Bunny Trails: A Word History Podcast
By Shauna Harrison, Dan Pugh
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Welcome to our whimsical adventure of idioms and other turns of phrase. Each week, we delve into the origins of phrases to find out how they came into the English language. We tell the story of how the phrase got from its beginnings to where it is today. Shauna and Dan are two big nerds, so expect some geek culture references, random trivia facts, and loads of laughs!
| Episode | Date |
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235 All Hell Breaks Loose
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May 15, 2024 |
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234 Saved by the Bell
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May 08, 2024 |
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233 Cradle to the Grave
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May 01, 2024 |
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232 If I Had a Nickel
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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231 Law of the Jungle / It's a Jungle Out There
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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230 Pie in the Sky
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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RETRO 98 Calm Before The Storm
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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229 Tough Nut to Crack
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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228 Fly Off the Handle
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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227 Speak of the Devil
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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226 Whole Kit and Caboodle
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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225 Spit Into the Wind
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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RETRO 105 Crossing the Rubicon
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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224 When Pigs Fly
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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223 Not My Cup of Tea
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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222 Pecking Order
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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221 Pins and Needles
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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220 Hell Freezes Over
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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219 Cold Feet
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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218 Spam Messages
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Dec 27, 2023 |
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RETRO 92 Christmas Spirit and other Christmastime Phrases
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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217 A Rolling Stone Gathers No Moss
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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216 Snowball Effect
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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215 Easy as Pie
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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214 Ticker Tape Parade
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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213 Birds of a Feather
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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212 Stab in the Back
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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211 With Flying Colors
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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210 As Hungry as a Horse
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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209 The Last Straw
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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208 Act of Congress
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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RETRO 142: Jump the Shark
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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207 Fighting Tooth and Nail
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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206 Bite the Bullet
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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205 Albatross Around Your Neck
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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204 Tug at Your Heartstrings
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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203 Ghost Town
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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RETRO 138 Gild the Lily
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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202 Fourth Wall
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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201 Let Bygones be Bygones
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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200 Hang Ten and Other Surfing Slang
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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199 Back Track
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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198 That Dog Won't Hunt
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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197 Don't Bug Me and Other Insect Idioms
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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196 Give Up the Ghost
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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195 Lost to the Mists of Time
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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194 Butter Up
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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RETRO 116 Calling Dibs and Other Chicago Phrases
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May 31, 2023 |
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Retro 110 Pardon My French
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May 24, 2023 |
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193 In a Pickle
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May 17, 2023 |
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192 My Goodness
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May 10, 2023 |
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191 Face the Music
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May 03, 2023 |
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Retro 94 Earworm
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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190 Know Him From Adam
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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189 Barking Up the Wrong Tree
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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188 Airing Dirty Laundry
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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187 At a Crossroads
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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186 Give an Inch, Take a Mile
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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185 If You Can't Stand the Heat Then Get Out of the Kitchen
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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184 The Rabbit Died
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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183 Line Your Pockets
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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RETRO 59 Old Dog, New Tricks
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Feb 22, 2023 |
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182 Something to Write Home About
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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181 Bless Your Heart
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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180 Dead of Winter
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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179 Quid Pro Quo
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Jan 25, 2023 |
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178 Who Invented the Electric Toaster?
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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177 Just Deserts
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Jan 04, 2023 |
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RETRO 92 Christmas Spirit and other Christmastime Phrases
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Dec 28, 2022 |
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176 Witching Hour
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Dec 21, 2022 |
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175 Can of Worms
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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RETRO 127 Penny Dreadful
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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174 Blind as a Bat
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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173 A Watched Pot Never Boils
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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172 The Great Outdoors
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Nov 02, 2022 |
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171 Let Sleeping Dogs Lie
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Oct 26, 2022 |
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170 Jump for Joy
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Oct 19, 2022 |
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169 Sell Like Hotcakes
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Oct 12, 2022 |
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168 Cute as a Button
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Oct 05, 2022 |
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167 Goosebumps
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Sep 28, 2022 |
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166 Under the Bus
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Sep 21, 2022 |
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165 Keep an Eye On, and variants
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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164 Veni, Vidi, Vici. I came, I saw, I conquered.
