Episodios

  • Colorless Green Mailbags Sleep Furiously

    Colorless Green Mailbags Sleep Furiously
    May 24 2025
    We dip back into the mailbag to answer some listener questions, including one about a famous nonsense phrase.
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    35 m
  • The Spell-a-Thon From Hell-a-Thon (Part 2)

    The Spell-a-Thon From Hell-a-Thon (Part 2)
    May 17 2025
    This week: The thrilling conclusion of one of the most deceptively difficult spelling tests you're ever likely to come across.
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    29 m
  • The Spell-a-Thon From Hell-a-Thon (Part 1)

    The Spell-a-Thon From Hell-a-Thon (Part 1)
    May 10 2025
    Kathy and Ross give Fletcher one of the most deceptively difficult spelling tests you're ever likely to see.
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    33 m
  • Who Gets Credit, Anyway?

    Who Gets Credit, Anyway?
    May 3 2025
    This week, we're looking at words with literary origins. You may not know this, but sometimes writers just make words up.
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    32 m
  • We're Gonna Party Like It's 1985

    We're Gonna Party Like It's 1985
    Apr 26 2025
    1985 may not seem like a long time ago, but people back then had some pretty different ideas about how to speak "properly."
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    35 m
  • Tulip Mania!

    Tulip Mania!
    Apr 19 2025
    What does the stock market have to do with piracy in the West Indies? The Dutch, of course! (Really!)
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    36 m
  • Where Are the Beeves?

    Where Are the Beeves?
    Apr 12 2025
    The plural of thief is thieves, so why isn't the plural of chief chieves? And as the old woman once said, where are the beeves??? On today's show, we tackle the tricky nuance of plurals and synonyms that aren't actually synonyms.
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    32 m
  • The Letter of the Day is E!

    The Letter of the Day is E!
    Apr 5 2025
    We return to our series looking at the most enigmatic, evil words ever found on the SAT.
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    33 m
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