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An Acquired Taste Podcast

S5 Ep449: The Mystery of the S.S. Morro Castle & Idioms From Around the World

An Acquired Taste Podcast

Audioboom Studios

True Crime, Relationships, Personal Journals, Society & Culture, Philosophy

53.4K Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2022

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

In the 1930s, a luxurious passenger shipwrecked at Asbury Park. Only 6 lifeboats were deployed, the captain died the night before, and a suspicious fire ended up spreading throughout the entire ship. Was it a horrible accident, or the work of one man and a government cover-up? Bethany covers the crazy story of the S. S. Morro Castle. Then, we’re not beating around the bush! English isn’t the only language that has bizarre idioms that don’t always make sense, and Kathleen is sharing some of the strangest from countries near and far. Plus, Kathleen has discovered a new way you can shade your friends using technology. (Her mom’s doing it already!)

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What We Talked About:

14:30 - The Mystery of the S.S. Morro Castle
37:35 - Idioms From Around the World

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BETHANY’S SOURCES:
https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/ss-morro-castle-shipwreck/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Morro_Castle_(1930)

KATHLEEN’S SOURCES:
I'm Not Hanging Noodles on Your Ears and Other Intriguing Idioms From Around the World by Jag Bhalla

Transcript

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Stop laughing, this is erotic.

0:02.0

I'm on a new medication and I think it's making me lose to me.

0:06.0

I would have been a Ted Bundy victim.

0:08.0

Yeah, I had no idea that so many people out there felt the same way.

0:12.0

I did.

0:13.0

Now I want a peanut colada.

0:15.0

An acquired taste.

0:18.0

This is an acquired taste podcast.

0:20.0

I'm Bethany Watson.

0:21.0

You're thumb hurting.

0:23.0

My thumb hurts.

0:24.0

I have an embarrassing story for why my thumb hurts, friend.

0:27.0

Bethany, oh no, why is your thumb hurt?

0:29.0

I'll tell you in a second.

0:31.0

And I'm Kathleen Haney, you're forever breaking my dishes.

0:35.0

I am the proud owner of my first seasonal cold.

0:39.0

I feel like I'm floating today and I'm wondering if I got accidentally high somehow, friend.

0:45.0

And every week, Kathleen and I get together to discuss our lives and what's weird in the world.

0:49.0

And we invite you to join us.

0:50.0

Kathleen, what are you talking about this week?

0:52.0

This week, I am talking about idioms from around the world.

0:57.0

And for people who know what an idiom is, but need to be reminded, what's an idiom?

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