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Were You Raised By Wolves?

Second Helpings: Eating Like Europeans, Signing Business Emails, Giving Repeat Gifts, and More

Were You Raised By Wolves?

Nick Leighton & Leah Bonnema

Society & Culture, Education, Relationships, Comedy Interviews, Comedy, Self-improvement

4.71.8K Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Etiquette, manners, and beyond! This week, Nick and Leah are enjoying a well-deserved break, but they'll be back next week with an all-new episode. In the meantime, here's one of their favorite episodes from the archives in which they tackle eating like Europeans, signing business emails, giving repeat gifts, 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: American versus European fork usage
  • A QUESTION OF ETIQUETTE: Email closings
  • QUESTIONS FROM THE WILDERNESS: Can I tell my boss I don't want the same Christmas gift as last year? What do you do if someone doesn't apologize for hitting you with a ball? Can I tell a friend I'm never going to read the book they gave me?
  • VENT OR REPENT: Nearby carpentry, A big thumb's up
  • CORDIALS OF KINDNESS: Mah Jong, A nice review


THINGS MENTIONED DURING THE SHOW


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CREDITS

Hosts: Nick Leighton & Leah Bonnema

Producer & Editor: Nick Leighton

Theme Music: Rob Paravonian


TRANSCRIPT

Episode 54

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0:00.0

Hey there, it's Nick.

0:00.9

And it's Leah.

0:01.9

Real quick thing before we get going.

0:03.7

Did you know that we have a new benefit on Patreon?

0:07.1

I did know.

0:08.1

Yes.

0:08.5

So if you want an ad-free version of our show, you of course can continue signing up for Wolf's Plus exclusively on Apple Podcasts.

0:15.7

But you can now get the same benefit when you join us on Patreon as a moon howler or higher.

1:11.2

A moon howler. I just want to be a moon howler. I am a moon howler. You are a moonhaller. Yes. Yes. You are the very definition. You're the model moonhauler. Boy, do I moon howl. Also, you're not only getting the ad-free version. You're also getting all of our Patreon content. Oh yeah. I mean, there's tons of bonus content, which you've never seen if you haven't joined us on Patreon. So please either join us on Wolves Plus through Apple Podcasts or join us on Patreon. Come moon howl. Hey everybody, it's Nick. And it's Leah. Real quick thing before we get going, we are on a break this week. Nick and I are sprinkling a few Mondays off throughout the year. But we can't leave you empty-handed, so we found the perfect episode from the archives just for you. We will never leave you empty-handed. Is that a song? No, I just wrote it right now for our listeners. Oh, good. Okay, that means we don't need the rights to that and so we can air it. You don't need the rights to that. Probably also nobody will ever want to sing it, but it may catch on. And so the episode we have selected for this week is actually one of my favorite episodes. I had forgotten about this until it just resurfaced. I'm very excited about this episode because I'm not going to say what in case somebody hasn't heard this yet. I don't want to say in what way they came up,

1:31.0

but I do have the... I'm very excited about this episode because I'm not going to say what in case somebody hasn't heard

1:28.8

this yet. I don't want to say in what way they came up, but I do have the opportunity to discuss

1:33.2

my rest in peace, amazing guinea pigs, R2D2, and Tupacchukut.

1:38.8

Yeah, yeah, you will get introduced to these guinea pigs in this episode. And what's interesting

1:43.9

is, based on this

1:45.3

episode, I have received correspondence from our listeners using the thing that you recommend,

1:52.3

which is both charming, delightful, and a little concerning, but nice at the end of the day.

1:59.8

I love the way that this, I think it allows them to live on.

2:02.9

That's true.

2:03.8

Not only in my heart, but in...

2:05.9

The inboxes across the world.

2:08.3

Yes.

2:09.1

So we will be back next week with an all new episode, but for now, let's start the show.

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