Sip N' Spin

Welcome to another episode! Our 50th episode to be exact!!

(We meant to do something a little more for this one, but uh, we kinda forgot..)

This week we are getting to cover the topic: mystical! This is a topic we greatly enjoy and this recording was a lot of fun. Word stumbles and all. Brittany was also in charge of the drinks this week and so she created a cocktail perfect for the evening. The 'Witches Brew' is made up of vodka, sprite, pineapple juice, and lime green jello. It's green, it's frothy, and it's best served in a cute potion bottle.

Brittany talks some about the history of palmistry. She talks about how it was viewed in a scientific manner in the past as well as how some today are still testing the scientific viability of the practice. After that, she then goes into a very beginner friendly way to ease into reading a palm yourself. This part has a lot of directions that could become confusing and she did create a visual aid of her own hand that you can find on our socials that may make this section a little easier to follow. 

Skylar talks about the early (written) history of Herbalism. There is quite a lot of history surrounding this topic, and for that reason Skylar only touches on a little bit of it. Otherwise, this could be a 5 hour episode. After touching some on the history she then goes over some specific popular herbs and talks about their medical uses as well as how they are commonly used spiritually. 

*We really enjoyed this topic, and of course like everything else we cover, we are in no way professionals, so just take this for what it is: two curious and open minds who like to talk about fun and interesting things!

As always, thanks so much for listening! If you enjoy us enough to share or recommend us to a friend, we would love you that much more!

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Skylar

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Brittany

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Welcome to another episode!

This week we get to go back in time because we are talking bout history. The drink this time was white wine again, and so we are once again drinking some Bota Box, but this time the Breeze variety. 

Brittany still has a few issues leftover from Covid. Mainly: some coughing and getting winded, so excuse that please. She does however, have a longer section than what's been her norm lately. This week she talks about the lesser known founding father: Gouverneur Morris. Don't let the topic fool you into thinking this will be like any old boring discussion on an old white man. This man has a pretty bonkers story, and it's actually quite a lot of fun. 

Skylar takes us back to prohibition days. Back when people were sneakily making their own moonshine, and ya know, the government was casually just poisoning everyone. Her section is a little shorter than normal, but it's still a wild time in our history that should really be discussed more often. 

As always, thanks so much for listening! If you enjoy us enough to share or recommend us to a friend, we would love you that much more!

xCheers!

Feel free to reach out to us!

Show

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Skylar

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Brittany

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Welcome to another episode!

This weeks topic could not have been more perfect since this is the first week of October and we get to talk about paranormal! We have not gotten to cover this topic since our very FIRST episode, and it's such a fitting way to start off spooktober.

Brittany is recently recovered (mostly) from covid. But since research and everything for this week did coincide with her feeling like crap and just wanting to sleep, her segment will be a little on the shorter side. She covers a smaller legend from the mountains in West Virginia. This tale is the legend of Screaming Jenny and her story takes place is the supernatural-prone city of Harper's Ferry, West Virginia. 

https://www.wvgazettemail.com/flipside/flipside_entertainment/the-tragic-tale-of-screaming-jenny-flipside/article_f6320013-ff6a-52ae-896d-2b89c87a40da.html

https://darkhauntings.wordpress.com/2016/07/05/screaming-jenny/comment-page-1/

https://americanfolklore.net/folklore/2010/07/screaming_jenny.html

https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/west-virginia/legend-of-screaming-jenny-wv/

Skylar talks about the notoriously haunted Waverly Hills Sanatorium. The Waverly Hills Sanatorium is a former sanatorium that opened in 1910 and was used to treat tuberculosis. It went through many changes over the years and grew quite the reputation for itself. In 2001 it was purchased by the current owners, and slowly became known as one of the more haunted places in the United States. Skylar talks about all of the history of the building as well as some of the more consistent ghost sightings. 

As always, thanks so much for listening! If you enjoy us enough to share or recommend us to a friend, we would love you that much more!

xCheers!

Feel free to reach out to us!

Show

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Skylar

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Brittany

https://linktr.ee/WhimsyDream

Welcome to another episode!

This week we are here to drink some vodka sprites since Skylar was in charge of the drinks, and we are also going to gush about one of our favorite topics: music!

Brittany covers a newer British indie rock duo from the Isle of Wight, who are quickly becoming one of her favorites: Wet Leg. They just released their self-titled debut album this year (2022). They are quirky, charming, and their sound is described as "sad music for party people, and party music for sad people." As they are semi-new to the music scene, and currently focused on touring, there isn't a whole lot to discuss about them. This fact makes this a shorter section than previous music episodes.

