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Dictionaries & Phone Books at the Boston Book Festival 2015

Dictionaries & Phone Books at the Boston Book Festival 2015

FromYou're the Expert


Dictionaries & Phone Books at the Boston Book Festival 2015

FromYou're the Expert

ratings:
Length:
50 minutes
Released:
Sep 20, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Ammon Shea has read the entire Oxford English Dictionary and the phone book cover-to-cover and written books of his own about each. In this special book festival edition of the show, we cover exotic words, the most expensive phone book in the world, and how to use etymology as a pick up line. Hosted by Chris Duffy. Produced by Julie Smith Clem and Pretty Good Friends.
Released:
Sep 20, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (88)

Three comedians try to guess what a leading expert does all day and learn why their research is important. You're the Expert brings academia out of the Ivory Tower and into your iPhone. Hosted by Chris Duffy. Produced by Pretty Good Friends.