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Aug 31, 2022 |
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163 Head in the Clouds
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Aug 24, 2022 |
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RETRO 96 Under the Weather
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Aug 17, 2022 |
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162 Pura Vida - A Visit to Costa Rica
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Aug 03, 2022 |
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161 Beam Me Up Scotty and Other Misquoted Phrases
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Jul 27, 2022 |
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160 Pour Oil on the Fire
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Jul 13, 2022 |
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159 Best Thing Since Sliced Bread
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Jul 13, 2022 |
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Retro 81 Queen Bee
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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158 Rocket Science
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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157 Piece of Cake
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May 25, 2022 |
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156 Newfangled or Old-fangled?
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May 18, 2022 |
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155.5 Lose Your Voice Mini Ep
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May 11, 2022 |
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155 Look On the Bright Side
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May 04, 2022 |
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154 Stir the Pot
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Apr 27, 2022 |
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RETRO 65 Thick As Thieves
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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153 In Vino Veritas
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Apr 13, 2022 |
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152 Break the Ice
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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151 Blood on Your Hands
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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150 Avoid It Like The Plague and Other Evolving Phrases
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Mar 23, 2022 |
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149 Play the Devil
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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148 Elbow Grease
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Mar 09, 2022 |
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147 Butterflies in My Stomach
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Mar 02, 2022 |
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146 Grandfather Clock
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Feb 23, 2022 |
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145 Kill Two Birds With One Stone
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Feb 16, 2022 |
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144 Elevator Pitch
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Feb 09, 2022 |
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143 Happy as a Clam
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Feb 02, 2022 |
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142 Jump the Shark
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Jan 26, 2022 |
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141 Heart of Gold
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Jan 19, 2022 |
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140 Butterfly Kisses
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Jan 12, 2022 |
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139 Scarred For Life
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Jan 05, 2022 |
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138 Gild the Lily
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Dec 29, 2021 |
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137 Running Around Like a Headless Chicken
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Dec 22, 2021 |
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136 Never Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth
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Dec 15, 2021 |
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135 Cool as a Cucumber
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Dec 08, 2021 |
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134 Up My Alley
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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133 A Picture Paints a Thousand Words
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Nov 24, 2021 |
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132 Murphy's Law
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Nov 17, 2021 |
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131 Every Rose Has Its Thorn
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Nov 10, 2021 |
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130 Bull in a China Shop
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Nov 03, 2021 |
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RETRO 55 Dead As a Doornail
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Oct 27, 2021 |
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129 Silent as the Grave
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Oct 20, 2021 |
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128 King of the Jungle
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Oct 13, 2021 |
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127 Penny Dreadful
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Oct 06, 2021 |
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126 Keeping Score
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Sep 29, 2021 |
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125 Brass Tacks
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Sep 22, 2021 |
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124 Words the Vikings Gave Us with Grace Tierney
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Sep 15, 2021 |
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123 Apple of My Eye
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Sep 08, 2021 |
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122 Mind Your Ps and Qs
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Sep 01, 2021 |
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RETRO 29 Beat A Dead Horse
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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121 Plenty of Fish in the Sea
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Aug 18, 2021 |
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120 Young Blood
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Aug 11, 2021 |
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119 My Bad - A Mea Culpa
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Aug 04, 2021 |
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118 Bob's Your Uncle
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Jul 28, 2021 |
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117 - A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing
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Jul 21, 2021 |
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116 Calling Dibs and Other Chicago Phrases
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Jul 07, 2021 |
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115 Change Your Tune
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Jun 30, 2021 |
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114 In the Same Boat
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Jun 23, 2021 |
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113 Put Your Foot In Your Mouth
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Jun 16, 2021 |
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112 One Trick Pony
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Jun 09, 2021 |
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112 One Trick Pony
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Jun 09, 2021 |
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111 Muddy the Waters
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May 26, 2021 |
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110 - Pardon My French
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May 19, 2021 |
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RETRO 79 Why did we name it COVID-19?
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May 12, 2021 |
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109 Dead of Night
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May 05, 2021 |
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108 Keep Your Eye on the Ball
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Apr 21, 2021 |
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107 Bury Your Nose in a Book
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Apr 14, 2021 |
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RETRO 43 Preaching to the Choir
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Apr 07, 2021 |
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Endless Knot Meta-Etymology
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Apr 01, 2021 |
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106 Wet Behind the Ears
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Mar 31, 2021 |
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105 Crossing the Rubicon
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Mar 24, 2021 |
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104 Screen Your Calls
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Mar 17, 2021 |
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103 The Devil's Luck
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Mar 10, 2021 |
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102 Beware the Ides of March
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Mar 03, 2021 |
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101 Clear As A Bell
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Feb 24, 2021 |
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100th Episode Celebration!
