A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over - Flash in the Pan - 22 June 2026

It’s the ultimate road trip: A father and son retrace the journey of Odysseus and find a way to navigate their own relationship. Plus, the story behind the phrase a flash in the pan: It has nothing to do with cooking or gold mining. Also, what’s a gongoozler? If you’re a gongoozler, you’re a big fan of people-watching. And: umarell, a geography puzzle, Hi Bettys, just a tad, Hobelspäne, what it means to take a constitutional, what it means to take a ball, bingo wings, and pickle.

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