Podcasts about charismatic megafauna

Ari and Chris are back in the office together and are joined (with the recording gods on our side this time) by Jessi Krebs and Grep Lepera! Jessi and Greg share their paths in the zoo field (we're talking 95 combined years of reptile awesomeness, ya'll), their history with the Crocodilian Biology and Management Course at St. Augustine Alligator Farm, the messaging challenges that zoos continue to have with reptiles and other herps compared to more typical "charismatic megafauna", and their hopes for how zoos can embrace a broader picture of biological diversity for the benefit of their guests.   If you have a suggestion for a question, topic, or guest you'd like to hear on a future episode of the show, let us know at podcast@naturalencounters.com! --------------------------------- The TEC Talk Podcast is proud to be sponsored by Audible.com! To support the show and get a free 30-day trial of everything Audible has to offer, visit http://www.audibletrial.com/tectalk- thanks Audible! --------------------------------- This episode is also brought to you by Magic Mind! To learn more about the world's first mental performance shot and get up to 48% off your first order, go to https://www.magicmind.com/tectalkpod and enter the code TECTALKPOD20 at checkout. Thanks, Magic Mind! 

Aurochs, Cave Bears and Other Charismatic Megafauna ep.706 Gareth D Jones is unofficially the second most widely translated science fiction short story author in the world, having been published in 33 languages. He is a father of five, two of whom are also published authors. He lives in the UK where he writes stories and reviews, fuelled by copious amounts of tea. Author Website: www.garethdjones.co.uk More TTTV stories by Gareth D Jones: https://talltaletv.com/?s=gareth+d+jones Haggis, Rhino and Other Unexpected Wildlife: https://talltaletv.com/haggis-rhino-and-other-unexpected-wildlife/   ---- Listen Elsewhere ---- YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/c/TallTaleTV Website: http://www.TallTaleTV.com   ---- Story Submission ---- Got a short story you'd like to submit? Submission guidelines can be found at http://www.TallTaleTV.com   ---- About Tall Tale TV ---- Hi there! My name is Chris Herron and I'm an audiobook narrator. In 2015, I suffered from poor Type 1 diabetes control which lead me to become legally blind for almost a year. The doctors didn't give me much hope, predicting an 80% chance that I would never see again. But I refused to give up and changed my lifestyle drastically. Through sheer willpower (and an amazing eye surgeon) I beat the odds and regained my vision. During that difficult time, I couldn't read or write, which was devastating as they had always been a source of comfort for me since childhood. However, my wife took me to the local library where she read out the titles of audiobooks to me. I selected some of my favorite books, such as the Disc World series, Name of the Wind, Harry Potter, and more, and the audiobooks brought these stories to life in a way I had never experienced before. They helped me through the darkest period of my life and I fell in love with audiobooks. Once I regained my vision, I decided to pursue a career as an audiobook narrator instead of a writer. That's why I created Tall Tale TV, to support aspiring authors in the writing communities that I had grown to love before my ordeal. My goal was to help them promote their work by providing a promotional audio short story that showcases their writing skills to readers. They say the strongest form of advertising is word of mouth, so I offer a platform for readers to share these videos and help spread the word about these talented writers. Please consider sharing these stories with your friends and family to support these amazing authors. Thank you!   ---- legal ---- All stories on Tall Tale TV have been submitted in accordance with the terms of service provided on http://www.talltaletv.com or obtained with permission by the author. All images used on Tall Tale TV are either original or Royalty and Attribution free. Most stock images used are provided by http://www.pixabay.com , https://www.canstockphoto.com/ or created using AI. Image attribution will be declared only when required by the copyright owner. Common Affiliates are: Amazon, Smashwords

Producer/Host: Sarah O’Malley This episode describes the history of the northwest Atlantic/Canadian maritime population of walruses, including their historic range and reasons for extinction. About the host: Sarah O’Malley is an ecologist, naturalist and science communicator passionate about deepening her listeners’ experiences with the natural world. She teaches biology and sustainability at Maine Maritime Academy and is currently collaborating on a guide book to the intertidal zone in the Gulf of Maine. The post The Essential Rhythm 8/13/23: Charismatic Megafauna – Northwest Atlantic Walruses first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.