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Feb 17, 2021 |
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99 Poke The Bear
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Feb 10, 2021 |
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98 Calm Before The Storm
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Feb 03, 2021 |
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97 Fly By The Seat Of Your Pants
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Jan 27, 2021 |
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96 Under the Weather
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Jan 20, 2021 |
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95 Finders Keepers
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Jan 13, 2021 |
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94 Earworm
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Jan 06, 2021 |
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93 Neck and Neck
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Dec 30, 2020 |
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92 Christmas Idioms
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Dec 23, 2020 |
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91 Trip the Light Fantastic
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Dec 16, 2020 |
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90 Retronyms
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Dec 09, 2020 |
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89 Wrong Side of the Bed
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Sep 02, 2020 |
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88 Conversations - With Daniel Klein
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Aug 26, 2020 |
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87 If The Shoe Fits
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Aug 13, 2020 |
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86 Conversations - Grace Tierney
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Jul 29, 2020 |
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RETRO Ep27 Bury the Hatchet
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Jul 22, 2020 |
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85 Death Warmed Over
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Jul 15, 2020 |
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BTP Ep84 Three Sheets In The Wind
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Jul 08, 2020 |
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BTP Ep83 Wave a Magic Wand
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Jul 01, 2020 |
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BTP Ep82 Mixed Metaphors
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Jun 24, 2020 |
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BTPEp81 Queen Bee
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Jun 17, 2020 |
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BTP Ep80 Work of Art
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Jun 10, 2020 |
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Black Lives Matter
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Jun 03, 2020 |
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BTPEp79 Coronavirus COVID-19
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Mar 13, 2020 |
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RETRO Ep14 Rose Colored Glasses
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Mar 04, 2020 |
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BTPEp78: Heads Will Roll
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Feb 26, 2020 |
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BTP EP77 Ugly Duckling
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Feb 19, 2020 |
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RETRO BTPEp35 Valentines Day Idioms
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Feb 12, 2020 |
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BTP Ep76 A Little Birdie Told Me
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Feb 05, 2020 |
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BTP Ep75 Bite The Dust
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Jan 29, 2020 |
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BTP Ep74 Crack of Dawn
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Jan 22, 2020 |
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BTP Ep73 Lost the Thread
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Jan 15, 2020 |
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BTP Ep72 Nothing Ventured
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Dec 19, 2019 |
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BTP Ep71 Head Over Heels
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Dec 11, 2019 |
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BTP Ep70 Take It With A Grain of Salt
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Dec 04, 2019 |
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BTP Ep69 Six Nines
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Nov 20, 2019 |
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BTP Ep68 Lost For Words
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Nov 13, 2019 |
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BTP Ep67 Turn Over A New Leaf
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Nov 07, 2019 |
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BTP Ep66 Blood Idioms - Halloween 2019
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Oct 30, 2019 |
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BTP Ep65 Thick As Thieves
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Oct 23, 2019 |
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BTPEp64 Steal My Thunder
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Oct 16, 2019 |
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BTPEp63 Fire Phrases
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Oct 11, 2019 |
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RETRO BTPEp09 Curiosity Killed The Cat
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Oct 02, 2019 |
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BTPEp62 Tip of the Iceberg
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Sep 25, 2019 |
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BTPEp61 Dead Ringer
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Sep 18, 2019 |
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Retro BTPEp02 Rain Check
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Sep 04, 2019 |
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BTPEp60 At Wits End
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Aug 29, 2019 |
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BTPEp60 At Wits End
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Aug 29, 2019 |
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BTPEp59 Old Dog New Tricks
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Aug 21, 2019 |
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BTP Ep58 Worlds Apart
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Aug 14, 2019 |
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BTPEp57 Civil War Slang Final
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Aug 07, 2019 |
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BTP Ep56 Pick Your Brain
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Jul 31, 2019 |
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BTPEp55 Dead As A Doornail
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Jul 24, 2019 |
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BTP Ep54 Bone To Pick
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Jul 17, 2019 |
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BTP Ep53 Dime A Dozen
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Jul 10, 2019 |
