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Were You Raised By Wolves?

Talking Politics, Being Vegan, Saying Grace, Bringing Tupperware, 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 November 2019

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Etiquette, manners, and beyond! In this Thanksgiving-themed bonus episode, Nick and Leah answer listener questions about talking politics at the dinner table, bringing flowers without a vase, arriving and departing at appropriate times, selecting good gifts for the host, being gluten-free and vegan, saying "grace" if you're atheist, hating turkey, bringing your own Tupperware for leftovers, and much more. Please follow us! (We'd send you a handwritten thank-you note if we could.)

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QUESTIONS FROM THE WILDERNESS:

  • Is there a polite way to talk about politics at Thanksgiving?
  • Should you bring cut flowers in a vase?
  • When should you arrive and when should you leave?
  • What's a good gift for your host?
  • Asking hosts "how can I help"?
  • I'm gluten-free and vegan...what do I do?
  • Do I have to say "grace" if I'm not religious?
  • I hate eating turkey...do I have to eat it?
  • Am I allowed to take leftovers?


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CREDITS

Hosts: Nick Leighton & Leah Bonnema

Producer & Editor: Nick Leighton

Theme Music: Rob Paravonian


TRANSCRIPT

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0:00.0

Hey there it's Nick and it's Leah.

0:02.0

Real quick thing before we get going,

0:03.7

we just want to say thank you

0:05.3

to everybody who came out to see us live

0:07.6

for our very first live show.

0:09.5

It was so unbelievable and I know a lot of you travel from far and wide.

0:14.0

People flew in to New York City just for us, mind-blown.

0:19.0

I still can't even comprehend it and we're so delighted.

0:21.0

I know many of you couldn't make it but you reached out with

0:23.4

lovely supportive messages and it just meant so much to Nick and I. So thank you it

0:28.3

really meant a lot to us and hopefully more live shows in the future.

0:31.7

Ah your support is our whole everything, so thank you.

0:36.0

And now let's start the show.

0:37.0

Let's get in it.

0:38.0

Hi everybody, it's Nick Leighton. And I'm Leobobonema and we're in New York today and we had

0:45.5

so many Thanksgiving themed questions that we thought we'd put it all together.

0:50.0

Oh it's such a big topic. Oh it's a big topic. So let's go big. Is it still true that you shouldn't talk about politics at Thanksgiving?

0:58.8

I would say yes. Yeah, I mean I think that's a good rule for a reason.

1:02.6

I actually think it's gotten more so.

1:04.5

Has it though? Do you think it was better, you know, 30 years ago, 50 years ago?

1:08.7

Are we actually living in different times?

1:10.3

I don't know. I do feel like there's so much arguing on the internet yeah that it's almost like I need more than ever to not argue

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