The 2 Best The Good Words Podcast Episodes
1) DICHOTOMY (The Good Words Podcast)
This episode explores the word and concept of DICHOTOMY, with an excerpt from the audiobook War Horse, a musical arrangement of the fairy tale "Jack Sprat," and of course, the recurring segment, "GET ...Show More
2) VERISIMILITUDE (The Good Words Podcast)
Very special Kids Listen Sweeps "April Fool's" episode! Host Lynn Hickernell introduces the theme word, "verisimilitude." Features an excerpt from the podcast, "How Do We Fix It?" on the topic of co...Show More
3) 2023 Kids Listen Summer Sampler
Miss Lynn produced this year's Kids Listen Summer Sampler, featuring short bites of ten different Kids Listen member podcasts for kids! Learn more about Kids Listen at https://www.kidslisten.org/ ...Show More
4) EPHEMERAL (The Good Words Podcast)
In this final episode of the Good Words Podcast, Miss Lynn discusses the word ephemeral with an explanation of the expression, "ships that pass in the night" and a passage from H.W. Longfellow, a "Do ...Show More
5) CHASM (The Good Words Podcast)
In this episode, Miss Lynn explains the word, "chasm" with the assistance of passages from the Sherlock Holmes case, The Final Problem and Oscar Wilde's play Lady Windermere's Fan, as well as feedback...Show More
6) SUPERLATIVE (The Good Words Podcast)
In this episode, Miss Lynn talks about the word, "superlative" with an excerpt from Charles Dickens's The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, "Say What?!?" about the expression, "the GOAT," a di...Show More
7) OSTENTATIOUS (encore)
Getting all dressed up for Halloween? In this episode, updated in honor of the big day (and night), Miss Lynn explains the word OSTENTATIOUS. Includes an excerpt from Mark Twain's The Innocents Abroad...Show More
8) QUAGMIRE (encore)
In this re-edited encore episode (originally released in October 2018), host Lynn Hickernell explains the literal and metaphorical uses of the word, "quagmire" with a passage from Arthur Conan Doyle's...Show More
9) FOIBLE (encore)
In this revised encore episode, host Lynn Hickernell discusses her own foibles, and those Aesop pointed out in his fables, including, "The Gnat and the Lion." Includes bonus word, "subjective," and a ...Show More
10) ANTEDILUVIAN (encore)
In this re-edited encore episode (originally released in April 2019), host Lynn Hickernell explicates the word, "antediluvian." Includes excerpts from the books The Velveteen Rabbit and The 14th Goldf...Show More