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The Good Words Podcast

The Good Words Podcast

Written by: Lynn Hickernell
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The Good Words Podcast is for kids and grown-ups to delight in hilarious, fascinating, wonderful words while we all learn together to use words better, and use better words. It is written and created by Lynn Hickernell, who also writes and performs music for kids and adults under the name Miss Lynn. Learn more and hear lots of her songs at misslynn.com.© Lynn Hickernell
Episodes
  • 2023 Kids Listen Summer Sampler
    Jun 19 2023

    Miss Lynn produced this year's Kids Listen Summer Sampler, featuring short bites of eleven different Kids Listen member podcasts for kids!

    Learn more about Kids Listen at https://www.kidslisten.org/


    Featured in this episode:

    Girl Tales: www.girltalespodcast.com
    Book Club for Kids: http://www.bookclubforkids.org
    Like You: www.likeyoupodcast.com
    Power Dog Adventures: https://www.powerdogadventures.com/
    Unspookable: www.soundsingtonmedia.com
    Stoopkid Stories: https://stoopkidstories.com/
    Peace Out: www.peaceoutpodcast.com
    What If World: http://www.whatifworldpodcast.com/
    Newsy Pooloozi: https://www.newsypooloozi.com/
    Dorktales Storytime Podcast: http://dorktalesstorytime.com
    Fina Mendoza Mysteries: http://finamendozamysteries.com

    Kids Listen audio transitions by Dan Saks of www.noodleloafshow.com
    Summer Sampler artwork by Jodi Murphy of http://dorktalesstorytime.com
    KL Summer Sampler 2023 produced by Lynn Hickernell of http://goodwordspodcast.com

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    53 mins
  • EPHEMERAL (The Good Words Podcast)
    Aug 1 2022

    In this final episode of the Good Words Podcast, Miss Lynn discusses the word ephemeral with an explanation of the expression, "ships that pass in the night" and a passage from H.W. Longfellow, a "Do Over" about The Camp Friend, two poems by Stephanie Pepper and some jokes and riddles in GET IT?!?!?

    Thanks to all the contributors to this episode:

    Ari Kelly of At Your Level
    Leela of Newsy Pooloozi
    Grady of Cool Facts About Animals
    Eric O'Keeffe of What If World
    Dr. Chris Kukk
    Tara Bahna-Outman
    Stephanie Pepper

    Stephanie Pepper's two poems that close the episode are:
    Beautiful Splinter
    A Singular Performance

    You can find more information about the expression "ships that pass in the night" at these two links:
    https://knowyourphrase.com/ships-passing-in-the-night
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ships_that_pass_in_the_night

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    20 mins
  • CHASM (The Good Words Podcast)
    Jun 4 2021

    In this episode, Miss Lynn explains the word, "chasm" with the assistance of passages from the Sherlock Holmes case, The Final Problem and Oscar Wilde's play Lady Windermere's Fan, as well as feedback from friends about what they have missed most during the pandemic. The episode concludes with the song, "Frosted with Sprinkles (The Doughnut Store Song)."

    Full episode notes are available at https://misslynn.com/good-words-podcast/blog/6694361/chasm-the-good-words-podcast

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    11 mins
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