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050-Icewine?


Icewine or in Germany Eiswein is a specialty desert wine of extraordinary character. It is categorized as a desert wine because of its sweet taste. Icewine needs to be made late past the harvest season when the grapes freeze on the vine. Typically the grapes are harvested in subzero temperatures in the early morning hours. The grapes also need to be pressed while frozen to ensure only the sweetest nectar of the berries are used. We talk about icewine and taste a little of this amazing treat on today’s Curioso.

Mentioned in this Episode:

The Legend of Ice Wine A blustery start to icewine harvest Eiswein in Germany Questions about Icewine Niagara Icewine Festival Slovakia finish harvesting frozen grapes to make icewine Types of Dessert Wine Guide German Eiswein - A Highly Esteemed Specialty Canadian classic Drink Your Dessert Icewine Festival heading to the Falls What the heck is ice wine, anyway?

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049-Censorship?


Warning! As of this episode we will no longer be censoring!

Censorship takes it’s hold on society, typically when someone gets offended. Some seek to censor images, words and even the conveying of thoughts. On this episode we discuss censorship in many of its facets and we have help from a few friends. Joel Murphy and Lars Periwinkle of Hobo Trashcan join us. You can hear us on Hobo Trashcan for this special crossover event.

Mentioned in this Episode:

Hobo Trashcan The Long History of Censorship The prudishness of Queen Victoria Indiana Jones Forced Hollywood To Create The PG-13 Rating Censorship Protestors Screen Chaplin’s Hitler Parody X to NC-17: The Evolution of Film’s Most Controversial Rating 20 Years of NC-17 25 Years After Tipper Gore’s PMRC WTF Happened to PG-13?

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048-The Yeti?


The Yeti remains a mystery obscured by snow high in the Himalayas. Are Yetis real or fake? Is it a ape like creature or related to the bear? Either way the Yeti has inspired children’s Christmas tales, comic books, television, movies and has even inspired a line of beverage Coolers.

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Mentioned in this Episode:

Discovery of the "Yeti Crab" Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas Ape Creatures Yetis cooler Yeti of the Inhumans Yeti Crab - Grows Its Own Food In Its Hair Yeti scalp Dyatlov Pass and Mass Murdering Yeti? Yetis are real?

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