Can't Wait to Celebrate

Fox settles into the Space Shuttle Challenger to share how the first Black American in space became an astronaut. Cat dives back into the sea to swim with the gentle giants. Reading Materials: The New Guys: The Historic Class of Astronauts That Broke Barriers and Changed the Face of Space Travel by Meredith Bagby NASA JSC Oral History Project: Guion S. Bluford Jr. as interviewed by Jennifer Ross-N...

Cat gets on his little soapbox and talks about animals. Fox goes flying through the twisting history of roller coasters. Reading Materials: Animal Liberation by Peter Singer Petfinder Animal Shelters & Rescues coaster bot Backyard Roller Coasters by Paul Gregg Follow us @CWTCelebrate Bluesky Instagram Tumblr Our Bookshop account Art by: Lovelyclouds Music by: The Anonymous Zero Hosted on Acast...

Fox fills in a few plot holes using trust and audience oversight. Cat galumphs into the history behind a wonder-filled land. Reading Materials: Best. Movie. Year. Ever. by Brian Raftery Thirty Years Among the Dead by Dr. Carl Wickland Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll The Story of Alice: Lewis Carroll and the Secret History of Wonderland by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst Follow us @CWTCe...

Cat documents dinosaurs and their independent animator. Fox races through Lyon to announce the winner of the first edition of the Tour de France. Reading Materials: DeadSound YouTube Channel Tour de France 100 by Peter Cossins, Isabel Best, and Chris Sidwells Aerodynamic drag in cycling pelotons: New insights by CFD simulation and wind tunnel testing by Bert Blocken, Thijs van Druenen et al. A Rac...

Fox slides Dolly under a microscope to examine the history of SCNT cloning. Cat looks into what lust, gluttony, riots, vegetarianism, and the graham cracker have in common. Reading Materials: After Dolly by Ian Wilmut and Roger Highfield Embryonic Development and Induction by Hans Spemann The Science of Human Life by Sylvester Graham Follow us @CWTCelebrate Bluesky Instagram Tumblr Our Bookshop ac...

Cat praises the sun and the longest day on the Northern Hemisphere. Fox settles in for a meditative ride on the "first" Ferris wheel at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893. Reading Materials: Midsummer: Rituals, Recipes & Lore for Litha by Llewellyn Ancient Calendars and Constellations by Emmeline M. Plunket Ferris Wheels: An Illustrated History by Norman Anderson Circles in the Sky: The...

Fox unearths the foundation of the Great Plains and the cryptids lurking within. Cat takes a hike into the lower mainland woods. Reading Materials: Prairie: A Natural History of the Heart of North America by Candace Savage Foraging for Wild Food by Davis Jones Valuing Grasslands by GRaSS Alliance Native Legends of the Indian Arm Area compiled by Ralph Drew, stories from the Tsleil-Waututh heredita...

Cat ... . . ... / .-- .... .- - / .... .- - .... / --. --- -.. / .-- .-. --- ..- --. .... - stop. Fox awards "douze points" to Lys Assia and sends out Eurovision's first queer contestants for a reprise performance. Reading Materials: The Lightning Man: The Accursed Life of Samuel F.B. Morse by Kenneth Silverman Eurovision! by Christ West Follow us @CWTCelebrate Bluesky Instagram Tumblr Our Booksho...

Fox tumbles and twists from fiction to reality to talk about tornadoes. Cat notches their bow and aims to teach about archery. Reading Material: Storm Kings by Lee Sandlin Markowski Research Group Whirlwind Woman: Native American Tornado Mythology and Global Parallels by Nani Suzette Pybus History of the Bow How the Long Bow Became the Deadliest Weapon of its Time Follow us @CWTCelebrate Bluesky I...

Cat opens a new page on Independent bookstores. Fox summarizes the plot of Seven Samurai and the tropes used that forever changed cinematic history. Reading Materials Reinventing Retail:The Novel Resurgence of Independent Bookstores by Ryan L. Raffaelli, Ph. D. The Essential Role of Indie Bookstores by Katheryn Sparks How Authors Can Build Relationships with Independent Bookstores by Jane Friedman...

Fox launches into orbit to witness the flight of the First Cosmonaut. Cat takes a bite out of the grilled cheese history book. Reading Materials Imagining the Cosmos: Utopians, Mystics, and the Popular Culture of Spaceflight in Revolutionary Russia By Asif A. Siddiqi Beyond by Stephen Walker Starman by Jamie Doran and Piers Bizony A grilled cheese story The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich...

Cat dives into the deep end of mermaid history. Fox digs up the secrets of the Mausoleum of the First Emperor of China. Reading Materials Mermaids: Myth, Kith and Kin by Akanksha Singh Diving into the Wreck by Adrienne Rich The Mermaid, The Witch, and The Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall The Terracotta Warriors by Edward Burman China's First Emperor and His Terracotta Warriors by Frances Wood Audio Used:...

Fox tells of how the Mafia made an offer the studio couldn't refuse and why you shouldn't admire Don Corleone. Cat invites friends, Romans and countrymen to lend him their ears as she digs through the life of Julius Caesar. Reading Materials: The Godfather and Philosophy edited by Joshua Heter and Richard Greene The Godfather Legacy by Harlan Lebo Julius Caesar by Shakespeare THE LIVES OF THE TWEL...

