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Can"t Wait to Celebrate

Can"t Wait to Celebrate

Mark your calendars and prepare for the festivities. Today is worth celebrating! Join your hosts, Cat and Fox, as they discuss holidays, birthdays, and more in this bi-weekly podcast.Episodes are released every other Saturday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:20:39

August 30-Guion S. Bluford Jr. and Whale Sharks

Can"t Wait to Celebrate ·

2025/08/30

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 BagbyNASA JSC Oral History Project: Guion S. Bluford Jr. as interviewed by Jennifer Ross-NazzalThe Real Stuff: A History of NASA's Astronaut Recruitment Program by Joseph D. AtkinsonThe Beginning

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1:50:30

August 16-Homeless Animals and Roller Coasters

Can"t Wait to Celebrate ·

2025/08/16

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 SingerPetfinder Animal Shelters & Rescuescoaster botBackyard Roller Coasters by Paul GreggFollow us @CWTCelebrateBlueskyInstagramTumblrOur Bookshop accountArt by: LovelycloudsMusic by: The Anonymous Zero Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:24:41

August 2-Sixth Sense and Alice in Wonderland

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2025/08/02

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 RafteryThirty Years Among the Dead by Dr. Carl WicklandAlice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis CarrollThe Story of Alice: Lewis Carroll and the Secret History of Wonderland by Robert Douglas-FairhurstFollow us @CWTCelebrateBlueskyInstagramTumblrOur Bookshop accountArt by: LovelycloudsMusic by: The Anonymous Zero Hosted on

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1:51:23

July 19-Dinosauria and Tour de France

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2025/07/19

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 ChannelTour de France 100 by Peter Cossins, Isabel Best, and Chris SidwellsAerodynamic drag in cycling pelotons: New insights by CFD simulation and wind tunnel testing by Bert Blocken, Thijs van Druenen et al.A Race for Madmen: A History of the Tour de France by Chris SidwellsFollow us

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1:37:56

July 5-Dolly the Clone and Graham Crackers

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2025/07/05

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 HighfieldEmbryonic Development and Induction by Hans SpemannThe Science of Human Life by Sylvester GrahamFollow us @CWTCelebrateBlueskyInstagramTumblrOur Bookshop accountArt by: LovelycloudsMusic by: The Anonymous Zero Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more

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1:27:24

June 21-Summer Solstice and Ferris Wheels

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2025/06/21

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 LlewellynAncient Calendars and Constellations by Emmeline M. PlunketFerris Wheels: An Illustrated History by Norman AndersonCircles in the Sky: The Life and Times of George Ferris by Richard WeingardtFollow us @CWTCelebrateBlueskyInstagramTumblrOur Bookshop

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1:21:01

June 7-Prairies and Trails

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2025/06/07

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 SavageForaging for Wild Food by Davis JonesValuing Grasslands by GRaSS AllianceNative Legends of the Indian Arm Area compiled by Ralph Drew, stories from the Tsleil-Waututh hereditary Chief George.Follow us @CWTCelebrateBlueskyInstagramTumblrOur Bookshop accountArt by: LovelycloudsMusic

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1:12:49

May 24-Morse Code and Eurovision Song Contest

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2025/05/24

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 SilvermanEurovision! by Christ WestFollow us @CWTCelebrateBlueskyInstagramTumblrOur Bookshop accountArt by: LovelycloudsMusic by: The Anonymous Zero Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more

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1:27:47

May 10-Twisters and Archery

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2025/05/10

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 SandlinMarkowski Research GroupWhirlwind Woman: Native American Tornado Mythology and Global Parallels by Nani Suzette PybusHistory of the BowHow the Long Bow Became the Deadliest Weapon of its TimeFollow us @CWTCelebrateBlueskyInstagramTumblrOur Bookshop accountArt by: LovelycloudsMusic by: The Anonymous Zero Hosted on Acast. See

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April 26-Independent Bookstores and Seven Samurai

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2025/04/26

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 MaterialsReinventing Retail:The Novel Resurgence of Independent Bookstores by Ryan L. Raffaelli, Ph.D.The Essential Role of Indie Bookstores by Katheryn SparksHow Authors Can Build Relationships with Independent Bookstores by Jane FriedmanEverything I Know about Filmmaking I Learned Watching Seven Samurai by Richard D. PeppermanFollow us

