Nurture & Support 173: The miracle of loaves and Fitbits

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Nurture & Support 168: Tea and Tapes

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Squat Cobbler 96: Messy Baker and Heavy Breathing

http://media.blubrry.com/nurtureandsupport/p/www.nurtureandsupport.net/ns/SC96.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | RSSThis week Mike and I do a recommendation show.  We are using OBS and standard Google Hangouts to record now, and I clearly I have some learning to do.  I THOUGHT I was muting my mic via the Hangout, but clearly that was not the case.  So this episode you will be treated to ice clanking in my drink and nearly omnipresent labored nose breathing.  Hopefully for the last time.  Sorry!! Kelly’s Recommendation: Colonial cooking and such on the Townsends YouTube … Continue reading

Episode 120 – PokemonGO eat some Hashbrowns

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Episode 115 – I don’t want your floppy bacon around my chicken

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Episode 103 – Demonic Bill Pullman is better than your Swiss Miss

http://media.blubrry.com/nurtureandsupport/p/www.nurtureandsupport.net/ns/NS103.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | RSSA holiday, a super bad movie, and cocoa awesomeness this week from Mel & Kel Happy Belated HARBOR DAY! Check out the official FB group. And here’s the New Yorker article that awarded Harbor Day it’s National Holiday Status.  But you probably won’t.  We knew that.  It is difficult to simply click a link, isn’t it? Mel’s Recommendation Food/Drink: Crio Bru This is a delicious cocoa bean drink. It could be called a “Coffee alternative” in that it claims to provide energy … Continue reading

Episode 100 (part 1) – Recommendation MADNESS

http://media.blubrry.com/nurtureandsupport/p/www.nurtureandsupport.net/ns/NS100a.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | RSSTo celebrate our 100th podcast, we decided to do something different from our usual format, so we set up a tournament featuring past recommendations and asked a bunch of our friends to help us out. 64 recommendations… 10 guests… 3 near evictions… cellos… Alice Cooper… and MORE! So MUCH more in fact – we had to make this show into two parts.  This week you will hear the “King in the North” and “Clegane” brackets.  Next week we go through the “Braavos” and … Continue reading

Episode 97 – An octopus grows old eating

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Episode 63 – Lemon After Dark

http://media.blubrry.com/nurtureandsupport/p/www.nurtureandsupport.net/ns/NS63.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | RSSScavenge in the mysterious post apocalyptic world of ‘A Dark Room’. If you’re lucky you’ll find some pasta and shrimp to make a yummy meal. So, Post-Apocalyptic Pasta, anyone?   Mel’s Recommendation: Game App: A Dark Room Available as either an iOS app or play it in your web browser at adarkroom.doublespeakgames.com An intriguing text based post-apocalyptic adventure! Stoke your Fire, talk to a Stranger, explore mysterious caves, and scavenge in abandoned neighborhoods. Can you survive?     Kelly’s recommendation Food: … Continue reading

Episode 61 -Tips on tea, organization, and drones

http://media.blubrry.com/nurtureandsupport/p/nurtureandsupport.net/ns/NS61.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | RSSLet our drones help you organize your tea collection. Mel’s Recommendation:   Food/Beverages: Adagio Teas (adagio.com) Adagio is a wonderful online tea seller that allows tea nerds to create their own blends in addition to their regular blends. One really cool thing about this is that really awesome people have created tea blends based on their fandom of choice! Examples include Firefly (of course), Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Penny Dreadful, Doctor Who. There are even ones based on game characters from … Continue reading