Talking Politics, Being Vegan, Saying Grace, Bringing Tupperware, and More
Were You Raised By Wolves?
Nick Leighton & Leah Bonnema
4.7 • 1.8K 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
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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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