Join returning cohost Sarah Wright and Melody Starkweather with the ever clever, funny and lovely real-life Newfoundlander Gina Gill as they venture onto the Rock. We cover all kinds (best kind!) - Newfoundland and Labrador accents, culture, heritage, literature, food, music, art, anxieties and true island love. Gina also tells us about her online Newfoundland culture magazine, Tint of Ink. Check it out!



As promised, here are Gina's recommendations for contemporary Newfoundland and Labrador authors: Michael Crummy, Lisa Moore, Wayne Johnston, Michael Winter, Eva Crocker, Donna Morrissey, Joel Hynes, Mark Critch and Megan Coles.



Note from Melody: as I am the host and "audio engineer" of this show, I was so focused on making Sarah and Gina sound good, I neglected to properly monitor my own levels. Sorry! Fixed it as best I could, but I am admittedly a little rusty after my big long hiatus. That being said, if you all contribute to the show's Patreon, maybe I could afford a real audio engineer!? Can't blame a girl for trying, anyway! ;)

Slide into the melty world of cheese with Melody and her sweet baby brother and seriously silly chef Scott Starkweather. It's a cozy fam jam kind of time as these two Starkweathers discuss the Montreal Cheese Mafia, Swiss Cheese Cartel, human cultures, catacomb cheese, cheddar addiction, cheese theft and more!

Mel and Clare have been dating it up for the last few years and they think they might have learned a few things. Clare came on Episode 61 to set up her very first Tindie profile, and we are just thrilled to have her back to tell us how that all went! Join us for a fun and candid discussion on hard-earned lessons, dating Do's and Don'ts, wild stories, and more. So much more!



This is our first episode back after a loooong hiatus, and we are excited to be here. The show will go to monthly releases going forward, as this is a hobby, y'all, and I'm very busy! <3

If you didn't consider the title of this episode disclaimer enough, consider yourself DISCLAIMED: this episode is about SEX and we kindly ask that children, prudes, exes and immediate family members steer clear of this one. Now, for the rest of you perverts, are you ever in for a treat! Melody and best bud/former cohost, Sarah Wright, are sitting down with Casey Easton of Erotic Embodiment for the Teach Me Tiger season finale to talk all things ORAL SEX and more! We cover cunnilingus and blowjobs, obvi...but also, we get balls-deep in deep throating, gag-prevention, communication for lubrication, 69ing, dating as a confident grown-ass woman, how to relax and enjoy oral, consent...and then! A real live dick shows up to the party and gives us the penile perspective. What a sexy show, what a hot finale!

Viara Mileva, PhD is back, with our good buddy Liz Cooper, to unpack childhood attachment styles, and pontificate on how they affect us and our interpersonal relationships as adults. Viara is wearing her former academic hat (she works now as a photographer,) as she spent years in the lab studying how primary caregivers and small children interacted and bonded (or in some cases, how they didn't do those things.) We break down the different attachment styles, how they're formed, and what they mean. We discuss whether one can work around these labels, or even overcome them. We also get into the importance of taking these labels with a grain of salt, and recognizing the complex series of factors that go into any and all of our behaviours. Attachment styles are but a piece of the puzzle, but they're an important piece and we've all got them. Let's get vulnerable, baby!



We do mention several books on the subject. If you'd like to delve deeper, we recommend these: Attached by Amir Levine and Rachel Heller, The Jealousy Cure by Robert Leahy and Paul Gilbert, and Wired For Dating by Stan Tatkin.

Back by popular demand, it's Melody's father Justin - and just in time for Father's Day. He's been working on a list of tales yet untold, and he's here to share them with us all (ever lucky!) Justin has been interviewed in several previous episodes of Teach Me Tiger - Episode 44, My Daddy Is A Ballerina, Episode 55, Trying Different Things, and Episode 58, The Hippie Years - telling stories from his wildly eventful and interesting life. Justin felt he'd left some good ones out, so here we are! Let's all hope he remembers more tales that he must recant in another future episode. In this episode, we hear a bit about Justin's own father, debacles onstage, his libidinous pursuits, and more. He's charming as ever. Enjoy and Happy Fathers Day!

Originally aired February 28, 2019.



Hustle, hustle, hustle, baby! Kim Murphy, the ultimate healing hustler, is here to help us simplify our highly saturated lives. How do we tune in, instead of tuning out? What do we really want? Where in our lives are we leaking energy? WHO ARE WE?? AND WHERE THE HELL AM I??? After a real fun game of Icebreakers, we dive deep into the Millennial-and perhaps Xennial-condition that we’ve dubbed Millennialitis. We talk about detecting, avoiding and dealing with BURNOUT. And Kim gives us some great advice on how to romance ourselves to up-level our energy, restore vitality and improve our overall mental health.



