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Sit down with Raphael for a cup of tea, a clean mind, and a fresh vocabulary to start your day! Ten minutes is all you need. ~ There’s a bottomless market for intelligence nowadays, with especial respect to compositional skills which, in modern society, tend towards decay and extinction. ~ Knowledge of a simple word like “acumination” just might land you that selective job for which you just applied. ~ However, the utility of vocabulary extends far beyond immediate pragmatic domain. With precision of tongue comes precision of thought, and, after having learned many new words, you will no doubt find yourself smarter, happier, and in ultimate possession of both peace and clarity of mind. ~ If you’re interested in such prospects; or if you’d care to append dozens of novel terms to your vocabulary; or if you’re simply a tea-drinker and have no preoccupation to accompany your imbibing of nectar; then take your daily dose of sophistication. ~ This is: “In A Word: Tea and Vocab with Raphael Whalen.”
18 Episodes
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Raphael, as thalassocratic Emperor, prevails over his piscatory subjects; tries the world’s (purportedly) oldest tea; and proffers his valediction in this, the final episode of the show. || Caprice ~ Broach ~ Jocular ~ Decoct ~ Polyphony ~ Febrile ~ Antiquated ~ Umlaut ~ Substantive/Substantiate ~ Discomfiture ||
Raphael speaks of chunky dice and Curaçao parties; flashes his true, monstrous colors; and is found guilty of fraud by the Court. || Sobriquet ~ Tidings ~ Carousal ~ Vituperative ~ Aplomb ~ Olfactory ~ Trite ~ Amnesty ~ Sanguine ~ Brio ||
Raphael confirms the existence of a cure for all affliction; downs an uninspired orange spice blend; and philosophizes on the intrinsic perfection of the infinite nature of mathematics. || Politesse ~ Thalassocrat ~ Effete ~ Vagile ~ Forfeiture ~ Parvenu ~ Sumptuous ~ Toroidal ~ Valetudinarian ~ In Saecula Saeculorum ||
Raphael tries and convicts the late reprobate, Noah Webster; makes merriment of a fruity Madagascan vanilla tea; and, as maître d' of the evening, publicly endorses Meatland. || Demitasse ~ Traduce ~ Appurtenance ~ Rosinante ~ Restive ~ Periapt ~ Helot ~ Bivouac ~ Sangfroid ~ Hegira ||
Raphael experiments with a new format for the show; waffles on the topic of his strange, Janus-faced dandelion root tea; and appoints himself arbiter of the English Dictionary. || Panoply ~ Bouleversement ~ Thraldom ~ Fey ~ Paisaje ~ Hobgoblin ~ Factotum ~ Phaeton ~ Cacoëthes ~ Estival ||
Raphael observes the merry occasion of June 20th; drones ad nauseam (quite literally) on his seemly S. Morning blend; and odiously transgresses with regards to his six-minute time constraint. || Gallic ~ Paterfamilias ~ Agnate ~ Magnanimous ~ Philologue ~ Byzantine ~ August ~ Panegyrize ~ Kairos ~ Illuminate ||
Raphael enumerates the events of raconic (of, or pertaining to, raccoons) warfare; eulogizes blackberry tea; and momentarily penetrates the literature of Voltaire. || Furor ~ Iracund ~ Levity ~ Meliority ~ Pococurante ~ Pectinate ~ Souse ~ Eupepsia ~ Vatic ~ Sinistrad ||
Raphael flounders about in a muck of poetic devices; swills a strong Scottish Breakfast blend; and watches his comedy sink like the Hindenburg. || Aliquot ~ Bloviate ~ Synecdoche ~ Condign ~ Lorgnette ~ Purposive ~ Advert ~ Scutage ~ Milquetoast ~ Tergiversation ||
Raphael indulges his notorious tendency towards digression; frustrates your tea-reviewing expectations; and confesses his (literally) godly secret. || Excurse ~ Foliate ~ Propitiate ~ Maunder ~ Risible ~ Obstreperous ~ Bombinate ~ Plenipotentiary ~ Rococo ~ Pis Aller ||
Raphael depicts his new therapist; jealously guards the identity of his vigorous English Breakfast; and delves into the tradition of the Scottish people. || Execration ~ Expectoration ~ Anodyne ~ Inundant ~ Endue ~ Undulate ~ Prurient ~ Aphotic ~ Trewsman ~ Videlicet (Viz.) ||
Raphael can't help but make uncomfortably excessive allusions to mythology; sips on a tea that belongs in Malibu; and composes a title for himself by which you are obliged to address him henceforth. || Pergola ~ Gregarious ~ Accouchement ~ Farrow ~ Fallow ~ Ambit ~ Emolument ~ Disport ~ Quisling ~ Anfractuous ||
Raphael offers a breezy note of motivation; has recourse to his beloved Yorkshire blend; and feigns knowledge of Gaelic pronunciation. || Benison ~ Venery ~ Pilosity ~ Otiose ~ Susurrus ~ Limn ~ Nimiety ~ Inimical ~ Keen ~ Abecedarian ||
Raphael befriends a new appliance; drinks of the simplicity of black tea; and reminisces on the habits of his late compatriot, Aristotle. || Persiflage ~ Eventide ~ Harangue ~ Promontory ~ Éclat ~ Compendious ~ Belie ~ Bastinado ~ Garboil ~ Peripatetic ||
Raphael confesses his peccadillo; grimaces his way through a cup of lemon ginger; and far overloads the average human capacity for plosives. || Vapid ~ Lurid ~ Gravid ~ Pallid ~ Florid ~ Intrepid ~ Sordid ~ Placid ~ Stolid ~ Pellucid ||
Raphael, allegedly through coincidence, tends toward the macabre in the morning's vocabulary selection; prates about matcha tea; and chronicles the curious events of the eve of this morning. || Algid ~ Gascon ~ Mollify ~ Demesne ~ Adventitious ~ Immure ~ Ossuary ~ Gnathic ~ Obsequious ~ Obsequy ||
Raphael begins to take note of unfortunately persistent themes that are developing within his word choices; sips one of his favorite brews in the meantime; and questions whomsoever wrote his script. || Thrasonical ~ Eftsoons ~ Repast ~ Bucolic ~ Concatenate ~ Colloquy ~ Lassitude ~ Vulnerary ~ Cantillation ~ Pecksniffian ||
Raphael tries and fails to exercise the adept pronunciation skills of the Spanish language; sips delightedly on a cup of Yorkshire; and finds himself saying things he never would have imagined. || &c. ~ Oubliette ~ Abstemious ~ Halcyon ~ Uxorious ~ Locuaz ~ Threnody ~ Erose ~ Arch ~ Eclogue ||
Raphael brews his debut as he explores the morning's decade; relates the splendors of white chocolate peppermint tea; and shares an invaluable technique for warding off both Jimmy the Jamoke and also your typical playground menaces. || Ado ~ Confluence ~ Askance ~ Vaunt ~ Sedulous ~ Tout Ensemble ~ Caitiff ~ Fettle ~ Trenchant ~ Globus Cruciger ||
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