Part three of a three-part interview with John Morse, former president and publisher of Merriam-WebsterHosted by Emily Brewster and Peter Sokolowski.Produced in collaboration with New England Public Media, with much gratitude to John Voci.Transcript available here.See Privacy Pol ...Show more
An Interview with John Morse, Part 2
Part two of a three-part interview with John Morse, former president and publisher of Merriam-WebsterHosted by Emily Brewster and Peter Sokolowski.Produced in collaboration with New England Public Media, with much gratitude to John Voci.Transcript available here.See Privacy Polic ...Show more
Valerie Fridland (Like, Literally, Dude) is a professor, sociolinguist, and author. Valerie joins the Armchair Expert to discuss why people dislike the word "moist" so much, how accents are a part of social identity, and where modern English developed from. Valerie and Dax talk a ...Show more
In Blonde Roots, Bernardine Evaristo imagines a history where “Aphrikans” enslaved “whytes.” What systems would be different, and what would remain similar? In this episode, John Green and Rosianna Halse Rojas discuss what it means to reframe historical narratives and the difficu ...Show more
1948年、マクドナルド兄弟はセルフサービス、ライン生産、そして低価格でファストフードの新時代を切り開いたが、これに触発された多くの人々は兄弟の合理的な手法に追随。その中には、フロリダ、ジャクソンビルの「インスタ・バーガー・キング」(後のバーガーキング)の創業者や、マクドナルドのフランチャイズを全国に販売する権利を手に入れた、シカゴの野心的なビジネスマン、レイ・クロックがいた。しかし、クロックは加盟店を集めるのに苦労する。ゴルフ仲間にマクドナルドを売り込もうとしたが、彼らは15セントのハンバーガーに将来性を感じていなかった。必死になっているクロックと彼の ...Show more