Skylar talks about one of her newest music obsessions: Lovejoy. Lovejoy is a British indie band from Brighton that was formed in 2020. Their music pays tribute to other indie rock influences, as well as comedy music influences. The lyrics of their songs often center around loss, failed love, and politics. They grew in popularity fairly quickly due to their presence on social media as well as being fronted by a well known internet personality. Since this is also a fairly new group this section is also on the shorter side.

As always, thanks so much for listening! If you enjoy us enough to share or recommend us to a friend, we would love you that much more!

xCheers!

Feel free to reach out to us!

Show

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Email: [email protected]

Skylar

https://linktr.ee/gleamyks  

Brittany

https://linktr.ee/WhimsyDream

Welcome to another episode!

This week we are discussing the movie 90's classic The Mummy while drinking some drinks we like. Brittany is enjoying another homemade cocktail this week. This one goes by the name "seafoam" and is made up of rum, blue curico, banana liqueur, margarita mix, more rum, grenadine, and some Swedish fish gummies. (It's also supposed to have sprite, but that was not the case this time.) Skylar went a little off book, since she technically didn't know for sure if she liked this drink, but it was an educated guess that she would. She sipped on some whiskey + lemonade in a can. 

The Mummy is an American fantasy action-adventure film from 1999. It is a remake of the 1932 film also by the name of The Mummy. This film follows Rick O'Connell as he travels to Hamunaptra, the City of the Dead. He travels with a librarian named Evelyn and her brother Jonathan. In Hamunaptra they accidentally awaken Imhotep, a cursed high priest with supernatural powers. High-jinks ensue. 

This movie stars Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Kevin J. O'Connor, and Arnold Vosloo. It's a very fun, camp-y action comedy. In our opinion it still very much holds up today. It's easy to watch, is jokingly known as many people's "sexuality" on the internet, and is an all around good time movie. So whether you're a fan of the movie, like hearing about movies before watching them, or some other type of movie fan..we hope you enjoy us discussing this movie in a casual and loose manner!

**Spoiler warning, if you have not seen this movie and would like it to not be ruined for you** (no judgement either, since Skylar had never seen this movie until now). We did greatly enjoy it, and do definitely recommend it if it seems like your type of film.

As always, thanks so much for listening! If you enjoy us enough to share or recommend us to a friend, we would love you that much more!

xCheers!

Feel free to reach out to us!

Show

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Email: [email protected]

Skylar

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Brittany

https://linktr.ee/WhimsyDream

Welcome to another episode!

This week Brittany was in charge of the drinks and she is freshly back from vacation. So, she decided to make a tropical themed cocktail. This is a drink that combines pineapple juice, coconut rum, banana liqueur, and creme of coconut. We sip on these while talking all about our topic of internet. 

Brittany starts off with a little sleuthing to uncover the origin story of a recently popular meme that has been circulating on her twitter these past couple of weeks. She then goes on to read and discuss a few AITAH reddit postings. (She read these beforehand, and picked out specific ones to discuss.)

https://news.knowyourmeme.com/news/woman-pictured-in-the-viral-girl-explaining-meme-explains-the-origins-and-her-reaction-to-sudden-internet-fame

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2022/08/random-the-stardew-valley-subreddit-keeps-making-very-convincing-fake-relationship-advice-posts

Skylar also picked out some AITAH reddit threads, but she is doing cold-reads. Meaning, she did not read any of hers beforehand and wanted an honest and real reaction to them. After that, she makes Brittany take a few bizarre and weird Buzzfeed quizzes. Which you can find links to down below. 

https://www.buzzfeed.com/takatsunakauchi/red-flag-movies-quiz

https://www.buzzfeed.com/kaylabayla18/can-we-guess-age-food-quiz

https://www.buzzfeed.com/gryffindor-disney-books/toxic-habit-zodiac-quiz

https://www.buzzfeed.com/clarencesmithfv/what-anime-main-character-are-you-dyeswiq4ow

https://www.buzzfeed.com/lonelygreycouch/spend-a-day-as-a-cat-and-well-reveal-which-iconic-63et00n6zs

This recording was a lot of fun for us and we hope you also had fun listening to it. While the topic of 'internet' is very broad, we do quite like this commentary and quiz format for it. If you have any suggestions for us to switch it up, or if you have a specific quiz or reddit thread you would like us to discuss we would love for you to reach out to us and suggest it!

