The Word Nerds

Dave Shepherd announces a change in frequency of the publication of The Word Nerds. (1:56)
News from the podcasting world (4:20)

Annik Rubens suspends Schlaflos in München
Apple issues cease and desist letters against companies using “podcast” in their name.

Voicemail from a new listener (7:39)
Song: “Day to Day,” by The Numbers (9:07)
Rude word of the week: “spaz” (12:25)
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Howard Shepherd talks about his favorite summer reading book–Special Topics in Calamity Physics, a first novel by his former student Marisha Pessl. (2:47)
Reasons for equivocating (4:37)
Music bumper from “Ockham’s Shaving Kit,” by George Hrab (14:46)
Verbal and lingual ways of equivocating (15:27)
Song: “Maybe I’ll Wait,” by Robin Welty (21:36)
Rude word of the week: “weasel” (25:16)
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Dave Shepherd, Barbara Shepherd, and Howard Chang talk about their summer reading. (2:14)
Dave’s recent favorites:

The Word Nerds Discussion forum
Online fora related to magic
The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini
Baseball as America, by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
Dai Vernon: A Biography, by David Ben
The Secret Art of Magic, by Eric Evans and Nowlin Craver

Barbara’s […]