Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchColorless Green Mailbags Sleep Furiously
We dip back into the mailbag to answer some listener questions, including one about a famous nonsense phrase.
11 months, 2 weeks ago
The Spell-a-Thon From Hell-a-Thon (Part 2)
This week: The thrilling conclusion of one of the most deceptively difficult spelling tests you're ever likely to come across.
11 months, 3 weeks ago
The Spell-a-Thon From Hell-a-Thon (Part 1)
Kathy and Ross give Fletcher one of the most deceptively difficult spelling tests you're ever likely to see.
1 year ago
Who Gets Credit, Anyway?
This week, we're looking at words with literary origins. You may not know this, but sometimes writers just make words up.
1 year ago
We're Gonna Party Like It's 1985
1985 may not seem like a long time ago, but people back then had some pretty different ideas about how to speak "properly."
1 year ago
Tulip Mania!
What does the stock market have to do with piracy in the West Indies? The Dutch, of course! (Really!)
1 year ago
Where Are the Beeves?
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…
1 year ago
The Letter of the Day is E!
We return to our series looking at the most enigmatic, evil words ever found on the SAT.
1 year, 1 month ago
Spring Has Sprung!
We're talking about some words of the season as the temperatures have fortunately turned for the better and allergies unfortunately have not.
1 year, 1 month ago
We're looking to the past
Today we're taking a trip back into the past — past tense, past participles... When we try to tell someone about something that already happened, it …
1 year, 1 month ago