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

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

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

In this episode, Miss Lynn talks about the word, "superlative" with an excerpt from Charles Dickens's The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, "Say What?!?" about the expression, "the GOAT," a discussion about ALA book awards with former award committee member Angela Frederick, and the "humorous monologue with piano accompaniment," "Runcorn Ferry."

Full episode notes for this episode are available at https://misslynn.com/good-words-podcast/blog/6694362/superlative-the-good-words-podcast.

Getting all dressed up for Halloween? In this episode, updated in honor of the big day (and night), Miss Lynn explains the word OSTENTATIOUS. Includes an excerpt from Mark Twain's The Innocents Abroad, "Say What?" about the phrase, "Dressed to the nines," and an overview of cosplay and historical costuming from contributor Glynnis.

This episode is part of Kids Listen Halloween Sweeps! Find episodes from other participating shows HERE.

Complete show notes at https://misslynn.com/good-words-podcast/blog/ostentatious-the-good-words-podcast.

In this re-edited encore episode (originally released in October 2018), host Lynn Hickernell explains the literal and metaphorical uses of the word, "quagmire" with a passage from Arthur Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles, and a personal story about a complicated situation called, "The 8th Grade Quagmire." The episode concludes with a selection from the Robert Burns poem, "Elegy on Captain Matthew Henderson."

Updated show notes can be found at https://misslynn.com/good-words-podcast/blog/quagmire-the-good-words-podcast.

In this revised encore episode, host Lynn Hickernell discusses her own foibles, and those Aesop pointed out in his fables, including, "The Gnat and the Lion." Includes bonus word, "subjective," and a "Do Over" about "Duck Feet," and concludes with the song, "Normal ('s Just a Town)."

Complete show notes for this episode are available at https://misslynn.com/good-words-podcast/blog/foible-the-good-words-podcast.

In this re-edited encore episode (originally released in April 2019), host Lynn Hickernell explicates the word, "antediluvian." Includes excerpts from the books The Velveteen Rabbit and The 14th Goldfish (courtesy of the folks from Book Power for Kids!), "Say What?" about the expression, "You can't teach an old dog new tricks," "It Came From the Internet," "GET IT?!?!?" and the Miss Lynn song, "Studebaker Truck."
Complete show notes for this episode are available at https://misslynn.com/good-words-podcast/blog/antediluvian-the-good-words-podcast.