Interesting Nuggets

Kendall continues to be a total linguistic nerd and wants to share some peculiar lexical oddities in this episode. Join us to learn words for - having a shapely bottom, stretching and yawning simultaneously, a person who loves their own opinion (loads of those in our 2026 world!) and plenty more.

Join us and expand that lexicon!

Roxanne shares a delicious nugget of female friendship and support.

Icons Marilyn Monroe and Ella Fitzgerald forged a bond built on mutual encouragement, helping each other reach new heights in their careers.

This episode reminds us to lift each other up, like a good bra.

Support your ladies! whether they are new friends, old friends or family.

Kendall presents her nuggets today!

Victor Lustig....Who is Count Victor Lustig?

A man with over 45 known aliases who was an incredibly successful conman. He even managed to sell the Eiffel Tower for scrap metal, a con so successful he went back to try it again.

Join us on this episode of "Interesting Nuggets" for a wild caper of an adventure that takes us all the way to swindling Al Capone and a sentence at Alcatraz.

Kendall shares the fascinating history of the Ouija board with Roxanne—from its 1890s patent and rise alongside Spiritualism to its purchase by Parker Brothers in 1966, when it even outsold Monopoly. Then came its dramatic fall from favour, thanks in part to popular culture—and one little film you may have heard of: The Exorcist.

Join us as we explore the rise, reign, and fall of the Ouija board.

Today is a Roxanne Nugget. She tells us about the strange, surprising, and sometimes baffling things countries around the world have outlawed — from chewing gum to Kinder Surprise eggs. Join us for this tasty nugget on some illicit, banned items and what they reveal about each country and their culture.

Kendall explores the history of raising a glass! Clinking glasses! Toasting! and Cheersing! Why did we start doing this? and Why does every culture do it?

Come join us for a celebration of the CHEERS!

Kendall chews Rox's ear off about where some of history's most popular toys actually got their start. The answers are wildly far from that toy box shoved in the corner of the lounge. From nuclear engineering to industrial cleaning to clairvoyance , the Rubik's Cube, the Slinky, and more all began life doing something nobody would call "play." Tune in for this six pack of Interesting Nuggets, hot and crispy and ready for your consumption!

What to do when you have a “Beaver Problem”? Have you ever considered an air drop of parachuting beavers? Roxanne tells us all about a wild solution dreamed up by Elmo Heter of Idaho Fish and Game Department. What happens when Beavers, surplus WW2 materials and a creative mind converge.

Kendall covers the story of two young Irish boys who, in the 1980s embarked on one massive epic adventure. This story is Home Alone in reverse; completely alone. No parents. No plan. Just two kids and an ocean between them and home. What started as a before dinner play-time turned into international headlines.

Kendall dives into her bag of linguistic curiosities to discuss the colour orange. What were the roots of the word...the colour or the fruit? Then she tells us that many languages have different core colour words from 2-11. These change how each culture shares and communicates the world around them.