The Good Words Podcast

S1, E16 – DETRITUS
^{14:13 | Season: 1 | Episode: 16 | January 21st, 2019}

In this bonus episode, host Lynn Hickernell uses leftover bits of previous episodes to explicate the word, “detritus.”  Featuring excerpts from John Muir’s The Yosemite, James Blish’s “The Thing in the Attic,” and quotations from Nick Offerman and Dwayne Johnson.

S1, E15 – ANNUS MIRABILIS
^{31:53 | Season: 1 | Episode: 15 | December 31st, 2018}

In this bonus episode, host Lynn Hickernell reviews her favorite moments from the past year on the Good Words Podcast.  Also features excerpts from the John Dryden poem, “Annus Mirabilis.”

S1, E14 – APPROBATION
^{19:10 | Season: 1 | Episode: 14 | November 26th, 2018}

In this final episode of the first series of the podcast, host Lynn Hickernell expounds on the word, “approbation.”   It features a passage from Pride and Prejudice, Miss Lynn’s recommendations for additional podcasts that have gained her approbation, the William Cowper poem, “The Nightingale and the Glow-Worm,” and “GET IT?!?!?”   Complete show notes for this episode are available at https://www.patreon.com/posts/22699064

S1, E12 – SPLURGE
^{18:00 | Season: 1 | Episode: 12 | October 29th, 2018}

In this episode, host Lynn Hickernell unpacks the word, “splurge.”  Includes a story from David Greenburg about something he saved up to buy in his childhood, and recurring segment, “GET IT?!?!?”  Complete show notes for this episode are available at https://www.patreon.com/posts/episode-12-show-22208021.

S1, E11 – DICHOTOMY
^{21:23 | Season: 1 | Episode: 11 | October 15th, 2018}

This episode explores the word and concept of DICHOTOMY, with an excerpt from the audiobook War Horse, a musical arrangement of the fairy tale “Jack Sprat,” and of course, the recurring segment, “GET IT?!?!?”

S1, E8 – PULCHRITUDE
^{16:51 | Season: 1 | Episode: 8 | September 3rd, 2018}

S1, E6 – ZEUGMA
^{18:32 | Season: 1 | Episode: 6 | August 6th, 2018}

This episode of the Good Words Podcast concerns the word, “zeugma.”  Host Lynn Hickernell also introduces bonus words, “idiom,” and “homophone.”  Includes recurring features, “It Came From the Internet,” and “GET IT?!?!?”

S1, E5 – LACHRYMOSE
^{12:30 | Season: 1 | Episode: 5 | July 23rd, 2018}

In this episode of The Good Words Podcast, host Lynn Hickernell examines the word LACHRYMOSE, as well as bonus words, “denotation,” “connotation,” and “disparaging.”  Featuring recurring segments, “It Came From the Internet,” and “Get It?!?!?”