2009 March Archive at The Word Nerds

Nostalgia: Howard Shepherd and Dave Shepherd are on location in one of the important places of their young adulthood, where they talk about nostalgia.

Thanks to Maureen B. for a PayPal donation. Dave makes a couple of corrections. Thanks to Jack S prat Café on E. Franklin Street in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, for providing space for the Word Nerds’ remote studio. (2:08)

Nostalgia of place: We have returned to Chapel Hill, NC, where we both attended university; the meaning of the word “nostalgia” and related concepts; history vs. nostalgia. (4:08)

Music bumper from “Back in the Days” by Teej (10:08)

Some of our Chapel Hill memories; nostalgia as an emotional phenomenon. Can you go home again (with apologies to Thomas Wolfe)? Nostalgia and technology (11:56)

Song: “The Good Old Days” by The Lodger (29:46)

Rude Word of the Week: “sappy” (33:07)

Music bumper from “Natural Man” by Lil Ed and the Blues Imperials. (36:14)

The dark side of nostalgia: wishing for good old days that were not so good (36:42)

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Theme music by Kick the Cat

time: 44:49

size: 41.1 Mb

rating: PG (One of our definitions of our Rude Word gets slightly crude at one point.)

The Lodger
“The Good Old Days” (mp3)
from “Life Is Sweet”
(Slumberland)

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Teej
“Back In The Days” (mp3)
from “Schenectady”
(Afrazmusic Corp)

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Writing: Barbara Shepherd and Dave Shepherd glance down at their written notes–albeit not handwritten–as they talk about writing.

Thanks to Kay Horst S., Jeff O., Kate S., Margaret C., and an anonymous friend for donations through the PayPal button. Thanks as well to Alan H., who sent us the link to the BBC news article that inspired this edition. (2:12)

Writing through history; how are different generations taught to write? We talk about thoughts on this topic from the following sources: the BBC and scaredmonkeys.com. (3:09)

Music bumper from “Edgar Meyer Winter” by Shibboleth (14:19)

Calligraphy: the art of writing (16:02)

Song: “So I’m Writing” by Geoff Smith (20:49)

Rude Word of the Week: “chicken scratch” (25:47)

Music bumper from “Melancolica” by the Mauricio Cuburu. (30:38)

Handwriting today and the effects of technological innovation (31:20)

Music courtesy of The Podsafe Music Network

Theme music by Kick the Cat

Closing theme from “Grapes” by Evan Stone

time: 44:57

size: 41.2 Mb

rating: G (We hope to inspire some young listeners to write a handwritten note to somebody sometimes.)