meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Were You Raised By Wolves?

Second Helpings: Showing Up Empty-Handed, Riding French Elevators, Having Nice Weekends, and More

Were You Raised By Wolves?

Nick Leighton & Leah Bonnema

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

4.7 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Etiquette, manners, and beyond! This week, Nick and Leah are enjoying a well-deserved break, but they'll be back soon with an all-new episode. In the meantime, here's one of their favorite episodes from the archives in which they tackle showing up at dinner parties empty-handed, riding elevators in France, being unapologetic about having nice weekends, and much more. Please follow us! (We'd send you a handwritten thank-you note if we could.)

Have a question for us? Call or text (267) CALL-RBW or visit ⁠ask.wyrbw.com⁠


EPISODE CONTENTS

  • AMUSE-BOUCHE: What to say in a French elevator
  • A QUESTION OF ETIQUETTE: What to bring to a dinner party
  • QUESTIONS FROM THE WILDERNESS: How to respond when someone says, "must be nice"? In a walk-up building, can you buzz people in or do you have to personally greet them at the building's front door?
  • VENT OR REPENT: A not-important email, TV Spoilers
  • CORDIALS OF KINDNESS: Supporting others, Bagging groceries at the supermarket


THINGS MENTIONED DURING THE SHOW


YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO...


CREDITS

Hosts: ⁠Nick Leighton⁠ & ⁠Leah Bonnema⁠

Producer & Editor: ⁠Nick Leighton⁠

Theme Music: ⁠Rob Paravonian⁠


TRANSCRIPT

⁠Episode 72

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

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. And you can do that right now in the app. So go find our show and click on Wolves Plus, if you want to be all American about it. And check it out. Wolves Plus. Wolves Plus. And now let's start the show. Hey, everybody. It's Nick. And it's Leah. Real quick thing before we get going, we are on a break this week.

0:39.1

Happy 4th of July holiday.

0:42.8

But we wouldn't leave you empty-handed.

0:44.6

So we found the perfect episode from the archives just for you.

0:47.8

And let me say, we went back four years.

0:51.9

Yeah, we've been out this a long time, Leah.

0:54.0

We develop. Yes, yes, absolutely. Yes. No, our episodes have gotten better over time. But this is not a bad episode. No, no. But we, I mean, our, I think we sort of change our, we maybe sharpen our opinions. Yeah. I think we've gotten a little sharper with our feelings. We, um, had I moved to

1:13.0

Los Angeles yet, 2021? No. This is Leah before L.A. Yeah, this is before all that yoga and

1:19.7

kombucha. Stop. I, I, I, just for our listeners, I do neither yoga nor kombucha, nor am I putting

1:26.1

either of those things down.

1:30.6

I do smoothies and sword class.

1:32.7

But there was a very big Pilates phase.

1:33.4

Sure.

1:34.4

I mean, we all go through that.

1:37.2

So this episode, though, has some fabulous segments.

1:40.8

My favorite is about elevators in France.

2:01.1

And it's actually been recently touched on in an episode. It sure has. And also a classic topic, what to bring to a dinner party. Very classic. I actually remember I got some emails about that one. Oh, yeah. Yeah, it turns out you don't use place cards. But so funny is that that's not what I got emails about, but that's fine. But apparently that's really stuck to your mind.

2:06.9

Oh, it sure has. But we'll be back soon with an all new episode. I love the idea that my house has free will and it bothers Nick. So please enjoy this episode. And know that right now we are

2:16.2

missing you so much.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Nick Leighton & Leah Bonnema, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Nick Leighton & Leah Bonnema and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.