You can find Sarah at instagram.com/justthetiphandpoketattoos  and Melody at melodystarkweather.ca. To support the show, go to patreon.com/teachmetigerpodcast. And of course, it always helps us if you rate and review us and, BEST OF ALL, TELL YOUR FRIENDS! Thank you so much.

Best friends make the best fun, and we've all missed the BEST FUN with former co-host of the show and Melody's longtime good buddy, ELIZABETH COOPER! (Insert airhorns here.) This episode is a bit of a departure, in that it's not educational in the slightest, but you know what?! It's a global pandemic, the world's on fire, and we're going rogue! In today's epi, we are reflecting on the last 13 months of pandemmie life - unexpected perks, phone addiction, pandemic-tainment, a mental health corner, personal growth, excessive alone time, and wild new hobbies. We also go through a few of Arthur Aron's '36 Questions To Fall In Love' and not only do we fall deeper in love, but we get real vulnerable and intimate. Oh, and funny! We get funny, too.

Originally aired July 12, 2018.



Holy Moly, it’s the Fab Four (Feminist Fathers.) Episode 10 boasts the hunkiest Dad panel in all the land: Greg Aarons, Chris Chambers, Kaajuk Kablalik and Brent Maguire. Ever lucky! These progressive pappies sit with us to talk about impending fatherhood, filthy earholes, invisible housewives, coffee romance and BBQ bromance. Swooooon!!!



Find Chris at www.ottawaaquariums.ca or www.twitter.com/chris_rchambers, Kaajuk at www.kaajuk.ca, and Brent at www.heritagebikesandrentals.com



Sarah can be found at www.instagram.com/justthetiphandpoketattoos and Melody at www.melodystarkweather.ca

Welcome to our comedy-cast, featuring the hilarious and ever clever Claire Haus, who we'll call a comedy "semi-pro." Claire tells Melody about all the wild stuff she's been up to since their time together in Toronto, and how she made her way into stand-up comedy in London, UK. We discuss why the popular kids don't get to be comics, how to get into improv, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, neverending failures, favourite comedians, online dating, thick skins and so much more!



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Lemme axe you something: have you ever been curious about why axe murder is such a thing in pop culture? We were curious too, and although we may not have all the answers, we have a great time pontificating on the question. Meet Scarlet Christiaans. She's pod host Melody's dear childhood friend. She's also very funny and smart and obviously devastatingly good-looking. In this episode, Melody and Scarlet talk about the history of the axe and axe murder. They tell the fascinating stories of the Villisca Murders and Lizzie Borden. There's also a fun game of Would You Rather - Axe Edition. It's a real axe-citing episode!



If you would like to support Teach Me Tiger, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts! Tell your friends! Or go to patreon.com/teachmetigerpodcast/ to donate a couple bucks to the cause and reap the members-only rewards. Thanks, Tigers! <3

They're BACK! It's Sarah Wright and your host Melody slinging salacious jokes and talking tattooing. If you forgot or if you're just tuning in, Sarah co-created the show with Melody and it's always a great time when the original dream team is reunited. We learn about some different types of tattoos, misconceptions about stick-n-poke, truly wild tattoo stories, tattoo history, and Sarah even gives us actionable pointers on getting into the art. So grab your rusty olfa knife and get out your ink - we're going to Tatooine!

Was 2020 a dumpster fire? Yes. Yes, it was. But you know what? We managed to release some pretty stellar episodes in spite of all of that. There were technical challenges as we moved to remote recording for all of our guests. There were social challenges as well - as in, we all wanted to play with our friends! Listening through the episodes we released this past year, however, helped us remember that 2020 wasn't a total wash. It had its peaks (and valleys) and it wasn't totally traumatic to revisit. This 2020 round-up features clips on heavy metal, conspiracies, Mormons, sex tips, dolphins on drugs, American Pie, puppets, serial killers and more! Happy New Year, Tigers! <3

Online dating! What a racket! Kim Angell (from Episode 4 - Body Break!) guest hosts on this episode. We discuss our own experiences, share some of your stories, set up a freshie fresh Tinder profile, demystify some 2020 online dating slang, sanitize some glory holes and even discuss some ways to hack the system and make your profile stand out. Also, Kim wants to set you up on a date. Apply within!



Kim wants your spare holiday change and goodwill to go to Lanark County Interval House, at https://lcih.org. You can find Melody at melodystarkweather.ca. And support the show at patreon.com/teachmetigerpodcast. <3

Originally aired October 10, 2019.



