139: Oops! All Listener Emails

This week we learn dedicate the entire episode to all the emails that listeners have sent in including a live reading of a pig butchering text exchange, bile cow liver antibiotics, and an extended discussion about which animals have actual bones in their boners.

Listener Tabs:

Stellar’s Sea Cow:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steller%27s_sea_cow

Hatchet Granny

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/09/carry-nation-biography-reasons-for-activism.html

The Miyawaki Method for Creating Forests

https://www.creatingtomorrowsforests.co.uk/blog/the-miyawaki-method-for-creating-forests

Searching for Hobey Baker

https://30for30podcasts.com/episodes/the-natural/

Sun Sets on the British Empire

https://oikofuge.com/sun-sets-on-british-empire/

Billikens in Alaska

https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2025/06/15/billikens-the-grinning-pot-bellied-good-luck-charm-that-dominated-midcentury-alaska/

A 1,000-Year-Old Antimicrobial Remedy with Antistaphylococcal Activity - PubMed

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26265721/

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