Receiving Black Napkins, Squatting in Strangers' Kitchens, Slurping Smelly Foods, and More
Were You Raised By Wolves?
Nick Leighton & Leah Bonnema
4.7 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 11 May 2026
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Etiquette, manners, and beyond! In this episode, Nick and Leah tackle receiving black napkins in restaurants, squatting in strangers' kitchens, slurping smelly foods on airplanes, and much more. Please follow us! (We'd send you a handwritten thank-you note if we could.)
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EPISODE CONTENTS
- AMUSE-BOUCHE: Napkins 201
- A QUESTION OF ETIQUETTE: Making phone calls on airplanes
- QUESTIONS FROM THE WILDERNESS: Should we host a difficult houseguest again or should we just decline? What do I do when I don't want to reschedule with a friend who has cancelled on me five times?
- VENT OR REPENT: An unfortunate airplane seatmate, Bringing too many items to the express lane
- CORDIALS OF KINDNESS: Thanks for the theater outing, Thanks for the nice reviews
THINGS MENTIONED DURING THE SHOW
- Basic napkin etiquette (Episode 20)
- Napkin rings (Episode 94)
- Placing napkins on a table (Episode 230)
- Should passengers make phone calls on airplanes with new Wi Fi (USA Today)
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CREDITS
Hosts: Nick Leighton & Leah Bonnema
Producer & Editor: Nick Leighton
Theme Music: Rob Paravonian
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there, it's Nick. And it's Leah. Real quick thing before we get going, Leah, do you know about |
| 0:04.3 | Wolves Plus? I do, but let's pretend I don't for this for our audience. So Wolves Plus, |
| 0:11.5 | and we say it the French way, because it sounds fancier, is this new thing that we offer on Apple |
| 0:16.1 | podcasts. So you can get an ad-free version of our show that also helps support us. |
| 0:21.3 | And you can do that right now in the app. |
| 0:23.4 | So go find our show and click on Wolves Plus, if you want to be all American about it. |
| 0:28.2 | And check it out. |
| 0:29.5 | Wolves Plus. |
| 0:30.5 | Wolves Plus. |
| 0:31.5 | And now let's start the show. |
| 0:41.7 | Do you use the wrong side of your napkin? |
| 0:43.6 | Do you shush your hosts? |
| 0:45.8 | Do you not know how to count to ten? |
| 0:47.2 | We're raised by wolves. |
| 0:48.4 | Let's find out. |
| 0:54.7 | Here are things that can make it better When we have to live together |
| 0:58.2 | We can all use a little help |
| 1:01.7 | Some people don't ask themselves |
| 1:04.5 | For you raised by wolves |
| 1:08.0 | Hey everybody, it's Nick Layton |
| 1:10.0 | And it's Leah Bonema And let's just get right down, too, with our moose-boosh. Ooh-oh. So for today's a moose-bush, I want to talk about napkins. I wish my facial expression could make a noise, so our audience knows how I already know how wrong I am. Well, we've already talked about napkins in one of our earliest episodes. |
| 1:28.6 | I think it was episode 20. And it has come up again where we talked about napkin rings or where to put |
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