We talk about our adoration of Mole and Rat’s friendship in Kenneth Grahame’s classic, The Wind in the Willows, and why Toad can just eat a bag of *. We also lust after Mr. Badger’s cellars and general domestic situation, dream about fictional food, and revel in how this book is a love letter to bioregion.

Mentioned in episode:

• The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
• Chris Dunn’s illustrations for Wind in the Willows
• Vesper Flights by Helen Macdonald
• Sarah Andersen comics
• Evergreen Chase (part of the Shady Hollow series) by Juneau Black
• Fir needle shortbread