The first episode of Wordplay takes a brief, playful look at the use of the phrase "kangaroo walk" as quoted by the Dictionary of American Regional English. It also runs through a few basic Wampanoag phrases in light of the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe recently losing the right to self-governance.

A new study has revealed that there were 142 minutes of coverage related to climate change on the major networks in 2018 compared to 260 minutes of coverage in 2017. 46 of those minutes came from a single episode of Meet The Press. 

The current administration in The White House is working towards drilling in the Alaskan Wildlife National Refuge. Still.

Per the reporter Mark Hand: "Iowa renewable energy advocates suspect MidAmerican, the state’s largest utility, is secretly behind a new organization claiming to represent farmers, consumers and businesses that oppose the state’s solar policies."

Hand also notes that "As Norway aims to cut emissions and clean up its own carbon ledger at home, it is effectively doing the opposite abroad by exporting huge amounts of its offshore oil and gas production, exacerbating climate change that's rapidly melting its glaciers."

A coral reef has been discovered in Italy off the Adriatic Coast. 

Rosamund Pierce, Robert McSweeney, and Roz Pidcock have released a study noting that climate change has released a map of 230 different bits of climate change research with the observation that -- of these 230 bits -- 68% of these events studied have become either more likely or more extreme. 

The University of Melbourne has released a climate change interactive fact sheet, whereby one can look at possible climate outcomes up until the year 2500.

And Governor Jay Inslee of Washington -- who is running for President -- has called for the elimination of the filibuster to properly deal and address climate change. 

Another test-launch of a podcast on All The Orange Groves: poems read for you every morning. 

We've decided to test out a new Sunday pod at All The Orange Groves: we want to see how a political clip show does for a little while. 

This episode features excerpts from Julian Castro, Pete Buttigieg, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Elizabeth Warren speaking at South by Southwest.

Tracklist:

Tracklist:

This episode features excerpts from "The Society Of Professional Locksmiths," an untitled story, and "10 Hours in Centuryville, Texas." It also features a piece of fiction called 'Bus Route.'

A haiku.

A haiku.

A haiku.