From the greasiest fellows that your parents may have warned you about: time dilation, a mysterious SD card, cheesy pizza, SPMD, a wing bar's feeble attempt for socmed promo, Brian's Animal Corner, jet packs, Axe body spray, anti-tipping, cashing million-dollar checks, more odd news, and Luntch. Double X Quantimino Time dilation Hypothetical Meta Analysis: Mysterious SD card Cheesy pizza? Same Person Mother-Daughter (SPMD) Correct Arthur's thinking: Winning a $30 gift card This Is The Newz Brian's Animal Corner Snake bites 2-year-old girl, who bites it back until it dies Monkeys Are Masturbating With Stone Sex Toys, Researchers Find How to stop your vacuum from spying on you Off the tracks, part 1: Jet packs and shirt cannons launching cans of Daddy Juice Energy attached to small parachutes Man arrested for stealing only Axe Body Spray Changes to how Pennsylvania's tipped workers are paid and overtime for salaried workers Police close eight-year-old girl's lemonade stand as she doesn't have a license Man scammed 11-year-old's lemonade stand with fake $100 bill Off the tracks, part 2: Cashing Million-Dollar Checks Woman's shock at $2600 ‘penis' table Missouri pastor says congregation is 'poor, broke, busted' for not buying him a luxury Movado watch Man convicted for spending spree after $31,000 bank error Why Bacon Tastes So Much Better At Diners Than At Home What I Had For Lunch Deepfake Sponsors: Julio Tejas, Booba Gettz The Crazy One, Thicccum Farmz Slam City Radio 24/7 x https://slamcity.co/scr247/

In the Gaming Hut we demonstrate how to dovetail player-created character hooks into your scenario, as Ken proposes a Freaking Weird Moment for his This is Normal Now character and Robin weaves it into a trio of mystery premises. The Culture Hut uncovers a Dreamhound of Chicago, 30s surrealist painter Gertrude Abercrombie. Then we duck […]

We've got a great show for you today, but first, we think a little context is important. Please listen to Daniel's monologue in the introduction to this podcast. 
As a podcaster, Daniel's always been interested in topics that flirt around the edges of the taboo. And today's episode certainly qualifies. Hunting itself has become controversial in our modern era, which, given that this was our primary food acquisition method for something like 300,000 years — in other words, our entire existence — until just recently, seems strange. But even where the general public has accepted it as a legitimate pursuit and method of protein procurement, there are some animals that — despite the long legacy of hunting them — are just too off-limits to talk about. Usually, these animals fall into a category we call “Charismatic Megafauna,” and you know these species well, since they're the subject of documentaries, calendars, cartoons, and stuffed animals. Often, the public is so opposed to the hunting them that, even when management is required due to deprivation, attacks on humans, or localized carrying capacity issues, they'd rather pay state-funded shooters to kill them as part of a management program than to allow hunters to pay into the state to harvest them through lawful hunting. Because, it's about optics. Someone enjoying the experience is just too distasteful to them. Things get even more complex when there is an indigenous tradition of hunting these charismatic species. Beluga and Bowhead whales come to mind, or African elephants, or — as is the case with today's podcast, Polar Bears. Today's guest is Jen Shears. Jen is a Newfoundlander, mom, wife, adventurer, business owner, blogger, traveler, and hunter — and she has been confronting the very same issues that Daniel speaks about in this episode's intro monologue for years. Recently she visited the arctic to hunt a polar bear herself, and Daniel was incredibly interested to talk with her about the experience, the politics, the science, and, of course, the meat, which he's been curious about for years. Jen is, in our opinion, incredibly brave and fearless in her willingness to publicly confront the media-driven, unscientific public rhetoric and even to weather the frenzied reactions of the activists who support the anti-hunting agenda being promulgated by the pseudo-scientific wing of the environmentalist movement. Jen, thank you for taking this issue on, being willing to due so publicly, and for talking about it here on this show. We appreciate and value what you are doing and saying. View full show notes, including links to resources from this episode here: https://www.wild-fed.com/podcast/137

