A belly flower is a small low-growing flower you have to get down on the ground to see. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Belly Flower” I’ve just learned what a belly flower is. What’s that, a tramp stamp that’s on the front and not...
Gnarly, in surf talk, means a wave or wipeout that’s big, nasty, heavy, complicated, and maybe dangerous, the kind of challenge that can be bad news and, for a surfer, exactly the point of getting out in the water in the first place. Andrew from...
A man in Del Mar, California, wonders about the expression must needs meaning “must by necessity.” Is it a regionalism, pretentious, or perhaps used just for emphasis? This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Must Needs” Hello, you have A...
“Bott’s dots” are little round pavement markers, named for California highway engineer Elbert D. Botts. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Bott’s Dots” Grant, do you know what bots, dots are? They’re also called turtles in Washington...
It might be the grooviest new holiday since Burning Man: Hippie Christmas is the annual festivity surrounding the end of the college school year, when students leave perfectly good clothing and household goods by the curb or the dumpster because...
A listener from California says her family’s way of remarking on rain is to mention the space between falling drops. So a 12-inch rain means there’s about a foot between one drop and the next. Tricky, huh? This is part of a complete episode...
