Special episode alert!

Scribbles in margins!

Garnishes on plates!

Connection to other people!

Some daily Viking vocab!

The beverage of choice in Valhalla!

Soup, but for Vikings!

A magical spiritual practice (loosely) tied to Norse tradition!

A peek into English spelling weirdness!

A seasonal fruit... uh... vegetable? uhhhhh ... squash!

The beverage of autumn!

The observance of time passing!

Words we say when we mean other things that we don't want to say!

Things we don't eat!

The forbidden sausage!

Definitely don't drink this!

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Dylan and Kezia talk about:

The American-ness of apple pie!

Weird things people say in different states!

"America's greatest idea"!

America's great contribution to the liquor cabinet!

Language families!

Twin sacred reading practices!

The answer to whether sweet taters and yams are related!

The cocktail family Martini!

A classic rainbow myth (I mean, Bible story)!

A veritable cornucopia of colorful plants!

Words that are made by smashing other words together!

A tasty, sugary drink that tastes like celebration!

The etymology of some key vocabulary of current events!

Connections between spirituality and protests!

A hero in the kitchen and in the Civil Rights Movement!

A cocktail to sip while spilling the tea!

Early morning prayer rituals!

Bitter, beautiful bean juice!

Ova of poultry!

Sentence starters!

The formality in the little things in language!

The fanciness of a high liturgy service!

A dessert that involves French and fire!

A cocktail for fancy celebrations!