Episode 241: Black Sheep

This week Shauna and Dan discover why someone would be the black sheep of a family. Warning: Dan knows absolutely nothing about sheep. And it shows.

RETRO Episode 78: Heads Will Roll

 

This week Shauna and Dan explore the phrase "Heads Will Roll" featuring blood-lusting kings, murderous queens, and tyrannical dictators. Bonus: William Shakespeare, Lewis Carroll, and Beetlejuice.

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RETRO Episode 57: Acknowledge the Corn and other American Civil War Slang

RETRO: This week Shauna and Dan travel to Gettysburg to explore Civil War slang. They Acknowledge the Corn after they try to Come the Gum Game, all while staying Fit as a Fiddle so they can See the Elephant. BONUS: Learn how hardtack was like twinkies! #BunnyTrails

Originally Aired August 7, 2019

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Episode 240: Reach Across the Aisle

 

This week Shauna and Dan explore the phrase, Reach Across the Aisle. Dan says it might be the most boring origin story they've ever done - seating charts. There's also a similar phrase in the United Kingdom. Bonus: Taylor Swift, Rock Churches, and one guy who watched 1,413 hours of the US House of Representatives meetings. Oof. 

 

RETRO 135: Cool as a Cucumber

 RETRO: Shauna and Dan take a cool drink of gourd water this week as they explore the phrase Cool as a Cucumber. We learn Dan abhors cucumbers unless they've been drowned in vinegar and he dislikes some of the previous words for cucumbers. It seems some old-timey folks disliked them, too. Bonus discussion: is cereal a soup?

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