UFOs! Aliens! Strange things in the sky! This week we talk to serious expert, Laura Thursby, PhD, on the history and culture of extraterrestrial lore. She gives us the scoop on Roswell, Area 51, the UFO/cold war connection, abduction story tropes, and more! We hear some listener stories, and your pals Melody and Liz present some light Google research. And of course, our resident cinephile can’t help but give us a little tour of some cinematic aliens and space crafts through the ages.



Liz is at lizzography.com and Melody is at melodystarkweather.ca.



We are on Patreon at patreon.com/teachmetigerpodcast. There is much much more bonus material from this episode over there, and you can access that and all bonus episodes for as little as $2 a month! MERCI MES PETITS TIGRES! <3 <3

Originally aired October 23, 2019.



We are getting spooky this Halloween with ghost stories from our friends, as well as some spine-chilling stories of our own. We’ve brought in our favourite spooky couple, Jenna and Kaajuk Kablalik (check them out in episode 25, What The Folk?, and also hear Kaajuk in The Dadisode, episode 10.) Oh and Sarah Wright, our former co-host, is sitting in for Liz this week. And by “sit in,” we mean that these harrowing tales made them crap their pants and now they’re sitting in it! This Halloween episode features accounts of haunted institutions, horrible hotels, apartment specters, talking animals and so much more in what’s both a terrifying and hilarious episode. Grab your anti-anxiety meds and adult diapers; you’re in for a real ride!



Find Kaajuk @kaajuk on Instagram and Facebook. Sarah’s on Instagram @justthetiphandpoketattoos, and Melody is at melodystarkweather.ca.



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Originally aired September 13, 2018.



We’re BAAA-AAACK with more of your spooky scary ghost stories. In the second instalment of this juicy two-parter, we visit haunted BnBs, cottages, family homes, bars and even haunted dreams. We also touch on the Dibic box, Annabelle the haunted doll, death portraits at vegan cafes and Dear David. Oh, and we talk a lot about farts. (What’s new?)



Find Justine at instagram.com/the.lifted.sisters and on youtube.com. Sarah is at instagram.com/justthetiphandpoketattoos and Melody is at melodystarkweather.ca.

Originally aired Sept. 6, 2018.



Good Golly, this one's a doozy! This here is the chilling first instalment of our long-awaited ghost ep, featuring our creepiest neighbour Justine Cruise-Campeau, the spooOOoOooky Melody Starkweather, and the totally spooked Sarah Wright. We've got YOUR tales of ghosts and ghouls from all walks of the afterlife, not to mention a few harrowing accounts of our own. Grab your protective pendant and a couple Ativan - you're about to get GHOSTED. I mean scared.



Find Justine at instagram.com/the.lifted.sisters and on youtube.com. Sarah is at instagram.com/justthetiphandpoketattoos and Melody is at melodystarkweather.ca.

This week, Melody is joined by co-host Chris Chambers and special guest, Emmet L. F. Cameron, to talk about cool stuff that was happening for queer people in the Weimar Republic, and how the Nazis ruined it, like they ruin everything. Emmet sets the stage with some depictions of the scene in popular culture - Sound of Music or Cabaret, anyone? We learn about key players Magnus Hirschfeld and his two nice boyfriends Karl Giese and Li Shiu Tong. We learn all about the Institute of Sexology, founded in Berlin by Hirschfeld, which carried out super important work in the queer community and beyond. And we learn about how the stupid Nazis and stupid Hitler destroyed much of his work, and murdered many of his friends. And at the end of the story, there's a more contemporary Canadian connection, which acts as a nice little palette cleanser for that terrible Nazi aftertaste.



You can find Emmet and their pod at Gays In The Woods or check 'em out on Patreon at www.patreon.com/emmlf.



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This week Melody is joined by cohost (and podcast co-creator) Sarah Wright, in conversation with Jim McEwen & Ryan Urquhart. On the semi-educational scale, this rates low. We are mostly just shooting the shit, as they say. We talk a bit about how Jim isn't a writer, despite doing lots of author-type things. We also surprise Ryan with messages from some of his nearest and dearest wishing him well on his impending move to Western Canada. And we tell some Ryan stories of our own. There's an egregiously long segment in which we discuss noises that we like to work and/or make love to. We each recount some of our big moves. And by the end of it, we convince Jim to talk about his book, just a little.



You can find Sarah at justthetiphandpoketattoos.com or instagram.com/justthetiphandpoketattoos/



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