This month for our Lil Sips episode we were inspired by the start of the 2026 Winter Olympics as well as our Book Club book for February: The Hunger Games. We cover stories from sports including hockey, skeleton, and baseball while also discussing other forms of recreation. 
 If you’re interested in more Olympics history, please listen to our Episode 6: Olympics Mini History.

Book Mentioned by Greg:Honor and Slavery: Lies, Duels, Noses, Masks, Dressing as a Woman, Gifts, Strangers, Humanitarianism, Death, Slave Rebellions, the Proslavery Argument, Baseball, Hunting, and Gambling in the Old South by Kenneth Greenberg

 Sources:

 https://www.firstnations.org/news/natives-and-sports/ https://www.laloyolan.com/sports/popular-sports-with-indigenous-american-roots/article_83025b20-93c2-5e07-bf6a-8453a969b4d6.html

 https://www.hockeyindigenous.com/origin-of-hockey-history#:~:text=The%20specific%20origins%20of%20the,the%20specific%20tribe%20or%20community.

 https://learntoskateusa.medium.com/the-connection-of-indigenous-culture-and-hockey-10-fun-facts-f7d256383644

 https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/athletes-said-hooking-olympic-village-141342049.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAMNgGKiVyjPAc0H_6yFL65H5jvhYE39FyF3p_C9MXbUn5TO44XXb-JYw344kIuXWICVAfRSnLDGkSFkdFHuneYAGlhvs6xryWBK9eDuHGkRwXiG6tuJuDsRD2eAz2FYkV3WbIUXowu_nGFAed7TsVMEdp8w5RcqjYT5Dd8cVPCwJ

I hope everyone has had happy holidays and a phenomenal start to the new year.  We are so excited for what we have in store for 2026 and for planning purposes wanted to provide a calendar with all our activity times.   Thank you so much for supporting our podcast and joining our little community. Book club is gunna be a hoot. 

Thank you Daniel  and Kirby for being our first members!! *clapping*

These are the books the Book Club will be reading this year as well as the dates for meetings. Meetings via zoom. 

Link to be posted on Fourthwall, Discord, and email the day before meeting.