If you’re a pegan, then your diet is limited to a combination of paleo and vegan. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “A Pegan Diet” Grant, a word that’s new to me is pegan, P-E-G-A-N. Some kind of vegan? Yes. Somebody that eats only...
A listener in Two Rivers, Wisconsin, was surprised to learn that in England the word marrow refers to zucchini. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Marrow Vegetable” We heard from Lucy Zeldin-Rust, who listens to us in Two Rivers...
In parts of Pennsylvania, a late-spring dusting of light snow is called onion snow. It’s a reference to the way little green onion shoots are poking through the white. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Onion Snow” Grant, do you know...
Our Puzzle Master John Chaneski has a game that should last through your longest road trip. It’s a variation of “20 Questions” called “Animal, Mineral or Vegetable.” He gives you a word and you have to find the animal, mineral or vegetable embedded...
Quiz Guy John Chaneski puzzle this week is called “Three and a Match.” The challenge is to figure out three words from a common category—say, nationalities—that go with each of the three clues he mentions. If, for example, three clues are “coat,”...
If you need proof that language is powerful, here’s some. Researchers at Cornell recently reported that kids are more likely to eat their veggies if they’re told the food has enticing names like “X-ray Vision Carrots” and “Dinosaur Broccoli Trees.”...
