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Talky Bnonnsense #15: Things we recommend (no paid promotions)
A grab-bag of advice on things worth knowing and doing that for some reason many people don’t know or do.
 • Bnonn Tennant and Smokey Tennant
38:31
Talky Bnonnsense #14: Tallish tales of St. David of Wales
Smokey regales us with the legendary embellishments around the patron saint of Wales — and makes a rather interesting point about how he reframed the…
 • Bnonn Tennant and Smokey Tennant
24:34
Talky Bnonnsense #13: Rhythms of eternity
Bnonn and Smokey discuss the natural and cyclical rhythms built into the human psyche, which somehow involves the French Revolution, Hadestown, Joss…
 • Bnonn Tennant and Smokey Tennant
30:25
Talky Bnonnsense #12: Smokey’s review of The Lord of the Rings: A Musical Tale
Having just seen the Lord of the Rings musical on stage, Smokey pontificates on the good, the bad and the ugly, giving it 4 stars for sheer…
 • Bnonn Tennant and Smokey Tennant
35:16
Talky Bnonnsense #11: the specious stereotype of cooking (art) vs baking (science)
In which Smokey, driven mad by her great learning, rants with considerable erudition about how cooking is just as much a science as baking, baking is as…
 • Bnonn Tennant and Smokey Tennant
22:44
Talky Bnonnsense #10: divorcing Superman
This episode is not actually about Superman, or divorce; it’s a metaphor, people.
 • Bnonn Tennant and Smokey Tennant
25:57
Talky Bnonnsense #9: is disability an impediment to marriage?
What is the heart of marriage?
 • Bnonn Tennant and Smokey Tennant
48:44
Talky Bnonnsense #8: wives with jobs aren’t (necessarily) betraying their husbands
While it’s true that a wife should be oriented toward her husband, her household, and especially her children, it is false that simply having a job ipso…
 • Bnonn Tennant and Smokey Tennant
23:44
Talky Bnonnsense #7: how Jane Austen (kinda) predicted feminism
Smokey, in lieu of doing research for the next episode, instead regales us with wisdomous thoughts about how the character motifs in Jane Austen’s…
 • Bnonn Tennant and Smokey Tennant
21:18
Talky Bnonnsense #6: celebrating leap day by gathering the remainder
Why is the solar calendar not exactly 365 days?
 • Bnonn Tennant and Smokey Tennant
20:03
Talky Bnonnsense #5: Smokey's favorite historical clothes
In researching season 1 of True Magic, Smokey has come across many fascinating and historically significant garments.
 • Bnonn Tennant and Smokey Tennant
15:45
Talky Bnonnsense #4: Noodle Theory
In this landmark episode, Smokey expounds, for the first time, her most notable contribution to the history of symbolic thought.
 • Bnonn Tennant and Smokey Tennant
14:56
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