Callie Crossley on Says You!

Callie Crossley joins the cast of Says You! on Cape Cod at the Tilden Arts Center on Saturday, September 23rd from 4:00pm -6:30PM.

Host of WGBH Radio’s Under the Radar, Crossely’s weekly commentaries are heard on WGBH’s Morning Edition, and she is regular on WGBH TV’s Beat the Press. Nationally she is a television and radio commentator on CNN’s Reliable SourcesThe PBS News Hour and PRI’s The Takeaway. The recipient of numerous accolades and awards, she is living proof that English majors can be over-achievers in real life. For more on Callie Crossley visit her website www.calliecrossley.com and be sure to visit us all together in a live performance of Says You!

Seeking the Spotlight

Tammy discovered our show in Boston, but now she listens from Palatine, IL. With the Says You! podcast listen wherever, whenever.

I’ve been listening for years, as my dad and I found you years ago on WGBH in Boston. Imagine my delight to find Says You again via podcast where I can listen whenever I like. You recently aired a classic episode with Richard where we had the word antediluvian in a spelling round. I remember that word from a previous episode, although I’m not sure if it was a bluffing round or a definitions & derivations round. What I do remember is someone (Maybe Tony?) suggesting that antediluvian was the woman who married uncle diluvian. I would love to hear that silly bit again if you can find it.

Tammy we’re looking for Aunt Diluvian now and will let you know as soon as we find her! Do you have a favorite word or round you’d like to hear again? Let us know any maybe you’ll hear it on air!

Spotlight Request

Tammy discovered our show in Boston, but now she listens from Palatine, IL. With the Says You! podcast listen wherever, whenever.

I’ve been listening for years, as my dad and I found you years ago on WGBH in Boston. Imagine my delight to find Says You again via podcast where I can listen whenever I like. You recently aired a classic episode with Richard where we had the word antediluvian in a spelling round. I remember that word from a previous episode, although I’m not sure if it was a bluffing round or a definitions & derivations round. What I do remember is someone (Maybe Tony?) suggesting that antediluvian was the woman who married uncle diluvian. I would love to hear that silly bit again if you can find it.

Tammy we’re looking for Aunt Diluvian now and will let you know as soon as we find her! Do you have a favorite word or round you’d like to hear again? Let us know any maybe you’ll hear it on air!

Bring Says You! to Your City

Lara, a listener from Escondido, CA, knows where to hear us, but still wants the real thing. Sign up for the Says You! newsletter to keep up with everything new from Says You! – including cities we’re traveling to, our podcast, and facts about our guests. Tickets for upcoming tapings are available on our Get Tickets page.

Is there any chance you can do a show in the East County Performing Arts Center or at the Cox Arena on the campus of SDSU? My dad and I would love to attend a live show. I listen every week on either KVCR, KAZU and Capradio on my smart phone depending on when it is convenient for me. But I would love to attend a live show.

Want Says You! to come to your city? Let us know where in the comments!

 

A Classic From Martha’s Vineyard

This weekend revisit a classic episode from Martha’s Vineyard with former Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz.

Listen here:

Sez Hoo?

Mark, a KUOW Seattle listener, was in the middle of a round of Scrabble when he got a rack we’re quite fond of:

Great Scot!

Lori, a listener on WGBH in Boston, did a little Googling of ‘tartle,’ a bluffing word from a recent episode from Port Townsend, WA (SY-2125).

TARTLE according to collinsdictionary.com this Scottish term means ‘the act of hesitating while introducing someone because you’ve forgotten their name’ Specific, not an example of hesitating as described!

Lori, we love that you took the time to research ‘tartle.’ Listener support and contributions are vital to this show. Here’s why we stand with our definition of ‘tartle:’

From our source checking, the definition you supplied is not actually from the Collins Dictionary’s definition. Rather, it comes from the “new word suggestion” section of the Collins Dictionary’s website, in which anyone can send in a proposed word and definition. See: www.collinsdictionary.com/us/submission/3277/Tartle
This particular hyper-definition (in which “because you’ve forgotten their name” is a part of the definition, rather than just an example) can be found all over the Internet, but never in an authoritative source. Here at Says You! one of our many sources (and the one ‘tartle’ is found in) is the Dictionary of the Scots Language, a source we consider authoritative: http://dsl.ac. uk/entry/snd/tartle_v1_n1

The Boys Are Back (with the Says You! Podcast)

Did you know that all of the episodes from this season of Says You! are available on our website to stream or to download as a podcast? Richard from Santa Fe found out and we’re so glad he’s listening again!

Just wanted to let ya’ll know that I’m so glad to be ‘back in the fold.’ I used to listen to Says You! when I lived in Vermont (I believe I ended up listening to North Country Public Radio in upstate NY). But since I retired in 2015 and moved to NM, it seems there are no local/regional broadcasts.

In previous years, as I recall, your archives were available only for a fee. Imagine my delight — a month ago — to check your website again and to find free podcast segments. Hallelujah!

My heart still aches about Richard Sher’s death, of course, but I’m glad you found a new host (from my old stompin’ grounds of Seattle), and that all my fave panelists are still joking, sparring, and bluffing.