Hello! This week our friend with the cute face, Allison, talks with us about her upcoming transition to working full-time at a non-profit organization, La Tierra del Jaguar, and leaving the zookeeper field after 15 years. We learn how she successfully avoided calculus, has tasted hummingbird poop, and is now working towards her dream of helping to get a demonstration site to teach the local community in Sahuaripa, Sonora, Mexico about regenerative agriculture to protect North America's only big cat, the jaguar. If you listen til the end you also get a taste test review of two bacanora's (a tequila variation), one of which is called Ass Fire... https://latierradeljaguar.org/

My guest today is a member of a boundary-pushing psychedelic pop band based out of NYC!Their newest album, 'Charismatic Megafauna' is an absolute journey of an album, combining lush synth lines with powerful drum grooves. Tune in to hear us discuss modular synths, working with Andrew VanWyngarden from MGMT, and what it was like playing in the indie pop band Barrie!Please welcome Noah Prebish from Psymon Spine!@noah_prebish@psymonspine.llc@parkerwierling@onthatnote_podcast

My guest today is a member of a boundary-pushing psychedelic pop band based out of NYC!Their newest album, 'Charismatic Megafauna' is an absolute journey of an album, combining lush synth lines with powerful drum grooves. Tune in to hear us discuss modular synths, working with Andrew VanWyngarden from MGMT, and what it was like playing in the indie pop band Barrie!Please welcome Noah Prebish from Psymon Spine!@noah_prebish@psymonspine.llc@parkerwierling@onthatnote_podcast

There's so much charisma in this episode! This week on The Birdy Bunch Podcast, we discuss the phenomena of charismatic megafauna and its effects on conservation all around the world! Additionally, Matt brings up a conservation movement in Chicago, CJ tells us about the discovery of a new whale, and Jon features the infamous Panthera tigris- the tiger! Be sure to follow us @thebirdybunchpodcast on Instagram and Facebook to keep up with our daily content!   Timestamps:        00:00 - Intro     04:32 - Creature Feature    12:05 - Current Events   23:23 - Charismatic Megafauna     44:30 - Outro  

Drew is on an endless quest to photograph the world's "charismatic megafauna," as he calls it.  But while his portfolio is filled with some of the best bear photography we've ever seen...sparring polar bears in the Canadian Arctic and brown (grizzly) bears fishing for salmon in Alaska are just a couple examples, it doesn't always come easy.Today we host the great Drew Hamilton himself and talk about a variety of nature photography topics, including his latest photo expedition in Nome, Alaska, what happens when photo trips don't quite work out, his technique for photo stitching wildlife shots, his affinity for reverse-engineering inspiring photos he sees on social media, and why sometimes he forces himself to take only one lens with him in the field. 

In this (very long) episode we discuss roughly chapters 18-37, with a special focus on Frank. What does Frank want? Does he know? The gap between intention and action under capitalism, trapped in our subjectivity and ideology, is a focus of the first part of the ep. Then we run into the technical difficulties and pick back up to talk about the challenges this novel poses to us as a novel. If the realist novel of the 19th century focused itself through a charismatic main character with broadly heroic qualities, The Ministry for the Future is a significant departure from that. We talk about how TMftF challenges us to think beyond individuals and gives us a bigger picture of the multi-dimensional and multi-generational problems humanity will face between now and basically the rest of its existence. No charismatic megafauna are going to either save you or give you an adequate locus of your pathetic cathexis. Today, the challenge is to abandon liberal empathy as a criterion for deeming an other worthy of living and having their needs met in favor of a politics that encompasses the impersonal, one that creates space for the rights of people from the future and non-human people today to exist. Also we discuss how cool it would if there were an eco-terrorist James Bond franchise and at 1 hour 26 minutes a cat purrs into the microphone. Still to come, one of our favorite topics: structure of feeling! Thanks for listening! Email us at maroonedonmarspodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter @podcastonmars Leave us a voicemail on the Anchor.fm app Rate and review us on iTunes or wherever you listen to your podcasts! Music by Spirit of Space --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/marooned-on-mars/message

