Old%20Norse%3A%20%5B%CB%88t%C9%91n%CB%90%CB%8C%C9%A1risnez%CC%A0,god%20Thor%20in%20Norse%20mythology.

Norse-mythology.org Innangard and Utangard https://norse-mythology.org/concepts/innangard-and-utangard/

Norse-mythology.org The Take of Utgarda-Loki https://norse-mythology.org/tale-utgarda-loki/

Greekreporter.com Philoxenia: The Ancient Roots of Greek Hospitality https://greekreporter.com/2022/08/21/philoxenia-the-ancient-roots-of-greek-hospitality/

Please enjoy this episode about the beloved Nessie, the Loch Ness Monster, and sea shanties.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loch_Ness

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loch_Ness_Monster

https://www.scotsman.com/news/environment/loch-ness-monster-sightings-probably-otters-1505014

Scotsman.com Loch Ness Monster sightings ‘probably otters’ by The Newsroom

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHGecqSk53Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wW6eKLLViK8

This Guy Hates the Tunnel Idea

http://www.lochnessinvestigation.com/tunnels.html

https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/sea-shanty-facts-history-meaning 

https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/Sea-Shanties/ 

http://singshanties.blogspot.com/p/types-of-shanties.html?m=1 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_shanty

In this special 11.11 episode, Shannon explains angel numbers and Elizabeth tells us what angels really look like.

SOURCES

https://www.britannica.com/topic/number-symbolism/Pythagoreanism

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Archangels#:~:text=Michael%2C%20Gabriel%2C%20Raphael%2C%20Uriel%2C%20Selaphiel%20(Salathiel),Feast%20Day%3A%20November%208

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hierarchy_of_angels

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seraph

https://people.howstuffworks.com/9-types-of-angels.htm

People.howstuffworks.com 9 Types of Angels by the Editors of Publications International, Ltd.

Let's play tell a story about a game. Lizz tells the us the history of playing cards and Shannon regales us with the girl power roots of Monopoly.

SOURCES

https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vQURWMzE2MjgwNzI4MA/episode/NGE0N2QzODgtMTE4MC0xMWVkLTk3NGEtYWY5MTYyYjk2MDQ1?hl=en&ved=2ahUKEwiRlJet_-n6AhWxlmoFHZO5DtoQjrkEegQICBAF&ep=6

Everything Everywhere Daily: The Origin of Playing Cards

https://podcasts.apple.com/cr/podcast/episode-135-a-house-of-cards/id538608536?i=1000469320417&l=en

History of English Podcast Episode 135: A House of Cards

https://playingcarddecks.com/blogs/all-in/history-playing-cards-modern-deck

Playingcarddecks.com The History of Playing Cards: The Evolution of the Modern Deck by Will Roya

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxNtKMBWd4Y

Play-In Games Who Are the Face Cards? - A History of the Court Cards

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_of_Rheinfelden

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_(playing_card)#:~:text=The%20knave%20card%20had%20been,considered%20common%20or%20low%20class.

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/08/the-lost-origins-of-playing-card-symbols/537786/

Theatlantic.com The Lost Origins of Playing-Card Symbols by Adrienne Bernhard

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playing_card

https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/monopoly-city/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/monopoly-was-designed-teach-99-about-income-inequality-180953630/

https://www.henrygeorge.org/dodson_on_monopoly.htm

https://www.monopolyland.com/monopoly-pieces/

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.insider.com/facts-about-monopoly-2018-6%3famp