Vernacular

This one's a blast: we sit down with Astrid and Aaron, who are a husband-wife duo starting a new Virginia hops farm called Heritage Hops. Astrid works at a Washington think tank as a China researcher and moonlights as the Heritage Hops Director of Marketing. Aaron spends his time in the great outdoors training 20-foot hops to grow on coconut twine, a la Jack and the Beanstalk. In addition to hearing all about a hops farm, we also talk with them about the rise of the machines and a world without work. It's a great conversation! Check out their website here and head to our blog for more info!

Join us for a conversation with Nathan and Sadie. Nathan is a Huey helicopter pilot, and Sadie is a self-described "Colorado hippie wife," but they've recently moved to northern North Dakota (what some of us might call Canada) and are gearing up for -40 degree winters. We chat with them about Caitlyn Jenner, gender dysphoria, outdoor activities, marriage, and miscarriage. You can read more about all the stuff we discuss by heading to our blog.

For July 4th, we sat down and talked with Dick Carroll, a World War II veteran who was a Prisoner of War in Hungary and has lived ever since with a bullet in his heart. Dick talks to us about the old days of the Army Air Corps and his harrowing experience bailing out behind enemy lines. Join us for a great conversation with an American hero!

We had a blast talking to Joshua, an Emory University graduate who has worked all across the country but is headed to the Washington, D.C. area this fall to start medical school. We talk with him about the ethics of genetic editing, our summer book lists, and more! For links to things referenced in the episode, check out our blog about it here.

Join us for episode 07, in which we talk to Will and Caitlin (yes, that would be Will & Cait, a homophone of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge) about math, the meteor formerly known as the planet of Pluto, raising kids, road trips, and more. You can check out more of Will's work here and learn more about Pluto on our blog.

In this episode, we talk to Anne, a Houston-based journalist who has also spent time at the Washington Bureau of the New York Times. We discuss our favorite pieces of journalism from the last twelve months, Peruvian food (Anne's mom grew up in South America), and we hear more about how Anne became a journalist. It's a lot of fun! Check out our blog for links to everything we discuss.

In this episode of Vernacular, we talk to Jordan and Catherine--a husband-wife duo--about Google, Apple, blogging, graphic design, Nashville, Chicago, and infertility. It's a really fun conversation, and at the end you can sample some of Jordan's musical work! Follow @JordanDShort and @ashortblonde for more, and head to our blog for other links.

In our fourth installment, we talk to Miriel (not the elven queen) who is busy doing a PhD in American Politics, spending time with her husband (who is a medical resident), and taking care of 6-month-old Gregory, their son. We talk to Miriel about the death penalty, date ideas, and whether or not women can 'have it all.' It's a great conversation! Follow Miriel on Twitter @mirielmargaret. Visit our blog to find links to the topics and articles we discussed.

Join us for our third episode as we talk to Julia, who serves as Chief of Staff to a state senator in Colorado! We chat about raw milk, red lake 40, Ben & Jerry's, Jimmy Fallon, Tinder, Oman, and more. Tune in below or find us on iTunes. You can follow Julia on Twitter @JuliaKiewit. To read up on more of what we talked about, check out our blog.

Join us for episode 02 as we talk to Elena, who was born and raised in the Chicago suburbs, but has lived in the largest Muslim community outside of the Middle East and traveled to Thailand for a Starbucks latte (and some other stuff too). We also cover the Baltimore Riots and Mumford and Sons' latest album, Wilder Mind. Follow Elena on Twitter @ElenaForsythe. For info on our #tipoftheweek about grilling, head over to our blog.