Latest Whimsical Podcast Episodes
218 Spam Messages
Bunny Trails: A Word History Podcast - December 27, 2023 13:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsThis week Shauna and Dan learn why we call those pesky emails spam messages. Bonus: The first spam messages (way older that you might think) and why Hormel's canned meat is called SPAM. Copyright 2023 by The Readiness Corner, LLC - All Rights Reserved
S4E5: You're So Over Christmas, Charlie Brown
Space Croutons - December 23, 2023 13:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsYes, it's the holidays and Curdy and SALI present a unique sci-fi take on the various Christmas specials that fill our airwaves this time of year. If Charlie Brown is tired of his Christmas world, then why not explore some of the other options out there?
217 A Rolling Stone Gathers No Moss
Bunny Trails: A Word History Podcast - December 13, 2023 13:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsThis week Shauna and Dan discover why a rolling stone gathers no moss. Bonus: Dan confuses moss for algae, Shauna forgets about Mick Jagger, and introverts unite. Also, did you know a rolling stone gathers no potato chips? Do with that information what you will. Copyright 2023 by The Readiness...
S4E4: Reginald Yeti the Third
Space Croutons - December 09, 2023 13:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsSALI and Curdy have an interview conducted by Kay Kay with Reginald Yeti the Third. It's a chance to raise the curtain on the lives of those mysterious denizens of forest and glen, revealing the hairy lives they lead and more!
216 Snowball Effect
Bunny Trails: A Word History Podcast - December 06, 2023 13:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsThis week Shauna and Dan explore the history of the snowball effect. Bonus: Snowpersons, Science Fiction Matriarchs, and Snake Oil Sales Folk. Double Bonus: Air travel tips!
215 Easy as Pie
Bunny Trails: A Word History Podcast - November 29, 2023 13:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsThis week Shauna and Dan make a podcast easy as pie. Though Dan points out that making a pie from scratch isn't always that easy. Bonus: The rankine scale, dream interpretations, and doodlewash. Copyright 2023 by The Readiness Corner, LLC - All Rights Reserved
S4E3: A League of Their Own
Space Croutons - November 25, 2023 13:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsWhat do monsters have to do with professional sports? What do time loops have to do with the World Series? Listen to today's story presented by Curdy and SALI and find out just what is going on!
214 Ticker Tape Parade
Bunny Trails: A Word History Podcast - November 22, 2023 13:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsThis week Shauna and Dan celebrate life with a ticker tape parade! What is ticker tape? When was the first ticker tape parade? Bonus: Bad budgets and pool parties. Copyright 2023 by The Readiness Corner, LLC - All Rights Reserved
S4E2: Ghosts in the Radio
Space Croutons - November 11, 2023 13:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsSALI and Curdy play a recording sent to them by Seiver and Trelen that reveals a transportal they accidentally opened up through their ham radio and the beings that have come through it. Then unexpected changes to their physical state of being creates a problem that can only be solved by what th...
213 Birds of a Feather
Bunny Trails: A Word History Podcast - November 08, 2023 12:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsThis week Shauna and Dan review why birds of a feather tend to flock together. Bonus: Pictures of cats before the internet, Dodos in the magical world, and Dan gets lost in armed robbery. Copyright 2023 by The Readiness Corner, LLC - All Rights Reserved
212 Stab in the Back
Bunny Trails: A Word History Podcast - November 01, 2023 12:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsShauna and Dan explore the treachery of being stabbed in the back. Bonus: Ancient Greeks, World War II, and the most hated household cleaning jobs. Copyright 2023 by The Readiness Corner, LLC - All Rights Reserved
S4E1: Are We There, Yeti?
Space Croutons - October 28, 2023 12:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsTo start Season 4 of Space Croutons, Curdy and SALI present a story regarding a reporter who picks up a very unique hitchhiker and hears his story of love and peace that is out there for all to find.
211 With Flying Colors
Bunny Trails: A Word History Podcast - October 25, 2023 12:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsThis week Shauna and Dan pass the podcasting test "with flying colors"! We explore flags, heralds, banners, and even liveries to find the origins of this phrase. Bonus: Synonyms with Roget, Crowsnests with Ensign Crusher, and Georgian Portia's with Miss Ferguson. #BunnyTrails Copyright 2023 by...
210 As Hungry as a Horse
Bunny Trails: A Word History Podcast - October 18, 2023 12:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsThis week Shauna and Dan decide if they are as hungry as a horse or if they are so hungry they could eat a horse. Better question, would they eat the saddle, too? Bonus: Hungry like a wolf, oxen, hawk, and farmhand. #BunnyTrails
S3E26: Space Croutons 3 Times a Pi Cast
Space Croutons - October 14, 2023 12:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsAnother season done, join the creators and some of the very talented voice actors who have brought you into this crazy Space Croutons universe to learn more about their behind the scenes creative processes and all the fun they've had this year! And of course, prepare yourself for next season, st...