Ok folks, It’s time for some charismatic megafauna!! •First up, Bec Wellard tells us about a fascinating new line of cetacean communication research – bioacoustics of Orcas in Australian waters. Despite decades of research into the communication patters of whales and dolphins in Australian waters, almost nothing is known about how Orcas communicate here. •We’ll then catch up with Dave Donnelly (Dolphin Research Institute, Killer Whales Australia) about the latest sightings of Humpbacks and Southern Rights, with whale watching well and truly underway. •Dr Kate Charlton-Robb from the Marine Mammal Foundation talks about eavesdropping on Burrunan dolphins when the water went silent during the 6 weeks recreational boating ceased throughout the state. •And to close the show, our Baykeeper Neil Blake brings us a new angle on the introduced pest species, Northern Pacific Seastar. When it comes to charismatic megafauna, we don’t get any better than Neil.

This week we pair up with our friends on the Charismatic Megafauna podcast to talk about climate change. We go over rhetoric that goes with the topic, politics that are wrapped in it, and all sorts of super solid facts (always).

Choosing language that helps resolve interpersonal conflict. Sometimes a question is really just a veiled form of criticism. Understanding the difference between "ask culture" and "guess culture" can help you know how to respond. And what words should you use with a co-worker who's continually apologizing for being late--but never changes her behavior? Finally, charismatic megafauna may look cuddly, but they're best appreciated from a distance. Plus, in like Flynn, gradoo, champing, pronouncing the word the, pilot episodes, and Bless your heart. Listen to all episodes for free: https://waywordradio.org/   Support the show to keep episodes coming: https://waywordradio.org/donate   Your responses, questions, and comments are welcomed at any time!    https://waywordradio.org/contact   words@waywordradio.org   Listener line 1 (877) 929-9673 toll-free in the US and Canada   Text/SMS +1 (619) 567-9673   Copyright Wayword, Inc., a 501(c)(3) corporation. All rights reserved.

I denne udgave af LYDKUNST PODCAST tager vi dig med til Bergen - en smuk havneby omgivet af syv stejle fjelde, hvor det regner ca. 300 dage om året. Og som hvert år, i det aller spæde forår, fyldes af lyd, når “Borealis - en festival for eksperimenterende musik” løber af stablen. Over 5 dage i starten af marts indtager Borealis byens mange kulturinstitutioner, men også kirken, banegården, natklubben og søbadet, med ny kompositionsmusik, performance, musik, litteratur, film-screenings, field-recordings, radio, dans og talks, hvor den eneste fællesnævner at den nysgerrige lytning. Borealis handler om at lytte i bredeste forstand, eller om det den amerikanske komponist Pauline Oliveros kaldte for deep listening; dyb lytning, hvor man ikke kun lytter til de kunstneriske eksperimenter med lyd, men også til vores omgivelser og hinanden. Til andre perspektiver og fortællinger, til sig selv og sin krop. Og det var netop vores krop vi skulle lytte til, da vi sammen med ca. 40 andre deltog i det andet af i alt tre Open Spaces med dette års artist-in-residence, den canadiske kunstner og musiker Jenny Moore. Lyt med og hør hvordan det går, når Anne Neimann Clement stifter bekendtskab med rysteterapi i Bergen Kunsthal. Og mød også festivalens kunstneriske leder, britiske Peter Meanwell, der fortæller om hvordan festivalen lytter. Fakta: Borealis – en festival for eksperimenterende musik arbejder med nulevende komponister, lydkunstnere, improvisatorer og musikere. Borealis præsenterer ikke en særlig genre, men er i stedet en døråpner til de mest modige og nyskapende kunstnere og musikere. Borealis arbejder aktivt hele året på at udfordre musikkens traditionelle hierarkier, og for at skabe lige repræsentation, adgang og inklusion. Borealis’ daglige ledelse udgøres af Peter Meanwell og Tine Rude. Borealis finder sted i Bergen i marts hvert år. I år d. 6.-10. marts. Jenny Moore er canadisk kunstner og musiker bosat i London. Hendes kunstpraksis er højlydt og kropslig, og trækker på hendes arbejde som sanger, dirigent, komponist, trommeslager og performancekunstner. Hun spiller i dance-punk bandet Charismatic Megafauna, driver feministkoret F*Choir, og har for nylig udgivet et album for 10 stemmer og 2 trommeslagere med titlen Mystic Business. Jenny samarbejder også med en gruppe kunstnere om projektet Bedfellows, hvor hun holder workshops, laver performance og snakker om samtykke, drifter og seksualundervisning. LYDKUNST PODCAST er produceret af Anne Neimann Clement og Rosa Marie Frang for kunsten.nu med støtte fra Statens Kunstfond og Koda Kultur.

