Fifty Words For Snow

By Maggie Rowe and Emily GarcesSociety & Culture Education Language Learning

Fifty Words For Snow episodes

October 22 Ep 87: Word From the Ukraine: Dacha
Maggie and Emily talk with Alexandra Shunrun about the Ukrainian word "dacha" and put the word "vacation" on trial with Judge Matthew Laura Aitken. Poem by Emily: Dacha.
25 min
October 15 Ep 86 Word From the Language of the Stars: Retrograde
Maggie and Emily discuss the Greek word "kenosis" with rock star priest Kenneth Katona and the word "retrograde" with astrologer Cate Root. Poem by Maggie: Retrograde.
25 min
October 08 Ep 85 Word from the Language of the Stars: Metakosmia
Maggie and Emily learn the astrology word "metakosmia" from Cate Root. Man at Large Eric Giancoli goes stargazing in Hollywood. Poem by Emily: Metakosmia.
28 min
October 01 Ep 84 French word Jouissance: The Joy of Suffering
Maggie and Emily discuss the word jouissance with philosopher Peter Rollins then put the word "toxic" on trial with Judge Matthew Laura Aitken. Poem by Maggie: The Rabbit.
32 min
September 24 Ep 83 Geman Language Word: Gestalt
Maggie and Emily talk about the German word "gestalt" with gestalt therapist Chris Gilbert and philosopher Peter Rollins. Poem by Emily: Eat the Soup
33 min
September 17 Ep 82 The Cool Episode: The Art of Deboxing
Maggie and Emily discuss with Ralph Levinson the word "deboxing" he coined and put the word "cool" on trial with Judge Matthew Laura Aitken. Poem by Maggie: Cool.
35 min
September 10 Ep. 81 Indian Devotion: Sanskrit and Hindi Word Bhakti
Maggie and Emily learn the Sanskrit and Hindi word bhakti from Vikas and Shashi Bandhu. They put the word "needy" on trial with Judge Matthew Laura Aitken. Poem by Emily: In Admiration of Trees.
28 min
September 03 Ep 80 Bird Words: Fledge and Lek
Maggie and Emily learn the words "lek" and "fledge" from Ballona Wetlands tourguide Susan Levinson. Word in action with reporter Eric Giancoli: lek. Poem by Maggie: For Today I Have Feathers.
28 min
August 27 Ep 79 Russian Hope: Avos and Avoska
Maggie and Emily learn the Russian words avos and avoska from Natasha Kamneva and coin a word with Susan Sechrist. Poem by Emily: Avoska.
29 min
August 20 Ep 78 The Everyday Episode: Russian Word Byt
Maggie and Emily learn the Russian word byt from Natasha Kamneva. Eric Giancoli joins for word in action: byt. Poem by Maggie: The Love Boat.
23 min

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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…