Fifty Words For Snow

Fifty Words For Snow

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A linguistic expedition into brave new words. Maggie Rowe and Emily John Garcés hunt for words that lack an English equivalent. They like to think of themselves as Dora the Explorers of language, with their rucksacks and hats and notebooks and magnifying glasses, embarking on a cultural adventure, hunting and gathering useful new word specimens from far flung continents, and holding them up to see what new light they shine on old ideas.

Episode List

Rerun of Episode 12 Words From Italian Language: Scarpetta and Spaghettata

Feb 26th, 2026 9:20 PM

A linguistc expedition into brave new words. Maggie and Emily learn the Farsi words taarof and khaste nabashid with native speaker Navid Naderi Alizadeh and put the term “happy birthday” on linguistic trial. Poem by Emily: Taarof.

Rerun of Ep 11: Words from Farsi Language: Taarof and Khaste Nabashid

Feb 19th, 2026 9:59 PM

A linguistic exploration into brave new words. In this rerun of episode 11, Maggie and Emily learn the Farsi words taarof and khaste nabashid with native speaker Navid Naderi Alizadeh and put the term “happy birthday” on linguistic trial. Poem by Emily: Taarof.

Ep 64 The Valentine's Episode: The Word Love on Trial

Feb 12th, 2026 8:00 PM

Maggie and Emily revisit the Sanskrit word mudita with Katherine Senshin Griffith and the Chinese word guimi 閨蜜 with Shen Zhong. Then, they put the word "love" on trial with judge Matthew Laura Aitken. Poem by Maggie: The First Year Without Love.

Ep 63 Words from Ancient Greek Language: Kyklos and Epistrophe

Feb 5th, 2026 8:20 PM

Maggie and Emily learn the ancient Greek words kyklos and epistrophe from psychologist Chet Sunde and try to coin a word for "nostalgia for the present" with Arlo Miller-Baynham. Poem by Emily: I Had An Epistrophe.

Ep 62 Words From Ancient Greek Language: Ekgona

Jan 29th, 2026 6:21 PM

Maggie and Emily learn the Ancient Greek word "ekgona" from psychologist Chet Sunde and put the word "legacy" on linguistic trial with judge Matthew Laura Aitken. Poem by Maggie: ekgona.

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