On episode 229 we hear all about the Women's Strike 2019 and Sex / Work Strike 2019. Included in the mix we have:   – A briefing on the Women's Strike around the world and the demands of sex workers going on strike on March 8th (00:02:45 – 00:04:24)   – Insights into the intersection of sex work and disability (00:04:24 – 00:12:55)   – A discussion about how migration and race impact on sex workers, from lower rates to presumed victimhood (00:17:55 – 00:27:23)   – An excerpt from the Radio AvA archive looking at the murky and confusing world of sex trafficking in the Philippines (00:27:23 – 00:33:00)   – A conversation about the “Nordic Model” / sex-buyer law and arguments for decriminalisation of sex work (00:37:00 – 00:57:53)   – Words about the unionisation of sex workers being undertaken by the United Voices of the World union and radical strippers (01:03:20 – 01:15:35)   – The final part of #Salamander DJ's Afrivision set featuring tracks from across the continent of Africa (01:15:35 – 02:09:31)   Plus bonus tunes from Tremenda Juaria (feat Sara Hebe) and Charismatic Megafauna!     Download the full show below, or you can download just the chat show and/or dj set separately here: SHOW  //  DJ SET

You might not know it but you are Charismatic Megafauna. Apparently we all are. Jacques Hebert is one of the only things standing between you and the annihilation of pretty much all the Charismatic Megafauna around here if you don t count gators . Well, Jacques himself is not going to be our savior, but the National Audubon Society s Restore the Mississippi River Delta Coalition, who Jacques works for, is. They re the folks who have taken us from losing a football field of coastline every to hour to our current rate which is about a football field every 100 minutes. That s progress, but it s not going to be enough to save us unless we turn the whole thing around, which Jacques is in the process of doing. Margee Green is doing her bit to save our green space too. Margee, aka Mo Butter, is a flower farmer who grows flowers in New Orleans East as well as organizing other farmers as a part of The New Orleans Flower Collective. On top of that Margee coordinates SPROUT NOLA and is, for want of a better description, the Che Guevara of New Orleans horticulture. Margee has an extraordinary grasp of what is going on in New Orleans politics especially with reference to our farming future. Josh Benitez grew up thinking he wasn t going to grow up for too long, courtesy of life on the street in New Orleans. Then in college his professor told him he had to "choose between music and music school" so he dropped out and went to Paris, where he found himself and his future. And he discovered that future was back here in New Orleans. In a first on Happy Hour, Josh composes a song at the end of the show about the show itself. And it s a bittersweet day at Happy hour as we say farewell to our longtime photographer Alison Moon. Alison is vastly overqualified for taking photos of people drinking and is finally cashing in on her non photographic talents by pursuing post grad studies in international relations in Oxford, England. So, for one last time we get to say, photos at Wayfare by Alison Moon.

Choosing language that helps resolve interpersonal conflict. Sometimes a question is really just a veiled form of criticism. Understanding the difference between "ask culture" and "guess culture" can help you know how to respond. And what words should you use with a co-worker who's continually apologizing for being late--but never changes her behavior? Finally, charismatic megafauna may look cuddly, but they're best appreciated from a distance. Plus, in like Flynn, gradoo, champing, pronouncing the word the, pilot episodes, and Bless your heart. Listen to all episodes for free: https://waywordradio.org/   Support the show to keep episodes coming: https://waywordradio.org/donate   Your responses, questions, and comments are welcomed at any time!    https://waywordradio.org/contact   words@waywordradio.org   Listener line 1 (877) 929-9673 toll-free in the US and Canada   Text/SMS +1 (619) 567-9673   Copyright Wayword, Inc., a 501(c)(3) corporation. All rights reserved.

