Short Rest: Skaldova S2 - Ep. 4
Check out NADDPOD's Patreon exclusive after show! This week, we discuss the events of Skaldova Season 2 - Ep.4: The Bog
Trees Referenced in this episode:
Methuselah
Alerce Milenario
Tree of Life
CREDITS:
Sound Mixing and Editing by Trevor Lyon
Comments (99)
27 year old here 🙋♀️ no way I’m hanging out with a bunch of 19 year olds
There is a 19 year old in my DND group, but we all work together and it’s an age range from 19-32
I regularly read the dictionary as a 10-12yr old and it 100% did expand my vocabulary. I was obsessed with growing my lexicon so that I might lower the rates of being entirely misinterpreted. It honestly did kinda help with that
A man once ran 36 miles around a traffic circle for 6 hours https://www.reddit.com/r/ultrarunning/comments/zaejcb/i_ran_around_a_traffic_circle_for_6_hours/
next mixed bag just guess the word 🙏
Caldwell, as a person who spent 5 hours fighting Gerson until they finally beat him, then realizing that I missed something earlier in the chapter, I feel your pain
Loved all the Brian talk and learning about my name 🙏
Late to the party, but for the record, Brian Boru was the High King of Ireland in the early 1000’s
Abswordity was too good, I just had to build a playable version: https://abswordity.com/
hey i just watched all of over the garden wall. thanks! the ending is so good
The bristlecones are pretty accessible. You can drive up in the white mountains and then it's just a short hike. Hike starts at 9-10k ft tho, so you do feel the hike. I've done it, it's pretty awesome. If you've ever in Bishop during the summer I recommend it.
Abswordity would be a great daily double during when do things come out 🤔
I've heard putting fake dragonflies in your yard wards off mosquitoes, but I haven't tested it out yet
The wrestler who used to read dictionaries: I’ve read that Brian Pillman did that. However if it was an older wrestler, that sounds almost like something Nick Bockwinkle would do.
DEVASTATING that we don't get to know what two books Emily is reading, one of which is really fun
No way I guessed discreet
Murph, what class do you go back to in EverQuest? Also have you check out EverQuest Legends
New game guys!!
I was on the EDGE of my seat with guess the word I would absolutely listen to this, I was guessing too. 😂 Maybe if you guys chose words beforehand that you think the other people would guess (knowing their sensibilities) could be fun too. Or it could be themed. whatever it is, I’m putting in all my eggs.
What about the Hyperion tree?
Anyone stumble across the account the real bog ghoul on IG it makes the bog seem way more terrifying
No, where can I find the bog ghoul? I want this.
Gotta defend the old ass trees, the reason Methuselah is so gnarled is because bristlecone pines grow in very harsh conditions and are constantly beaten by wind so they grow funky. Also Prometheus was cut down with permission before they knew it was the oldest tree because the grad student trying to age it couldn’t get a core sample to count the rings and after he realized how old the tree was he felt so badly that he personally lobbied Congress to get the area designated as a national park
Sorry gang. You've developed a fan base that will eat up every bs game show you generate. These are a people that listened to you eat apples. Abswordity must return.
Waiting for them to learn about pando
I need next mixed bag to be tree tourney… tree-ney?
44:10 As always I have to point out Murph saying nice things to Emily so earnestly. It always warms my heart 🥰
They make me believe in love lowkey
This episode was recorded on October 7th, 2026 (or December 19th, 2016). I love the easter egg of finding out when episodes are recorded!
DO NOT MAKE GUESS THE WORD A FULL EP
The Trail Mix. With. The Naughty Bits
The gang reinvents Hangman
Interesting fact. Brian Boru was known for his catchphrases like “knob”, “bud”, “stop”, “Welly?!”, “LAUNCHH!” and singing to himself “Bat outta hell”. (Pendagreens, Balnor, Clanky, and Pendagreens)
Murph is such a hater of course he would start beef about old ass trees 🤭🤭🤭🤭
I'm guessing the word DIRECT before the big reveal
Womp womp
Dude, I must have a weird mind link going on with the gang, because I am also rereading LoTR and also had last read it in high school. Damn I did not appreciate how good a writer and insightful Tolkien was at the time at all LOL
C&O canal shoutout!
