The Good Words Podcast

S, E – 2023 Kids Listen Summer Sampler
^{47:55 | June 19th, 2023}

Miss Lynn produced this year’s Kids Listen Summer Sampler, featuring short bites of ten different Kids Listen member podcasts for kids!

S3, E8 – EPHEMERAL
^{19:32 | Season: 3 | Episode: 8 | August 1st, 2022}

In this final episode of the Good Words Podcast, Miss Lynn discusses the word ephemeral with an explanation of the expression, “ships that pass in the night” and a passage from H.W. Longfellow, a “Do Over” about The Camp Friend, two poems by Stephanie Pepper and some jokes and riddles in GET IT?!?!?

S3, E6 – CHASM
^{10:59 | Season: 3 | Episode: 6 | June 4th, 2021}

In this episode, Miss Lynn explains the word, “chasm” with the assistance of passages from the Sherlock Holmes case, The Final Problem and Oscar Wilde’s play Lady Windermere’s Fan, as well as feedback from friends about what they have missed most during the pandemic.  The episode concludes with the song, “Frosted with Sprinkles (The Doughnut Store Song).”

S3, E5 – SUPERLATIVE
^{31:42 | Season: 3 | Episode: 5 | February 24th, 2021}

In this episode, Miss Lynn talks about the word, “superlative” with an excerpt from Charles Dickens’s The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, “Say What?!?” about the expression, “the GOAT,” a discussion about ALA book awards with former award committee member Angela Frederick, and the “humorous monologue with piano accompaniment,” “Runcorn Ferry.”

S2, E10 – OSTENTATIOUS (encore)
^{21:53 | Season: 2 | Episode: 10 | October 26th, 2020}

S1, E10 – QUAGMIRE (encore)
^{17:04 | Season: 1 | Episode: 10 | June 22nd, 2020}

In this re-edited encore episode (originally released in October 2018), host Lynn Hickernell explains the literal and metaphorical uses of the word, “quagmire” with a passage from Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Hound of the Baskervilles, and a personal story about a complicated situation called, “The 8th Grade Quagmire.” The episode concludes with a selection from the Robert Burns poem, “Elegy on Captain Matthew Henderson.”

S1, E7 – FOIBLE (encore)
^{28:11 | Season: 1 | Episode: 7 | June 9th, 2020}

In this revised encore episode, host Lynn Hickernell discusses her own foibles, and those Aesop pointed out in his fables, including, “The Gnat and the Lion.” Includes bonus word, “subjective,” and a “Do Over” about “Duck Feet,” and concludes with the song, “Normal (‘s Just a Town).”

S2, E5 – ANTEDILUVIAN (encore)
^{27:20 | Season: 2 | Episode: 5 | May 25th, 2020}

In this re-edited encore episode (originally released in April 2019), host Lynn Hickernell explicates the word, “antediluvian.” Includes excerpts from the books The Velveteen Rabbit and The 14th Goldfish (courtesy of the folks from Book Power for Kids!), “Say What?” about the expression, “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks,” “It Came From the Internet,” “GET IT?!?!?” and the Miss Lynn song, “Studebaker Truck.” Complete show notes for this episode are available at https://www.patreon.com/posts/26203823.