As always, thanks so much for listening! If you enjoy us enough to share or recommend us to a friend, we would love you that much more!

xCheers!

Feel free to reach out to us!

Show

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Email: [email protected]

Skylar

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Brittany

https://linktr.ee/WhimsyDream

Welcome to another episode!

This week we get to enjoy a drink we like, while discussing a topic we don't enjoy as much. Brittany is sipping on a whiskey-spiked iced tea and Skylar is enjoying some Italian wine. There are also whiskey shots on the table, because Brittany was feeling some type of way. 

Brittany's "case" does not technically fall under the 'true crime' umbrella, but when she originally chose this topic and looked into it, she fully thought it would. However, she is not totally convinced that it can be 100% written off as not a true crime case, so she chose to discuss it anyway. She is going to talk about The Lost Children of the Alleghenies. This is about two missing brothers from the Appalachia region of the US in 1856. Seeing as how this story took place so long ago, there are many things that will never be determined for sure about it, making it possible to still potentially have some true crime aspects to it. You really just have to listen to understand. 

And while this does not involve any of the 'normal' Trigger Warnings that would come with a True Crime episode, this does still involve the tragic fate of two young boys.

https://the-line-up.com/lost-children-of-the-alleghenies

http://www.pennsylvania-mountains-of-attractions.com/lost-children.html

Skylar covers the life and murder of fashion icon: Gianni Versace. Gianni Versace was an Italian fashion designer, socialite, and businessman. In 1997 Versace was tragically shot and killed outside of his mansion in Florida by spree killer Andrew Cunanan. Skylar will also be covering Cunanan in this combo-case. As well as discussing Cunanan's 4 other unfortunate victims prior to Versace's murder. 

Trigger warnings for: guns, stabbing, violent sexual acts, suicide, etc.

As always, thanks so much for listening! If you enjoy us enough to share or recommend us to a friend, we would love you that much more!

xCheers!

Feel free to reach out to us!

Show

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Email: [email protected]

Skylar

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Brittany

https://linktr.ee/WhimsyDream

Welcome to another episode!

This week Skylar got to pick what we drink, so we are sipping on some Peach & Orange Blossom Vodka Spritz's. We talk about a couple of people that we enjoy, and the various things they do.

Brittany is talking about YouTuber & Twitch Streamer: Evelien Smolders, who is known on her channels as Gab Smolders. A lover of tattoos & Cats, Gab is a very cool person who has a community and channels focused on a lot of cozy, & chill games, as well as horror games. 

https://youtube.fandom.com/wiki/Gab_Smolders

https://www.youtube.com/c/GabSmolders

Skylar is discussing Venezuelan-Swedish singer, dancer, and actor: Omar Rudberg. Omar is a young talent who has been busy making many hit music tracks, as well as starring in the show: Young Royals.

https://boysbygirls.co.uk/conversations/omar-rudberg

As always, thanks so much for listening! If you enjoy us enough to share or recommend us to a friend, we would love you that much more!

xCheers!

Feel free to reach out to us!

Show

https://linktr.ee/sipnspinpodcast

Email: [email protected]

Skylar

https://linktr.ee/gleamyks

Brittany

https://linktr.ee/WhimsyDream

Welcome to another episode!

This week we got to choose literally whatever we wanted to talk about because we got the topic 'random' and boy, did we deliver on the random aspect. We also got to drink something we like, so we really got to do just whatever we wanted to do this week, which is a very dangerous thing.

Brittany is drinking a 'gin-jam' cocktail which is just: gin, frog jam, bitters, & tonic water. While drinking this she talks about a few different classifications/varieties of mermaids. There is some general mermaid lore throughout her section but she focuses on: sirens, nokken, & Iara.

https://www.tiktok.com/@pipercj

https://mythology.net/mythical-creatures/nix/

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Siren-Greek-mythology

https://mythus.fandom.com/wiki/Iara

Skylar is drinking a blackberry Moscow-mule this week. She recently watched the newest Spider-Man movie and decided to talk some about theoretical physics. The multiverse theory to be exact. 

As always, thanks so much for listening! If you enjoy us enough to share or recommend us to a friend, we would love you that much more!

xCheers!

Feel free to reach out to us!

Show

https://linktr.ee/sipnspinpodcast

Email: [email protected]

Skylar

https://linktr.ee/gleamyks

Brittany

https://linktr.ee/WhimsyDream