Fifty Words For Snow

By Maggie Rowe and Emily Garces

A linguistic expedition into brave new words. Maggie Rowe and Emily John Garcés hunt for words that lack an English equivalent. They like to think of themselves as Dora the Explorers of language, with... more

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The podcast currently has 50 episodes available.

Fifty Words For Snow episodes:

August 21, 2025 Ep 39 - Dutch Delights part four - zingeving
Maggie and Emiy learn the Dutch word zingeving from astrophysicist Margot Brouwer. Poem by Maggie: Zingeving.
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31min
August 14, 2025 Ep 38 - German Gems Part 2 - Muße
Maggie and Emily learn the German word muße from Philipp De Vries and explore petrichor with Susan Sechrist. Poem by Emily: Muße.
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29min
August 07, 2025 Ep 37 Dutch Delights part three: Polderon
Maggie and Emily learn the Dutch word polderon and put the word "boss" on trial with judge C. Brian Smith. Poem by Maggie: Polderon.
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31min
July 31, 2025 Ep 36 Dutch Delights part two - Uitwaaien and Voorpret
Maggie and Emily learn the Dutch words uitwaaien and voorpret from Jozua Ros and explore the Cajun lagniappe with Brenda Pontiff. Poem by Emily: Uitwaaien.
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24min
July 24, 2025 Ep 35 Swedish Soul part 2: Fika
Maggie and Emily learn the Swedish word fika from Tomas Walch and explore the word petrichor with Susan Sechrist. Poem by Maggie: fika
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32min
July 17, 2025 Ep 34 Swedish Soul: Vemod
Maggie and Emily learn the Swedish word vemod from Tomas Walch, coin the word "crookie," and put the word "manifestation" on trial with Judge Matthew Laura Aitkin. Poem by Emily: Vemod
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34min
July 10, 2025 Ep 32 Irish Interludes Three: plámás
Maggie and Emily learn the Irish word plámás from Leonie McDonagh and coin the term "folly space" with Susan Sechrist. Poem by Maggie: plámás.
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27min
July 03, 2025 Ep 31 Irish Interludes Part Two - Slán abhaile
Maggie and Emily learn the word slán abhaile from Hiberno-English speaker Jimmy Doyle. Pop quiiz with Eric Giancoli. Poem by Emily: Slán abhaile.
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33min
June 26, 2025 Ep 30 Irish Interludes: Craic
Maggie and Emily are back for season two with new episodes. They discuss meeting for the first time in Belfast in the flesh and learn the Irish word craic from Leonie McDonagh. Poem by Maggie: Craic.
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33min
June 19, 2025 Rerun of Ep 10 Ancient Greek Anchors Plus Scarpetta Word in Action
Rerun of Episode 10 Ancient Greek Anchors plus word in action "scarpetta" with Susan Levinson.
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35min

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How many episodes does Fifty Words For Snow have?

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