Take a listen to six-year-old Aiya, one of our favorite callers! She’s adorable! We’re planning more calls and callers like her for 2020, so make the show possible next year by supporting our December fundraising campaign.
Further reading
In the 15th century, the word respair meant “to have hope again.” Although this word fell out of use, it’s among dozens collected in a new book of soothing vocabulary for troubled times. Plus, baseball slang: If a batter...
You may have a favorite word in English, but what about your favorite in another language? The Spanish term ojalá is especially handy for expressing hopefulness and derives from Arabic for “God willing.” In Trinidad, if you want to ask...