Spirits and Tongues

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Spirits and Tongues is a podcast about food and drink, language and spirituality, written and edited by a couple of language nerds who are obsessed with all of the good things in life.

Kezia Walker-Cecil


    • May 20, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 24m AVG DURATION
    • 19 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Spirits and Tongues

    Margins of Experience

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2021 17:32


    Special episode alert! Scribbles in margins! Garnishes on plates! Connection to other people!

    Viking

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2020 27:17


    Some daily Viking vocab! The beverage of choice in Valhalla! Soup, but for Vikings! A magical spiritual practice (loosely) tied to Norse tradition!

    Autumn

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2020 22:14


    A peek into English spelling weirdness! A seasonal fruit... uh... vegetable? uhhhhh ... squash! The beverage of autumn! The observance of time passing!

    Taboo

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2020 23:47


    Words we say when we mean other things that we don't want to say! Things we don't eat! The forbidden sausage! Definitely don't drink this! For derecho disaster relief, donate at gcrcf.org/derecho-disaster-recovery or volunteer at iowastormhelp.com.

    'Murica

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2020 67:07


    Dylan and Kezia talk about: The American-ness of apple pie! Weird things people say in different states! "America's greatest idea"! America's great contribution to the liquor cabinet!

    Kin

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2020 31:18


    Language families! Twin sacred reading practices! The answer to whether sweet taters and yams are related! The cocktail family Martini!

    Rainbow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2020 19:05


    A classic rainbow myth (I mean, Bible story)! A veritable cornucopia of colorful plants! Words that are made by smashing other words together! A tasty, sugary drink that tastes like celebration!

    Protest

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2020 21:06


    The etymology of some key vocabulary of current events! Connections between spirituality and protests! A hero in the kitchen and in the Civil Rights Movement! A cocktail to sip while spilling the tea!

    Early

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2020 22:34


    Early morning prayer rituals! Bitter, beautiful bean juice! Ova of poultry! Sentence starters!

    Fancy

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2020 27:37


    The formality in the little things in language! The fanciness of a high liturgy service! A dessert that involves French and fire! A cocktail for fancy celebrations!

    Episode 8: Sick

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2020 23:02


    The best hot toddy recipe! Chicken soup for the food snob! The reason you talk funny when you're congested! Faith healing!

    Episode 7: Crunchy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2020 25:29


    A magical beverage of probiotics and fizziness! Hanging out with trees as a spiritual practice! Mom's granola! Words that go crunch!

    Episode 6: Feline

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2019 26:13


    Cat language according to the internet! Fish! Cat wine! And a poetic meditation on the Divine as revealed through sweet sweet Jeoffry, a 18th century feline companion!     A few quick notes: Paper: "I can haz language play: The construction of language and identity in LOLspeak" by Lauren Gawne and Jill Vaughan Instructions for a good ILikTheBred meme poem: https://www.reddit.com/r/ilikthebred/comments/84lkuj/how_to_write_a_good_i_lik_the_bred_poem/ Poem: Jubilate Agno, Fragment B, [For I will consider my Cat Jeoffry] by Christopher Smart (1722-1771) Finally, Niki and I were so entranced by the poem that we both didn't hear my phone ding loudly in the middle of the last segment. Happy holidays and we'll be back again in the new year!

    Episode 5: Empty

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2019 17:17


    The empty space in language that means so much! A spiritual practice for the busiest time of year! A zero-calorie magic food! A spirit brewed and distilled to be empty of all the extras!

    Episode 4: Faux

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2019 16:34


    A sparkling holiday mocktail! Words that only pretend to be friends! Meat-like substances! A spiritual practice for the secular among us! 

    Episode 3: Counterintuitive

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2019 17:00


    A cocktail recipe that shouldn't work! A flavor combination greater than the sum of its parts! A spiritual practice that only works when you stop trying so hard! A kind of sentence that doesn't mean what it's supposed to!

    Episode 2: Spooky

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2019 26:34


    A terrifying appetizer! A "bloody" brunch cocktail! A community practice in both Wicca and the Church of Satan! (Honestly, it's spooky we don't all have this as a required practice.) Language DEATH!!!! Guest host: Niki Metzger Content warning: We discuss animal phobias and sex. Not together. And nothing explicit. But, be warned. Episode 3 will be released on Friday, November 14.

    Episode 1: Basic

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2019 17:44


    The 15 basic sounds that (nearly) every language has! The food staple everyone's got in their pantries! The basic-est of beverages! A basic spiritual practice that you can do every day!

    Episode 0: Human

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2019 9:34


    Hi! This is the pilot episode for Spirits and Tongues! Listen to figure out what this podcast is all about. (I mean, "Spirits and Tongues"?! What could that even be talking about?) Maybe you'll laugh. Maybe you'll stick around for another episode or two. Maybe you'll have an existential crisis while considering the question of what it means to be a human.

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