Can't Wait to Celebrate
Mark your calendars and prepare for the festivities. Today is worth celebrating! Join your hosts, Cat and Fox, as they discuss holidays, birthdays, and more in this bi-weekly podcast. Episodes are released every other Saturday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
Cat praises the sun and the longest day on the Northern Hemisphere. Fox settles in for a meditative ride on the "first" Ferris wheel at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893.
Reading Materials:
Midsummer: Rituals, Recipes & Lore for Litha by Llewellyn
Ancient Calendars and Constellations by Emmeline M. Plunket
Ferris Wheels: An Illustrated History by Norman Anderson
Circles in the Sky: The Life and Times of George Ferris by R...
Fox unearths the foundation of the Great Plains and the cryptids lurking within. Cat takes a hike into the lower mainland woods.
Reading Materials:
Prairie: A Natural History of the Heart of North America by Candace Savage
Foraging for Wild Food by Davis Jones
Valuing Grasslands by GRaSS Alliance
Native Legends of the Indian Arm Area compiled by Ralph Drew, stories from the Tsleil-Waututh hereditary Chief George.
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Cat ... . . ... / .-- .... .- - / .... .- - .... / --. --- -.. / .-- .-. --- ..- --. .... - stop. Fox awards "douze points" to Lys Assia and sends out Eurovision's first queer contestants for a reprise performance.
Reading Materials:
The Lightning Man: The Accursed Life of Samuel F.B. Morse by Kenneth Silverman
Eurovision! by Christ West
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Fox tumbles and twists from fiction to reality to talk about tornadoes. Cat notches their bow and aims to teach about archery.
Reading Material:
Storm Kings by Lee Sandlin
Whirlwind Woman: Native American Tornado Mythology and Global Parallels by Nani Suzette Pybus
How the Long Bow Became the Deadliest Weapon of its Time
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Cat opens a new page on Independent bookstores. Fox summarizes the plot of Seven Samurai and the tropes used that forever changed cinematic history.
Reading Materials
Reinventing Retail:The Novel Resurgence of Independent Bookstores by Ryan L. Raffaelli, Ph.D.
The Essential Role of Indie Bookstores by Katheryn Sparks
How Authors Can Build Relationships with Independent Bookstores by Jane Friedman
Fox launches into orbit to witness the flight of the First Cosmonaut. Cat takes a bite out of the grilled cheese history book.
Reading Materials
Imagining the Cosmos: Utopians, Mystics, and the Popular Culture of Spaceflight in Revolutionary Russia By Asif A. Siddiqi
Beyond by Stephen Walker
Starman by Jamie Doran and Piers Bizony
The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich by Deya Muniz
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Cat dives into the deep end of mermaid history. Fox digs up the secrets of the Mausoleum of the First Emperor of China.
Reading Materials
Mermaids: Myth, Kith and Kin by Akanksha Singh
Diving into the Wreck by Adrienne Rich
The Mermaid, The Witch, and The Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall
The Terracotta Warriors by Edward Burman
China's First Emperor and His Terracotta Warriors by Frances Wood
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Fox tells of how the Mafia made an offer the studio couldn't refuse and why you shouldn't admire Don Corleone. Cat invites friends, Romans and countrymen to lend him their ears as she digs through the life of Julius Caesar.
Reading Materials:
The Godfather and Philosophy edited by Joshua Heter and Richard Greene
The Godfather Legacy by Harlan Lebo
Julius Caesar by Shakespeare
THE LIVES OF THE TWELVE CAESARS By C. Suetonius Tranquill...
Cat frolics beneath the waves in an ocean meadow. Fox takes you on a tour of the groundbreaking album Dark Side of the Moon.
Reading Materials:
Seagrass Recovery in Tampa Bay, Florida by H. Greening, A.Janicki & E.T Sherwood
Reinventing Pink Floyd by Bill Kopp
The Dark Side of the Moon by John Harris
Lunacy by John Kruth
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Fox wades through the rivers of Central Africa to talk about their most dangerous animal. Cat digs into the annals of American history and the importance of the Woman's Suffrage Movement.
Reading Materials:
A phylogenomic analysis of the role and timing of molecular adaptation in the aquatic transition of cetartiodactyl mammals by Georgia Tsagkogeorga, Michael R McGowen, and Kalina T J Davies
Why Does The Hippo Live In Water by Ch...
Cat sows the seeds and prepares for spring. Fox raises the curtains on the women that made Clark Gable the King of Hollywood.
Reading Materials:
Hail Brigit; an Old-Irish poem on the Hill of Alenn
The goddess obscured: transformation of the grain protectress from goddess to saint by Pamela Berger
Clark Gable by Chrystopher J. Spicer
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Fox embraces childhood escapism to discuss author A. A. Milne. Cat cracks open his thesaurus and updates her vernacular!
Reading Materials:
A. A. Milne: His Life by Ann Thwaite
From A Full Heart by A. A. Milne
It's Too Late Now by A. A. Milne
Peter Mark Roget: The Man Who Became a Book by Nick Rennison
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Cat praises the Perihelion sun. Fox raises awareness about the oversimplification of history.
Reading Materials:
Soft Science by Franny Choi
Kepler's Three Laws of Planetary Motion
Charles Barbier: A hidden story by Philippa Campsie
How to Communicate: Poems by John Lee Clark
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Fox fills in the history of crosswords and their cryptic counterparts, Cat praises the sun and the end of the long winter nights.
Reading Materials:
The Crossword Century by Alan Connor
Crosswords In Rhyme For Those Of Riper Years by Torquemada
Deewan-e-Hafiz by Hafiz Sheerazi
Yule: Rituals, Recipes & Lore for the Winter Solstice by Llewellyn
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Cat pens an open letter to writing more letters. Fox steps onto the bridge with an undergraduate thesis paper about Jerry Goldsmith's Star Trek: TMP score.
Reading Materials:
The Letters of Vita Sackville-West and Virgina Woolf
Reply of the Cossacks to the Turkish Sultan
Anatomy of a Film Score: Star Trek - The Motion Picture by Cameron N. Patrick
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Fox reveals the truth behind cranberry holidays and scientific research. Cat kicks back his feet and appreciates labour workers.
Reading Materials:
Cranberries and Their Bioactive Constituents in Human Health
Cranberry Polyphenols and Prevention against Urinary Tract Infections: Relevant Considerations
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Cat gives a curated tour of some local art galleries. Fox wades through the stars to talk about astronomer Carl Sagan.
Reading Materials:
Carl Sagan: A Life by Keay Davidson
Cosmos by Carl Sagan
Billions & Billions by Carl Sagan
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Fox steps through misinformation and their mishaps to talk about mules. Cat holds a seminar on the needs of trans youths.
Reading Materials:
So You Want To Buy A Mule by Steve Edwards
The Gender Friend by Oakly Pheonix
My Child is Trans, Now What? by Ben Greene
How to They/Them by Stuart Getty
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Cat plays with a ball of yarn he loves. Fox digs up the field and plants seeds of change to inspire future farmers.
Reading Materials:
Textile Talks: Weaving the Forgotten Women of Science into the Fabric of History
The Urban Farmer by Curtis Stone
Farm City by Novella Carpenter
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Fox presses the importance of safe animal handling and getting vaccinated if bitten. Cat hops to celebrating rabbits both as pets and wild creatures of nature.
Reading Materials:
Rabid by Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy
Biographies of Disease: Rabies by P. Kumar
BunnyLady Rabbit Care Guide By Bunny Lady
Raising Rabbits Indoors: The Complete House Rabbit Care Guide By Anita Haley
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