Today’s Podcast

Welcome to the 131st Today’s Podcast. November 1st marked the one year anniversary of Today’s Podcast. This year my goal is to produce over 200 shows. Much closer to my promise of a daily show.
Today’s word is serendipity. I was reminded of this word by a recent interview with Yvon Chouinard [...]

Today’s word, copacetic, is a favorite of mine. Although I too often forget to use it.
Copacetic is an adjective meaning completely or entirely satisfactory. I think its connotation is much more positive then satisfactory. For example if a boss told me my work was satisfactory I would be concerned it wasn’t very [...]

While putting together yesterday’s podcast on zoetrope I came across today’s word- heliotrope.
Heliotrope is a noun with several definitions. One is a purple or violet color. Another heliotrope is a surveying tool for civil engineers and map makers. It allows them to focus a beam of sunlight and signal a fellow surveyor up [...]

Zoetrope in motion
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On a recommendation from Michael Geohegan I watched the Francis Ford Coppola movie the Conversation. Great movie.
Frequent listeners of this podcast know I enjoy reading the credits. Well the credits for the Conversation include the name of Coppola’s production company Zoetrope. What a beautiful word. [...]

Today’s word, Potemkin, is an entertaining political term. I have seen it on Boingboing.net many times. Recently it appeared in a post about the governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin was an 18th century Russian military officer and politician. Who was rumored to have built fake villages along the banks of [...]