About this episode

The episode discusses various topics including similes, American tea, and features a birthday celebration.

Tracy Arm Fjord! Not that boring! Similes! American Tea! Octofeet! Steve! Tybalt reports in! Prose corner? Saja! The Forks! Happy birthday to the OG animal interest haver! Comparisons: https://pudding.cool/2026/05/similes/ Boring conversations: https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1123175 Sir David: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/david-attenborough-celebrates-his-100th-birthday/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TJaNDBI87s Yaupon Tea: https://catspringtea.com/blogs/yaupon/the-real-story-of-ilex-vomitoria-and-yaupons-name Tsunami!: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/science/tsunami-landslide-alaska-climate-arctic.html Produced by Joe Fisher and Finlay Stevenson Edited & Mastered by Rich Palmer Music: My Own Kind of Tango by Alexandra Woodard Leave Finlay a message or a voicemail: https://www.hwatweekly.com Follow us on Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@hwatweekly Follow us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hwatweekly.bsky.social Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hwatweekly/ Find and support our sponsors at: fableandfolly.com/partners See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at…

People in this episode

Hosts: Finlay Stevenson, Joe Fisher

Topics covered

• similes
• American tea
• octofeet
• birthday
• tsunami
• prose

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Scientific American, New York Times

Products: Yaupon Tea

Places: Tracy Arm Fjord

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