The gang needs to play Semantle. It's pretty much just guessing the word of the day.
House is my religion
Resident Avatar the last airbender fan, boarcupines along with many other animal mishmashes feature in ATLA as a staple of its worldbuilding, buzzard wasps and catfishgators also feel very in the fantasy of skaldova as well!
Real ancient god energy type tree: Ipponsugi Cedar at Iwao Pond in Shiga Prefecture. It’s been on my “to visit” wishlist since 2020
Jake is really good at turning their shenanigans into moments of deep reflection.
As a fellow dictionary reader (I have a masters in linguistics now!) I’m a big fan of the new guessing game!
Emily if you liked high potential, you might like Psych. I think some of the same people were involved in making both shows
Omg never has there been a better time to recommend Susie Dent's books on words!! She's such an insightful author and her books are all wonderful - "An Emotional Dictionary" is my fav 💛 alternatively, "The Cabinet of Linguistic Curiosities" by Paul Anthony Jones is such a delight - happy reading!!
Methuselah I remember seeing Huell Howser talking about it on California's gold
@cadwell mistborn series! Same universe as storm light archives. Mistborn era 2 is great! Super powered cowboys yee haw
I've definitely been drunk in the tree of life. I'm trying to remember if that's where you can see into the zoo and see the giraffes or if that's a different tree. Ooh, also, there's the singing tree in City Park which is full of enormous windchimes, which is good if you're really really depressed.
the way i was playing along with trying to guess the word and i was SO fucking excited when i found out that my guess was right. honestly riveting. i'm obsessed
locking in my word guess before i hear it: different edit: FUCK, also i would absolutely listen to a whole episode of guessing words and actually this is 100% a new carride game LOL
Was honestly super invested in Guess the Word: The gameshow that is moderately sweeping the nation
I demand an Abs-word-ity mixed bag
If you liked that word guessing game, you might like semantle wordchase. It's a daily game like worldle but t gives you clues based on the meaning of the word. Some of the games are user generated and it's infuriating but still fun.
Huge fan of Emily rage baiting her husband
The Children of Gods and Fighting Men is a great fantasy book that features Brian Boru that I think could be up people’s alley!
Absolutely riveted during the word guessing game.
If yall want to see a cool tree, i recommend the dragon blood tree (Dracaena cinnabari)
you should do abswordity every short rest
If you too hate stupid word things, you're really going to hate the book P is for Pterodactyl: The Worst Alphabet Book Ever, by Lushlife
Present-day names (like Bill or Emily) fit in the early sections of the Hobbit and the LOTR because Tolkien made the Shire seem more like England in the 50s so that readers would start off the book In a familiar setting and work there way into the unfamiliar as it progressed.
Caldwell just making new mythology around the methuselah tree now
I don't think it should it's own show, but I do think it should be a bonus round in "When Did This Come Out"
Okay unironically I would love some word guessing mini pods, had me with my scratch paper trying to figure it out first. There has to be a big overlap between D&D and word nerds
Yes huge word nerd over here
When did words come out was a great addition to the podcast
Haha omg. One of my favorite parts of the Short Rest is discovering how the Thumbnail connects to whatever the fuck yall are talking about in the short rest.
House would have sent her to illegally break into someone’s apartment before commenting on her legs
Speaking of words, this is one of my favorite websites to this day: https://phrontistery.info/ It's a dictionary of rare, obscure, and extinct words run by a linguist named Stephen Chrisomalis. I use it for naming DND characters and places all the time.
