The Word's Worth

The Word's Worth episodes

June 24, 2022 Thinking Outside the Box the Russian Way
How to shell a nut without a nutcracker and other acts of national ingenuity.
10 min
June 17, 2022 Russian Gaffes, Goofs, and Assorted Blunders
Do Russians have a word for when you mess up, misstep, blunder or put your foot in it? Of course!
8 min
June 10, 2022 How to Fail Spectacularly in Russian
How to flop, bomb, fail, go down the tubes, go belly up and fall flat on your face. In Russian, of course.
9 min
May 27, 2022 On Wars, Ducks, Knocking and Anniversaries
Happy 20th anniversary to The Word's Worth, now in exile. Seems fitting.
12 min
February 25, 2022 The Russian Language of War
There is nothing more tragic than the language of war.
7 min
February 11, 2022 A Russian Sleeping Beauty
When the Russian media goes a bit wild after a presidential press conference, I begin investigating.
10 min
February 04, 2022 The Looming But Not Inevitable (Translation) Disaster
Talking about future possibilities and inevitabilities in Russian is a mouthful.
9 min
January 28, 2022 Getting a Bright Idea in Russian
Welcome to another chapter of "Weird Russian Words." This one will inspire you!
9 min
January 21, 2022 A Russian Fig is Not a Fig
A short, expression-filled column about a little word that packs a big punch.
8 min
January 14, 2022 How Don't I Care? Let Me Count The Ways
It turns out you can say you don't care in dozens of ways in Russian - some even in polite company.
8 min

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