Happy 2022! We're kicking off the first month of the year by chatting about the potentially tenuous situation on the Ukrainian AND the phenomenon that is Wordle. If you believe variety is the spice of life, you've come to the right place!   Find us on Instagram as @dtcbspodcast, @yazminelomax, and @majkahahn.    Listen to our very first episode (mentioned in this episode) here.    Reading  The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas Thank you to Brooklyn and Bailey for recommending this series here My Body by Emily Ratajkowski Buying Myself Back, the essay mentioned in this episode, can be read here Seven Days in June by Tia Williams Watching  Emily in Paris S2 on Netflix The Tragedy of Macbeth Bright Star Listening  Crimes of the Centuries The Big Hit Show Collapsed in Summer by Arlo Parks Politics  https://www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/conflict/conflict-ukraine https://globalnews.ca/news/8538732/ukraine-russia-ndp-mps/  https://globalnews.ca/news/8536644/ukraine-russia-crisis-explainer/ https://www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/conflict/conflict-ukraine https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-news-01-27-22/index.html https://www.nytimes.com/news-event/ukraine-russia?name=styln-russia-ukraine Pop Culture  All About Wordle: https://www.cnet.com/how-to/wordle-explained-everything-you-need-to-know/ Millenial Shade: ​​https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/what-is-wordle-what-to-know-about-the-popular-game-among-millennials Knoll-Gate: https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2022/01/wordle-was-hard-today-and-youre-not-the-only-one-who-struggled.html Origins of Wordle: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/03/technology/wordle-word-game-creator.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes HQ Trivia: https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-51528801  The Angelus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Angelus_(Irish_broadcast)  Pokemon Go: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Go Spelling Bee: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times_Spelling_Bee