Hopping in on the topic of mosquito repellant! If you take vitamin E supplements daily for a few weeks you start producing a pheromone that naturally deters mosquitos from biting. No cigars necessary.
How many people read Lord of the Rings in high school? I don’t think my school had any copies, and no one in my classes ever mentioned the series. I vaguely knew of it from movie trailers, but didn’t really learn about LotR until I was an adult and followed a few nerdy fandoms
I first read them in middle school, and we did Hobbit as part of our 9th grade curriculum in 2006-ish (though my siblings did it also going back to the 90s). Somehow my parents had a paperback box set even though I’m certain they never read them until my brother got everyone hooked on the movies.
Word of the day was funny
I went to a tree with the name of the Tree of Life in Doha, Qatar on a tour of culture and landmarks, and the feeling towards this tree amongst the locals was neutral AT BEST. The dude that was giving the tour looked at us like we were the weirdest Americans for being excited to see a tree
guess the word was good radio
Gotta read the chronicles of Prydain, it’s like 400 pages from first book to 5th, also really good
Yessss! I still say "crunchings and munchings" when I'm eating snacks.
Brian Boru was the only ancient Irish king to come close to unifying the Island. He conquered all but the Ulster region in the North. But his empire didnt really last after his death. After him no one was able to get as close to unifying Ireland until the Norman invasion of Ireland. Which then began an 800 year streak of occupation and Oppresion by the English.
Correction. I said he was the only King ti come close. Thats worded wrong. He was the King to come closest but I di think there were one or two others who unified over half the island. I think the O'Neil clan that was in power before Brian Boru's rise held a majority of the Ireland just not a vast majority.
Watch out When Did It Come out it looks like you have some new competition for best podcast game
Between his apparent affinity for cigars, his good-natured hedonism, and association with the bog, I wonder if Boggy Roger is a transdimensional avatar of Crangar, or merely an exemplar of Crangarian virtues.
Absolutely getting roasted in this ep. :(
Female hobbit names are gems or flowers. Emily could be the name of one of the human women in Bree though.
An all timer short rest, custom thumbnail, new game show, Murph apologizing for something, and no talk about the episode whatsoever
Having seen this thumbnail i get where murph is coming from
I'd like to hear the 2 crew's option on whether the Upside Down Tree at Kenyon College evokes a sense of hidden god-hood. Also, I must disagree with you Murph. Methuselah is incredible looking. Nothing like a proper gnarl to ignite your imagination.
Shout out to Jōmon Sugi, a 5,000+ year old 83 ft. tall cedar on the island of Yakushima in southern Japan
Funnily enough part of the conceit of lord of the rings is that it is a translation/ localization from westron (like an 80’s anime dub). So peoples names aren’t actually there names. For example Bilbo’s real name is Bilba Labingi. So that’s why theirs mondernish feeling names like Ben and tom in the text.
BILBA LABINGI?? that's so funny
Big fan of Skaldova short rests giving us new game shows that are "kind of sweeping the nation". Honestly would listen to a whole episode of trying to guess words
I’m brand loyal to Spell Check but this one was pretty good!
rewatched an earlier short rest where the crew discussed their rock collecting habits... i have suggestions; 1) rocks can go atop the dirt in potted plants and help retain the moisture and 2) in Denmark, rocks with natural holes are considered good luck, so people collect and put them on good luck strings in the house or hanging from trees
Am I the only one who ran out of books and did read the dictionary?
absolutely read the dictionary for pleasure as a kid
EPIC RAP BATTLES OF HISTORY. METHUSELAH…. versus… ALERCE MILENARIOOOOOOOOO! BEGIN
Ohhhhh we are so lucky to get it this quickly!!!!
only my favorite podcast could ever have a section of a post dedicated to Trees Mentioned In This Episode
What are we even going to get into this ep
My favorite part about waiting for the Short Rest to drop is seeing what kind of insane/random thumbnail they choose. Tree of Life looks so cool btw