On episode 3 of See Jurassic Right, your host Steven Ray Morris digs deep into everything DINOSAURS. In a conversations with comedian Lucé Tomlin-Brenner, writer Stephanie Cooke, and more, Steven and his guests attempt to dissect our childhood fascination with dinosaurs, the ways Jurassic Park utilizes these extinct creatures brought back to life, and how dinosaurs are the gateway to greater worlds of wonder. This month's guests: Lucé Tomlin-Brenner https://twitter.com/LTBcomedy Stephanie Cooke https://twitter.com/hellocookie Chris Pugh https://twitter.com/ChrisLikesDinos Lauren Milici https://twitter.com/motelsiren Jess Unkel https://twitter.com/psylawn Christina Nielsen https://twitter.com/itsthewombat New episodes last Tuesday of every month. Next episode August 29th. This month's questions are: 1. What’s your favorite scene in the entire Jurassic Park franchise? 2. What new dinosaur would you want to see in future Jurassic Park sequels? Call to leave your Jurassic stories: (323) 688-6969 or send me an email: seejurassicright@gmail.com Follow along with the show: https://twitter.com/sjrpod https://www.instagram.com/seejurassicright/ https://www.facebook.com/seejurassicright/ https://twitter.com/stevenraymorris Further Reading: - "My Favorite Dinosaurs" - https://www.listicle.co/list/user/post.php?listid=115522 - "Top Five Dinosaur Moments In The Original Jurassic Park Trilogy" - http://www.roguesportal.com/top-five-dinosaur-moments-original-jurassic-park-trilogy/ Original music by Steven Ray Morris Ambiment Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Fluidscape Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Tranquility Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Peace of Mind Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Almost in F Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Thank you to Caitlin Thompson & Tim Ruggeri, Molly McAleer, Heather Mason, Stephanie Cooke, Sara Iyer, and you! See Jurassic Right is an Acast podcast, check out the show on their mobile app. Thank you for listening. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to episode #131.  This week we discuss forged modern US stamps which are being made to rip off the post office.  We go over the issues and what we see is being done ("we see" - behind the scenes there may be lots going on but...) (25 minute marker).  We also discuss World Wildlife Federation (WWF) stamps and CHARISMATIC MEGAFAUNA (Minute mnarker 5).  Enjoy.

Charismatic Megafauna is not just a great band name. It's really just a fancy word for the cutest and most personality plus animals at the zoo. We're talking pandas, elephants and anything else you might see on a poster. Their mission? To help raise awareness and drive donations. But not everyone is on board. Learn all about these cuddly beasts in today's episode. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Charismatic Megafauna is not just a great band name. It's really just a fancy word for the cutest and most personality plus animals at the zoo. We're talking pandas, elephants and anything else you might see on a poster. Their mission? To help raise awareness and drive donations. But not everyone is on board. Learn all about these cuddly beasts in today's episode. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

What is “flyover country”? Is it the states in the middle of the US? A band name? A geoscience education app? One of these is true and the creator joins us to chat about it. A big thank you to listener Gary for pointing us to this topic! Feedback Automatic bullseye moving dartboard Boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion Shane Loeffler Flyover Country App Macrostrat LacCore Lab Neotoma paleoecology database System for earth sample registration (SESAR) Earthcube EAGER grants Glacial erratics Fun Paper Friday This week we talk about a one of a kind recording of a single-couple seismic source. Thanks for the suggestion Taryn Black! Cassidy, John F., and Art Whitford. “Unusual “Love Waves” Recorded Above the Cascadia Subduction Zone.” Seismological Research Letters 67.6 (1996): 49–51. Scientific American Article  

On the first show in the new studio, Tash & Kate played their favourite new music, and had a chat with the Typical Girls about their International Women's Day event at The Four Quarters in Peckham on Saturday 11th March. Top tracks came from Madame So, Nelson Can, Charismatic Megafauna, Girl Ray & Deep Throat Choir. @getinherears @maudeandtrevor @kcbobcut

