Baby Blues (Rebroadcast) - 1 July 2024

If you work in tech support, you might use snarky slang for problems caused by computer users themselves. There’s the acronym PEBCAK, for example, which stands for Problem Exists Between Chair and Keyboard. And: a lush poem about the sea inspired by kennings, those riddle-like co ...  Show more

There are word nerds, and then there’s the woman who set up a folding chair on sidewalks throughout the country, cheerfully dispensing tips about grammar. She recounts her adventures in a new book. And the story of the brilliant pioneer of computing language whose name lives on i ...  Show more

Welcome to episode #39 of The Real Life English with Gabby Podcast!

In this special episode, you'll be learning 20 high level/academic words for racism in the USA. In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., whose birthday is today and whose national holiday is celebrat ...

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Learning to read proficiently is not an easy task for most students without explicit, systematic instruction. Current US reading scores indicate that 67% of all 4th graders are reading at basic or below basic levels. This fact is leading to many ...

Send us Fan MailOn this trip, we're looking at the conventional candidate for the first modern novel in English. Defoe's story of a resourceful man shipwrecked on a desert island is so much more than a ripping yarn: it speaks to the rise of a literary vernacular language, the val ...  Show more

This week on The Broski Report, Fearless Leader Brittany Broski recapped her dream vacation in Ireland, analyzes her heritage, and hosts book club. The OFFICIAL Songs of The Week Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3ULrcEqO2JafGZPeonyuje?si=061c5c0dd4664f01 👕 Get your me ...  Show more