Remember the carefree days of youth, when all seemed right with the world and the only bodily pains you had were growing pains? Nope, we don’t either! On this episode of T&B, we are officially claiming the status of ANCIENT, distracting ourselves from reality with a GIGUE,  and delving into the realms of fantasy and Facebook, where anyone can be a god and everyone has an AVATAR to prove it. To top it all off, we’re using our ancient brains to solve the NYTimes word game, Connections…live! If you’re looking for escapism, you’ve come to the right place.

To paraphrase J.R.R. Tolkien, not all those who stravaig are lost! On this episode of T&B, we’re taking the long way, going ERRANT, and branching off as the roads RAMIFY. So, embrace your inner HOBBIT and join us for a TANTARA-filled adventure that stretches from Wales to New Zealand to New England and back again.

What do you get when you throw two jet-lagged word nerds in a room, take away their usual recording equipment, and ask them to say the longest place name in the world? A pod o’ gold, of course! Just returned from our jaunt through England, Wales, and Ireland, we’re back with Spelling Bee banter, lighthearted HECKLING, and a lesson in how to pronounce Welsh all kinds of wrong. So put on your woolly jumpers, make yourself a cuppa, and settle in for some T&B fun!

With C & Jenn on a well-deserved holiday, they called in the reinforcements: two-time T&B guest/unofficial T&B fan club president Jared Goodman to host.

He covers all your favorite segments, from the Week in Bees to Word of the Week to Strange Words (or is there another name in the works?) and a Wildcard that has to be listened to at 2x speed to bee-lieve.

But don't get your hayforks out, just yet. C & Jenn are back next week!

There’s Spelling Bee level genius, and then there’s Mensa

AI is all the buzz. But who needs Artificial Intelligence when you're a NYTimes Spelling Bee genius?! On this episode we're reviewing a veritable BLIZZARD of words, learning why BAA and BOWWOW don't translate, and having a wild time compliments of ChatGPT.

Pick out your first day OUTFIT, grab your backpack (or your BARBACK), and come get schooled T&B style! This fall Tomtit & Baobab is back to the NYTimes Spelling Bee and back to the basics: the Week in Bees (“It was hmmm...”), the Word of the Week (CHECKMATE!), and the Wild Card (a look back at our favorite summer words and games).

It's summertime, the sun is shining, and T&B is ready for VACAY! In this final episode of Season 3, we're going BANANAs over CIVETs, putting NANOBOTs under the microscope, and having a grand old time with Spelling Bee Solver's William Shunn. We'll BEE back in the fall. Until then, visit us on social, keep in touch at [email protected], and catch up on old episodes wherever you get your podcasts.

Turn up the DANCEHALL and get ready to CANCAN. There's no time to be tired on this week's episode of T&B! Janis joins us for BUGLING; Jenn anatomizes the APPENDIX; and NYTimes SpellingBee group admins Pat and Keith show up for a very social CONVO that might just get C back on Facebook.

A week full of queens, coronations, birthdays and Bea, has us in a royally good mood! Laugh along with us as we give Sam some TEFF love, remember the CABALs of our youth, and come up with a BEVY of ways to make your Bee game feel brand new.