Cat frolics beneath the waves in an ocean meadow. Fox takes you on a tour of the groundbreaking album Dark Side of the Moon. Reading Materials: Project Seagrass Seagrass Recovery in Tampa Bay, Florida by H. Greening, A.Janicki & E.T Sherwood Reinventing Pink Floyd by Bill Kopp The Dark Side of the Moon by John Harris Lunacy by John Kruth Follow us @CWTCelebrate Bluesky Instagram Tumblr Our Boo...

Fox wades through the rivers of Central Africa to talk about their most dangerous animal. Cat digs into the annals of American history and the importance of the Woman's Suffrage Movement. Reading Materials: A phylogenomic analysis of the role and timing of molecular adaptation in the aquatic transition of cetartiodactyl mammals by Georgia Tsagkogeorga, Michael R McGowen, and Kalina T J Davies Why...

Cat sows the seeds and prepares for spring. Fox raises the curtains on the women that made Clark Gable the King of Hollywood. Reading Materials: Hail Brigit; an Old-Irish poem on the Hill of Alenn The goddess obscured: transformation of the grain protectress from goddess to saint by Pamela Berger Clark Gable by Chrystopher J. Spicer Follow us @CWTCelebrate Bluesky Instagram Tumblr Twitter/X Art by...

Fox embraces childhood escapism to discuss author A. A. Milne. Cat cracks open his thesaurus and updates her vernacular! Reading Materials: A. A. Milne: His Life by Ann Thwaite From A Full Heart by A. A. Milne It's Too Late Now by A. A. Milne Amarkosha Peter Mark Roget: The Man Who Became a Book by Nick Rennison Follow us @CWTCelebrate Bluesky Instagram Tumblr Twitter/X Art by: Lovelyclouds Music...

Cat praises the Perihelion sun. Fox raises awareness about the oversimplification of history. Reading Materials: Soft Science by Franny Choi Kepler's Three Laws of Planetary Motion Charles Barbier: A hidden story by Philippa Campsie How to Communicate: Poems by John Lee Clark Follow us @CWTCelebrate Bluesky Instagram Tumblr Twitter/X Art by: Lovelyclouds Music by: The Anonymous Zero Hosted on Acas...

Fox fills in the history of crosswords and their cryptic counterparts, Cat praises the sun and the end of the long winter nights. Reading Materials: The Crossword Century by Alan Connor Crosswords In Rhyme For Those Of Riper Years by Torquemada Deewan-e-Hafiz by Hafiz Sheerazi Yule: Rituals, Recipes & Lore for the Winter Solstice by Llewellyn Follow us @CWTCelebrate Bluesky Instagram Tumblr Tw...

Cat pens an open letter to writing more letters. Fox steps onto the bridge with an undergraduate thesis paper about Jerry Goldsmith's Star Trek: TMP score. Reading Materials: The Letters of Vita Sackville-West and Virgina Woolf Reply of the Cossacks to the Turkish Sultan Anatomy of a Film Score: Star Trek - The Motion Picture by Cameron N. Patrick Star Trek: Legacy Follow us @CWTCelebrate Bluesky...

Fox reveals the truth behind cranberry holidays and scientific research. Cat kicks back his feet and appreciates labour workers. Reading Materials: Cranberries and Their Bioactive Constituents in Human Health Cranberry Polyphenols and Prevention against Urinary Tract Infections: Relevant Considerations Museum Kokugakuin Follow us @CWTCelebrate Bluesky Instagram Tumblr Twitter/X Art by: Lovelycloud...

Cat gives a curated tour of some local art galleries. Fox wades through the stars to talk about astronomer Carl Sagan. Reading Materials: Arts off Main OR Gallery Artspeak Bill Reid Gallery Pendulum Gallery Carl Sagan: A Life by Keay Davidson Cosmos by Carl Sagan Billions & Billions by Carl Sagan Follow us @CWTCelebrate Bluesky Instagram Tumblr Twitter/X Art by: Lovelyclouds Music by: The Anon...

Fox steps through misinformation and their mishaps to talk about mules. Cat holds a seminar on the needs of trans youths. Reading Materials: So You Want To Buy A Mule by Steve Edwards The Gender Friend by Oakly Pheonix My Child is Trans, Now What? by Ben Greene How to They/Them by Stuart Getty Follow us @CWTCelebrate Bluesky Instagram Tumblr Twitter/X Art by: Lovelyclouds Music by: The Anonymous Z...

Cat plays with a ball of yarn he loves. Fox digs up the field and plants seeds of change to inspire future farmers. Reading Materials: The Yarn Council Textile Talks: Weaving the Forgotten Women of Science into the Fabric of History The Urban Farmer by Curtis Stone Farm City by Novella Carpenter Follow us @CWTCelebrate Bluesky Instagram Tumblr Twitter/X Art by: Lovelyclouds Music by: The Anonymous...

Fox presses the importance of safe animal handling and getting vaccinated if bitten. Cat hops to celebrating rabbits both as pets and wild creatures of nature. Reading Materials: Rabid by Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy Biographies of Disease: Rabies by P. Kumar BunnyLady Rabbit Care Guide By Bunny Lady Raising Rabbits Indoors: The Complete House Rabbit Care Guide By Anita Haley Follow us @CWTCelebra...