Temperature blankets are a visual and tactile mirror of the day’s weather. Knitters use specific shades of yarn to match daily temperatures, creating a colorful, cozy record of weather across time. Plus, a new book chronicles the history and...
The Great Passage is a 2016 one-season anime about Genbu Shobo, a major publishing company, and a young man who takes over a dictionary project from a veteran lexicographer. For anyone whose interests overlap at anime and dictionaries, its premise...
One of the celestial bodies listed in The Dictionary of Minor Planet Names(Amazon) is called Sumaura. It’s the name of the oldest private elementary school in Kobe, Japan, and was suggested by the discoverer’s son. This is part of a complete episode...
Youngsters want to know: What’s the difference between barely and nearly, and what’s so clean about a whistle, anyway? Plus, adults recount some misunderstandings from when they were knee-high to a grasshopper. Kids do come up with some surprisingly...
John, a 10-year-old from Dallas, Texas, wonders why an unpredictable or uncontrollable person is called a loose cannon. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “What is a Loose Cannon?” You’re listening to a special edition of A Way with...
John, a 10-year-old from Dallas, Texas, wonders why an unpredictable or uncontrollable person can be referred to as a loose cannon. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Loose Cannon” Hello, you have A Way with Words. Hi, I’m John and...