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1:17:58

April 12-Yuri Gagarin and Grilled Cheese Sandwiches

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2025/04/12

Fox launches into orbit to witness the flight of the First Cosmonaut. Cat takes a bite out of the grilled cheese history book.Reading MaterialsImagining the Cosmos: Utopians, Mystics, and the Popular Culture of Spaceflight in Revolutionary Russia By Asif A. SiddiqiBeyond by Stephen WalkerStarman by Jamie Doran and Piers BizonyA grilled cheese storyThe Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich by Deya MunizFollow us @CWTCelebrateBlueskyInstagramTumblrOur Bookshop accountArt by: LovelycloudsMusic by:

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1:10:52

March 29-Mermaids and Terracotta Warriors

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2025/03/29

Cat dives into the deep end of mermaid history. Fox digs up the secrets of the Mausoleum of the First Emperor of China.Reading MaterialsMermaids: Myth, Kith and Kin by Akanksha SinghDiving into the Wreck by Adrienne RichThe Mermaid, The Witch, and The Sea by Maggie Tokuda-HallThe Terracotta Warriors by Edward BurmanChina's First Emperor and His Terracotta Warriors by Frances WoodAudio Used: Diving into the Wreck read by Adrienne RichFollow us @CWTCelebrateBlueskyInstagramTumblrOur Bookshop

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1:36:39

March 14/15-The Godfather and the Ides of March

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2025/03/15

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 GreeneThe Godfather Legacy by Harlan LeboJulius Caesar by ShakespeareTHE LIVES OF THE TWELVE CAESARS By C. Suetonius TranquillusFollow us @CWTCelebrateBlueskyInstagramTumblrOur Bookshop accountArt

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1:07:31

March 1-Seagrass and Dark Side of the Moon

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2025/03/01

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 SeagrassSeagrass Recovery in Tampa Bay, Florida by H. Greening, A.Janicki & E.T SherwoodReinventing Pink Floyd by Bill KoppThe Dark Side of the Moon by John HarrisLunacy by John KruthFollow us @CWTCelebrateBlueskyInstagramTumblrOur Bookshop accountArt by: LovelycloudsMusic by: The Anonymous Zero Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more

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1:05:18

February 15-Hippos and Susan B. Anthony

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2025/02/16

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 DaviesWhy Does The Hippo Live In Water by ChrigiSusan B. Anthony: Rebel, Crusader, Humanitarian By Alma LutzFollow us

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February 1-Imbolc and Clark Gable

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2025/02/02

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 AlennThe goddess obscured: transformation of the grain protectress from goddess to saint by Pamela BergerClark Gable by Chrystopher J. SpicerFollow us @CWTCelebrateBlueskyInstagramTumblrTwitter/XArt by: LovelycloudsMusic by: The Anonymous Zero Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:17:19

January 18-A. A. Milne and Thesaurus Day

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2025/01/18

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 ThwaiteFrom A Full Heart by A. A. MilneIt's Too Late Now by A. A. MilneAmarkoshaPeter Mark Roget: The Man Who Became a Book by Nick RennisonFollow us @CWTCelebrateBlueskyInstagramTumblrTwitter/XArt by: LovelycloudsMusic by: The Anonymous Zero Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:18:13

January 4-Perihelion and Braille

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2025/01/04

Cat praises the Perihelion sun. Fox raises awareness about the oversimplification of history.Reading Materials:Soft Science by Franny ChoiKepler's Three Laws of Planetary MotionCharles Barbier: A hidden story by Philippa CampsieHow to Communicate: Poems by John Lee ClarkFollow us @CWTCelebrateBlueskyInstagramTumblrTwitter/XArt by: LovelycloudsMusic by: The Anonymous Zero Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:30:33

December 21-Crosswords and Winter Solstice

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2024/12/21

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 ConnorCrosswords In Rhyme For Those Of Riper Years by TorquemadaDeewan-e-Hafiz by Hafiz SheeraziYule: Rituals, Recipes & Lore for the Winter Solstice by LlewellynFollow us @CWTCelebrateBlueskyInstagramTumblrTwitter/XArt by: LovelycloudsMusic by: The Anonymous Zero Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more

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1:15:38

December 7-Letter Writing and Star Trek: The Motion...

Can"t Wait to Celebrate ·

2024/12/07

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 WoolfReply of the Cossacks to the Turkish SultanAnatomy of a Film Score: Star Trek - The Motion Picture by Cameron N. PatrickStar Trek: LegacyFollow us @CWTCelebrateBlueskyInstagramTumblrTwitter/XArt by: LovelycloudsMusic by: The Anonymous Zero Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

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