We're talking about perhaps the greatest Metallica song, probably the most listened to now that it got the Stranger Things bump.

And we're talking about "puppet". The word, the history, the creep factor, the surprising relevance and popularity of puppets today. If anything, they're more popular than ever before.

For Eurovision, we talk about Estonia's 2024 entry 5MIINUST and Puuluup ‘(nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi.’ Definitely in my (Russell's) top 3 favorite songs of the competition. This is also the last episode we recorded pre-Eurovision so after this one we'll finally know what the rest of the world has known for months regarding the winner, the controversies, etc.

This is of course our second episode on the topic of puppets. If you haven't listened to our interview with Matt Sandbank the puppeteer yet, go back and give that a listen before or after this one.

You can find Matt Sandbank at these links:

His instagram here: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/sandbank_shadow_factory/⁠

Or his website: ⁠http://www.sandbankshadowfactory.com/⁠

Find us on instagram here: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/gettingdownandwordy/⁠

And email us at ⁠[email protected]⁠

Huge thanks to Patsy Walker for the use of our theme song “Who’s Wordy Now”!

This week’s promoted podcast is Bad Acts. Find them anywhere you get podcasts or at this link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bad-acts-a-true-crime-podcast/id1538464479

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