Ep 66 Word from the Birds: Torpor
About this episode
Maggie and Emily explore the word 'torpor' with a guest and engage in a trial of the word 'hardworking'.
Maggie and Emily learn the word torpor from Ballona Wetlands tour guide Susan Levinson and put the word "hardworking" on trial with judge Matthew Laura Aitken. Poem by Emily: Surrender.
People in this episode
Hosts: Maggie Rowe, Emily Garces
Guest: Susan Levinson
Topics covered
- language
- education
- nature
- poetry
- society
Keywords
- torpor
- Ballona Wetlands
- poem
- Surrender
- language learning
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