Episode 9 with Becca Audrey: Leopards

Join Stevie Foxette and Becca Audrey as they discuss leopards, fashionable safari jackets, how time is hard to comprehend, whether they’d rather fight a chimpanzee or a baboon, and as always, lots of mountain lion references.

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Stevie’s “Strawberry Leopard”

• 2 oz gin or vodka (I used Ventura Spirits Haymaker, but I recommend gin)

• 2 oz St. Germain

• 1 oz creme de cassis

• 1 oz lime juice

• Club soda

• Add ingredients to a shaker. Wet shake, then strain into a highball glass over ice, top with club soda, garnish with a lime wedge. Makes two cocktails.

Shoutouts:

• Institution Ale Co. Freight Train Coming: https://www.institutionales.com/freight-train-coming

• The Magical Liopleurodon Way: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vLRH9pAVXU

• Man-Eating Leopards: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard_attack#Notable_man-eaters

• The English Bus (Stonehenge tour): https://theenglishbus.com/

• Raven at C.A.R.E. Rescue Texas: https://www.carerescuetexas.com/meet-the-animals/leopards/raven.html

• Thug Notes: https://www.wisecrack.co/thug-notes

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