Choosing language that helps resolve interpersonal conflict. Sometimes a question is really just a veiled form of criticism. Understanding the difference between "ask culture" and "guess culture" can help you know how to respond. And what words should you use with a co-worker who's continually apologizing for being late--but never changes her behavior? Finally, charismatic megafauna may look cuddly, but they're best appreciated from a distance. Plus, in like Flynn, gradoo, champing, pronouncing the word the, pilot episodes, and Bless your heart. FULL DETAILS Following our discussion about how to handle repeated excuses from a perpetually late co-worker, a listener sends a snarky solution from a stylist in her hair salon. The multipurpose phrase Bless your heart is heard often in the Southern United States. Although it sounds polite and solicitous, it often has a cutting edge to it. The phrase loose lips sink ships is a warning to be careful about what you say publicly. It stems from propaganda posters from World War II that proclaimed Loose Lips Sink Might Sink Ships, meaning that anything you say could be overheard by an enemy, with literally catastrophic results. An ex-Marine reports that his commanding officer used to castigate his men for any stray threads hanging from their uniforms, calling those loose threads Irish pennants. That term is an ethnophaulism, or ethnic slur. Other examples of ethnopaulisms include Irish screwdriver for "hammer" and Irish funnies for "obituaries." In the 17th century, the verb to bate and the likely related verb, to bat, were used in falconry to mean "to flap wildly."  By the 19th century, to bat was also part of the phrase to bat one's eyelashes. Quiz Guy John Chaneski's puzzle is inspired by the periodic table, and involves adding the chemical symbol for an element to one word in order to form an entirely new word. For example, if you take the hat from a baseball fan and add helium to it, it becomes very inexpensive. What's the new word? In comic strips, a bright idea is symbolized by a light bulb over a character's head. This association between an incandescent bulb and inspiration was popularized in the early 20th century by the cartoon character Felix the Cat, but the notion of an idea being bright goes back as least as far as the writing of Jonathan Swift. Listeners weigh in on a call about what language to use with a co-worker who continually apologizes for being late, but doesn't change their behavior. To be in like Flynn means to be "quickly and easily successful." The phrase has long been associated with hard-living heartthrob Errol Flynn, but was around before he became famous. Some people use the phrase in like Flint to mean the same thing, a phrase probably inspired by the 1967 movie In like Flint.   If two people are like five minutes of eleven, they're close friends. The phrase reflects the idea of the position of a clock's hands at that time. Why is the first episode of a television series often called a pilot? As the 19th-century British jurist Charles Darling observed: "A timid question will always receive a confident answer." After researchers from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego discovered a seahorse-like creature called the Ruby Sea Dragon, they described this brilliant red fish as a charismatic species. Many scientists use the word charismatic to characterize animals that humans may find particularly appealing, which makes such animals useful for raising public awareness of biological diversity and environmental concerns. Such fauna--or in the case of pandas and elephants, megafauna--are sometimes called glamour animals or hero species. A hero shot in advertising, by the way, is a photo of a product or service that sums up its appeal to potential customers. A psychotherapist in Burlington, Vermont, observes that couples in counseling together ask each other questions that are actually veiled criticisms. Such indirect communication was the topic of a spirited conversation on Metafilter.  Much has been written about direct vs. indirect communication styles, or as it's sometimes called, "ask culture" vs. "guess culture." A Palm Springs, California, listener was taught that when the word the is followed by a vowel, it should be pronounced with a short e, and otherwise with a schwa sound. However, there's no basis for such a rule. The Churches Conservation Trust helps maintain and repurpose more than 300 churches in Britain that are no longer used for worship. To raise money for the buildings' upkeep, the trust now offers visitors the chance to have a sleepover in the sanctuary, which they've dubbed champing, a portmanteau that combines the words church and camping. Their promotional materials also offer a slap-up breakfast, slap-up being a Britishism that means "first-rate." A Dallas, Texas, listener wonders if his family made up the term gradoo, meaning "grime" or "schmutz." It's definitely more widespread than that, and may derive from a French term. The noun bangs, meaning "hair cut straight across the forehead," may derive from the idea of the word bang meaning "abruptly," as in a bangtail horse whose tail is trimmed straight across. The verb curtail, meaning to "cut off," was first used to mean "dock a horse's tail," and then later applied more generally to mean "shorten" or "diminish." -- A Way with Words is funded by its listeners: http://waywordradio.org/donate Get your language question answered on the air! 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