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FAQs about Word of the Week:How many episodes does Word of the Week have?The podcast currently has 70 episodes available.
October 21, 2024shibuiThis week’s word is shibui. A Japanese word meaning ‘the beauty of aging’. One of the many words in Japanese remarking on beauty. But let's hear what else this word has to say for itself!...more3minPlay
October 14, 2024DrachenfutterThis week’s word is Drachenfutter. A German word meaning ‘peace offering for wives from guilty husbands’. It’s an interesting word in many ways. But let's hear what else this word has to say for itself, shall we?...more3minPlay
October 07, 2024SabsungThis week’s word is sabsung. A Thai word meaning ‘to slake an emotional or spiritual thirst, to be revitalized’. Maybe you can relate to this? Let's hear what the word has to say for itself!...more3minPlay
September 30, 2024BricoleurThis week’s word is bricoleur. A French word meaning ‘a person who constructs things by randomly messing around without following an explicit plan’. Let's hear what this word has to say for itself, shall we?...more3minPlay
September 23, 2024hozh’qThis week’s word is hozh’q. A Navajo word meaning ‘the beauty of life, as seen and created by a person’. But there must be so much more to it than that. Let's hear what this word has to say for itself!...more3minPlay
September 16, 2024cavoli riscaldatiThis week’s word is cavoli riscaldati, an Italian phrase that means ‘an attempt to revive an old relationship’. What else does this word have to say for itself? Let's listen in!...more3minPlay
September 09, 2024wabiThis week’s word is wabi, a Japanese word meaning ‘a flawed detail that creates an elegant whole’. What else does this word have to say for itself? Let's listen in!...more3minPlay
September 02, 2024TalanoaThis week’s word is talanoa. A Hindi word that means ‘idle talk as a social adhesive’. There's much more to this word though, let's hear what it has to say for itself!...more3minPlay
August 26, 2024Treppenwitz / esprit de l’escalierThis week’s word is a double hitter: Treppenwitz in German and esprit de l’escalier in French. They both refer to a clever remark that comes to mind when it’s too late to utter it. Let's hear what these words have to say for themselves!...more3minPlay
August 19, 2024rasaThis week’s word is rasa. A Sanskrit word meaning ‘the mood or sentiment evoked by a work of art’. But there's so much to this word, let's hear what else it has to say for itself!...more4minPlay
FAQs about Word of the Week:How many episodes does Word of the Week have?The podcast currently has 70 episodes available.