Spirits and Tongues
20 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsSpirits and Tongues is a podcast about food and drink, language and spirituality, written and edited by a couple of language nerds who are obsessed with all of the good things in life.
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Episodes
Margins of Experience
May 20, 2021 13:00 - 17 minutes - 16.3 MBSpecial episode alert! Scribbles in margins! Garnishes on plates! Connection to other people!
Viking
October 01, 2020 10:00 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MBSome daily Viking vocab! The beverage of choice in Valhalla! Soup, but for Vikings! A magical spiritual practice (loosely) tied to Norse tradition!
Autumn
September 17, 2020 10:00 - 22 minutes - 21.2 MBA peek into English spelling weirdness! A seasonal fruit... uh... vegetable? uhhhhh ... squash! The beverage of autumn! The observance of time passing!
Taboo
September 03, 2020 12:00 - 23 minutes - 22.4 MBWords 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! For derecho disaster relief, donate at gcrcf.org/derecho-disaster-recovery or volunteer at iowastormhelp.com.
'Murica
July 30, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 84.1 MBDylan 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!
Kin
July 16, 2020 12:00 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MBLanguage families! Twin sacred reading practices! The answer to whether sweet taters and yams are related! The cocktail family Martini!
Rainbow
July 02, 2020 10:30 - 19 minutes - 17.6 MBA 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!
Protest
June 18, 2020 10:30 - 21 minutes - 19 MBThe 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
February 27, 2020 11:00 - 22 minutes - 21.6 MBEarly morning prayer rituals! Bitter, beautiful bean juice! Ova of poultry! Sentence starters!
Fancy
February 13, 2020 11:00 - 27 minutes - 26 MBThe 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!
Episode 8: Sick
January 23, 2020 11:00 - 23 minutes - 21.8 MBThe best hot toddy recipe! Chicken soup for the food snob! The reason you talk funny when you're congested! Faith healing!
Episode 7: Crunchy
January 09, 2020 11:00 - 25 minutes - 23.3 MBA magical beverage of probiotics and fizziness! Hanging out with trees as a spiritual practice! Mom's granola! Words that go crunch!
Episode 6: Feline
December 26, 2019 11:00 - 26 minutes - 21.1 MBCat language according to the internet! Fish! Cat wine! And a poetic meditation on the Divine as revealed through sweet sweet Jeoffry, a 18th century feline companion! A few quick notes: Paper: "I can haz language play: The construction of language and identity in LOLspeak" by Lauren Gawne and Jill Vaughan Instructions for a good ILikTheBred meme poem: https://www.reddit.com/r/ilikthebred/comments/84lkuj/how_to_write_a_good_i_lik_the_bred_poem/ Poem: Jubilate Agno, Fra...
Feline
December 26, 2019 11:00 - 26 minutes - 21.1 MBCat language according to the internet! Fish! Cat wine! And a poetic meditation on the Divine as revealed through sweet sweet Jeoffry, a 18th century feline companion! A few quick notes: Paper: "I can haz language play: The construction of language and identity in LOLspeak" by Lauren Gawne and Jill Vaughan Instructions for a good ILikTheBred meme poem: https://www.reddit.com/r/ilikthebred/comments/84lkuj/how_to_write_a_good_i_lik_the_bred_poem/ Poem: Jubilate Agno, Fra...
Episode 5: Empty
December 12, 2019 11:00 - 17 minutes - 15.9 MBThe empty space in language that means so much! A spiritual practice for the busiest time of year! A zero-calorie magic food! A spirit brewed and distilled to be empty of all the extras!
Episode 4: Faux
November 28, 2019 11:00 - 16 minutes - 23.2 MBA sparkling holiday mocktail! Words that only pretend to be friends! Meat-like substances! A spiritual practice for the secular among us!
Episode 3: Counterintuitive
November 14, 2019 11:00 - 17 minutes - 15.4 MBA cocktail recipe that shouldn't work! A flavor combination greater than the sum of its parts! A spiritual practice that only works when you stop trying so hard! A kind of sentence that doesn't mean what it's supposed to!
Episode 2: Spooky
October 31, 2019 10:00 - 26 minutes - 22.5 MBA terrifying appetizer! A "bloody" brunch cocktail! A community practice in both Wicca and the Church of Satan! (Honestly, it's spooky we don't all have this as a required practice.) Language DEATH!!!! Guest host: Niki Metzger Content warning: We discuss animal phobias and sex. Not together. And nothing explicit. But, be warned. Episode 3 will be released on Friday, November 14.
Episode 1: Basic
October 24, 2019 16:00 - 17 minutes - 15.8 MBThe 15 basic sounds that (nearly) every language has! The food staple everyone's got in their pantries! The basic-est of beverages! A basic spiritual practice that you can do every day!
Episode 0: Human
October 24, 2019 10:00 - 9 minutes - 8.27 MBHi! This is the pilot episode for Spirits and Tongues! Listen to figure out what this podcast is all about. (I mean, "Spirits and Tongues"?! What could that even be talking about?) Maybe you'll laugh. Maybe you'll stick around for another episode or two. Maybe you'll have an existential crisis while considering the question of what it means to be a human.