209 The Last Straw
Bunny Trails: A Word History Podcast - October 11, 2023 12:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsThis week Shauna and Dan reach the last straw. The final straw. The straw that broke the camel's back. Also, apparently, of feathers and horses. Bonus: Alliterative anthropomorphic animals, Habitual nuns, and a request of xkcd. Copyright 2023 by The Readiness Corner, LLC - All Rights Reserved
208 Act of Congress
Bunny Trails: A Word History Podcast - October 04, 2023 12:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsThis week Shauna and Dan go back to school to learn a history of the United States legislative bodies to help understand the idiomatic phrase, Act of Congress. Spoiler: The USA is predictable throughout its entire history so far. #BunnyTrails Copyright 2023 by The Readiness Corner, LLC - All ...
S3E25: A Toast to Drinks and Death
Space Croutons - September 30, 2023 12:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsIf it's murder you want, well here you go. This high stakes game of Clue is being orchestrated by a serial killer who's been terrorizing the folks at Space Croutons and their listeners all season. The team assembles to finally unmask the fiend - or die trying.
RETRO 142: Jump the Shark
Bunny Trails: A Word History Podcast - September 27, 2023 12:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsRETRO: Shauna and Dan dig into the origins of Jump the Shark while documenting the phrases shift from TV failures to a plethora of topics. As a bonus, there are shows that ran for years after supposedly jumping the shark and other shows that jumped the shark twice! Despite the negative phrase i...
207 Fighting Tooth and Nail
Bunny Trails: A Word History Podcast - September 20, 2023 12:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsThis week Shauna and Dan delve into the history books to learn about Fighting Tooth and Nail, including when we started adding word like "fight" in front of the more common "tooth and nail". Bonus: Hipster Blacksmiths, Cultist Communions, and the best Stage Musicals. #BunnyTrails Copyright 202...
S3E24: The Game's Not Afoot, It's a Game
Space Croutons - September 16, 2023 12:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsThings are getting tense at Space Croutons as Curdy and SALI prepare for their last chance to unmask the serial killer terrorizing their friends and listeners this whole season. Now is the time for the team to come together!
206 Bite the Bullet
Bunny Trails: A Word History Podcast - September 13, 2023 12:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsThis week Shauna and Dan explore the phrase bite the bullet. We discover the predecessor phrase and debunk several origination myths for this one. Bonus: Valets, Sepoys, and Artificial Intelligence. Copyright 2023 by The Readiness Corner, LLC - All Rights Reserved
S3E23: Channel 37
Space Croutons - September 02, 2023 12:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsEver wonder why there was no channel 37 on the UHF dial? Join Curdy and SALI as we learn the truth about who was really using that frequency.
205 Albatross Around Your Neck
Bunny Trails: A Word History Podcast - August 30, 2023 12:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsThis week Shauna and Dan explore the phrase, Albatross Around Your Neck. Shauna delves into the etymology of albatross with some pretty cool connections. Bonus: Cubism, Lisa Loeb glasses, and Dan talking to the FBI person who is listening in on the recordings. Copyright 2023 by The Readiness ...
204 Tug at Your Heartstrings
Bunny Trails: A Word History Podcast - August 23, 2023 12:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsThis week Shauna and Dan explore heartstrings and their journey from literal, though misunderstood supporting structures to the marionette strings of your emotions. Bonus: Sad animated films, underused guitarists, and the best pizza places. Copyright 2023 by The Readiness Corner, LLC - All Rig...
S3E22: What Dreams May Come
Space Croutons - August 19, 2023 12:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsCan AIs dream? SALI appears to be having nightmares and that leads Curdy to share some of his own unpleasant somnambulatory experiences and a new question by the end of their conversation.
203 Ghost Town
Bunny Trails: A Word History Podcast - August 16, 2023 12:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsThis week Shauna and Dan explore the spookiness behind Ghost Town. Shauna talks about old mining towns while Dan talks about the Gettysburg battlefields. Bonus: The great Coke vs Pepsi debate has a surprise winner. Copyright 2023 by The Readiness Corner, LLC - All Rights Reserved
RETRO 138 Gild the Lily
Bunny Trails: A Word History Podcast - August 09, 2023 12:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsWhat happens when we, as speakers of a language, just decide to misquote a phrase until it takes on a life of its own? You get something like "Gild the Lily". Hear Shauna swoon over Heath Ledger in a Knight's Tale while Dan treks through Oscar Wilde shade, bad technicolor movies, and puppy-size...
S3E21: Hyperbolexa
Space Croutons - August 05, 2023 12:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsAlexa has come down with a new and dangerous computer virus while traveling with Vera and Lucy. After watching out to Curdy and SALI for help, an experimental treatment at a nearby clinic is tried to makes things better. Will Alexa be okay? And where did the virus come from?
202 Fourth Wall
Bunny Trails: A Word History Podcast - August 02, 2023 12:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsThis week Shauna and Dan delve into the phrase, "Fourth Wall". Whether it's Deadpool, Jim Halpert, or Zack Morris, breaking that Fourth Wall is part of performance art. Bonus: Ozzie and Harriet Nelson, Don Gruffo, and Light bulbs. Copyright 2023 by The Readiness Corner, LLC - All Rights Reser...