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Were You Raised By Wolves?

Second Helpings: Sitting on Suitcases, Going on Ghost Tours, Being Disappointed by Mahi-Mahi, and More

Were You Raised By Wolves?

Nick Leighton & Leah Bonnema

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

4.71.8K Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2026

⏱️ 52 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 sitting on suitcases before a trip, going on ghost tours, being disappointed by mahi-mahi, 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: Sitting on suitcases
  • A QUESTION OF ETIQUETTE: Ghost tours
  • QUESTIONS FROM THE WILDERNESS: What should I do about colleagues who haven't checked in on me after my knee surgery? What do you do about people who complain about the food when you've treated them to dinner? More "Said to My Face" submissions.
  • VENT OR REPENT: Nincompoops at gas stations, Being oblivious at TSA
  • CORDIALS OF KINDNESS: Thanks to a weightlifting group, A nice letter


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Hosts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Nick Leighton⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Leah Bonnema⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Producer & Editor: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Nick Leighton⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Theme Music: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Rob Paravonian⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠


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TRANSCRIPT

Episode 244

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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.

0:41.7

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 there,

0:48.5

it's Nick. And it's Leah. Real quick thing before we get going, we are on a break this week.

0:53.3

Happy Memorial Day.

1:16.0

But we wouldn't leave you empty-handed. So we found the perfect episode from the archives just for you. You know what, Nick, I don't think we've ever left anybody empty-handed. Because we wouldn't. We're not those kinds of people. And this episode is fun. There's actually some great stuff in here. One of my favorite things that actually people write to me about because they've started doing it is the tradition of sitting on suitcases.

1:21.0

What I love is that when you brought it up, I thought you literally just meant that we were going to sit on our suitcase.

1:45.0

I mean, you can. That works. But I mean that that was the whole topic, not that there was like a meaning behind it. Yeah. Sure. I was like, yeah, I sit on my suitcase. And then we talk about one of your favorite things, which is ghost tours, which, FYI to our lovely wolves family, I will be taking Nick on a ghost tour this summer. Yes, Leah is curating the perfect ghost tour of London. Leah and I are going to be in London together, and so we're going to go into a ghost tour. Let it be known that I've chosen

1:49.1

three, and I would back to back them and make Nick go on all three, but out of respect

1:56.1

for perhaps someone who's not that as into it as me, I said, pick your favorite. We'll do that one.

2:02.6

I will pick one. Yes. Leah will be going to all three. Yes, I will.

2:06.9

I'll just be doing one. Why do you love them so much? I love the storytelling. I love the hosts of,

2:13.1

I like a walking tour. I like to be moving. I like to see the cities. And but it's the storytelling.

2:18.8

And I think it's because my parents always played like Garrison Keeler when I was growing up.

2:25.3

Okay. And I had all these records by this really wonderful storyteller named J. O. Callahan.

2:30.0

And I just love a storyteller so much.

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