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BTPEp52 Wind Idioms
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Jun 27, 2019 |
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BTP Ep51 Chip Off The Old Block
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Jun 19, 2019 |
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BTP Ep50 Your Favorite Idioms
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Jun 05, 2019 |
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BTP Ep49 Wedding Idioms
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May 29, 2019 |
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BTP Ep48 When It Rains It Pours
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May 22, 2019 |
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BTP Ep47 On Cloud Nine
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May 15, 2019 |
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BTP Ep46 On The Lam
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May 08, 2019 |
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BTP Ep45 Wet Your Whistle
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May 01, 2019 |
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BTP Ep44 Whet Your Appetite
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Apr 24, 2019 |
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BTP Ep43 Preaching to the Converted
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Apr 17, 2019 |
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BTP Ep42 Look Before You Leap
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Apr 10, 2019 |
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BTPEp41 No Spring Chicken
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Mar 27, 2019 |
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BTPEp40 Spring Fever
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Mar 20, 2019 |
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BTPEp39 An Arm And A Leg
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Mar 13, 2019 |
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BTP Ep38 In Cold Blood
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Mar 06, 2019 |
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BTP Ep37 Rob Peter to Pay Paul
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Feb 27, 2019 |
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BTPEp36 Davy Jones Locker
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Feb 20, 2019 |
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BTPEp35 Valentines Day
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Feb 13, 2019 |
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BTPEp34 Rising Tide
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Feb 06, 2019 |
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BTPEp33 Wild Goose Chase
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Jan 30, 2019 |
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BTPEp32 Skin of My Teeth
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Jan 23, 2019 |
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BTP Ep31 Blue Moon
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Jan 16, 2019 |
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BTP Season 2 Intro
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Jan 07, 2019 |
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BTP Ep30 Thanksgiving
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Nov 22, 2018 |
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BTPEp29 Dead Horse
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Nov 14, 2018 |
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BTP Ep28 Star Crossed Lovers
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Oct 10, 2018 |
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BTP Ep27 Bury The Hatchet
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Oct 03, 2018 |
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BTP Ep26 Right As Rain
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Sep 19, 2018 |
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BTP Ep25 Sight For Sore Eyes
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Sep 13, 2018 |
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BTP Ep24 - Fight Fire With Fire
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Sep 07, 2018 |
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BTPEp23 Achilles Heel
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Aug 29, 2018 |
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BTP Ep22 Charley Horse
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Aug 22, 2018 |
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BTP Ep21 Axe To Grind
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Aug 15, 2018 |
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BTP EP20 - Theater Episode!
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Aug 08, 2018 |
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BTPEp19 Fit As A Fiddle
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Jul 25, 2018 |
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BTPEp18 Spill the Beans
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Jul 25, 2018 |
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BTP Ep17 Waste Not Want Not
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Jul 18, 2018 |
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BTPEp16 Ignorance Is Bliss
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Jul 18, 2018 |
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BTP Ep15 Leave No Stone Unturned
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Jun 27, 2018 |
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BTP Ep14 Rose Colored Glasses
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Jun 20, 2018 |
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BTP Ep13 Knight In Shining Armor
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Jun 13, 2018 |
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BTPEp12 Bottom Line
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Jun 06, 2018 |
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BTPEp11 Frog in Ones Throat
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May 30, 2018 |
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BTPEp10 Cat Got Your Tongue
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May 23, 2018 |
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BTPEp09: Curiousity Killed the Cat
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May 16, 2018 |
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BTPEp08 My Two Cents
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May 09, 2018 |
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BTPEp07 Eyes In The Back Of The Head
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May 02, 2018 |
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BTPEp06 Call It A Day
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Apr 25, 2018 |
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BTPEp05 Raining Cats and Dogs
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Apr 25, 2018 |
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BTPEp04 Play It By Ear
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Apr 25, 2018 |
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BTPEp03 Pushing Up Daisies
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Apr 25, 2018 |
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BTPEp02 Rain Check
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Apr 25, 2018 |
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BTPEp01 Bunny Trails
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Apr 25, 2018 |
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BTP Ep00 - Trailer
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Apr 24, 2018 |