Children are wonderful — and tiny germ factories. Flat on his back with a nasty cold, Tayvin lines up the everyday expressions English uses for getting sick and clawing your way back to health. Find the full transcript here: https://tayvinbayless.com/podcast/its-ruff-getting-back-on-your-feet/
Jul 10
13 min
Achilles, a tortoise, and the strange mathematics of infinity set the stage for the carrot and the stick — and how a single cartoon quietly changed what the phrase means. Find the full transcript here: https://tayvinbayless.com/podcast/infinite-carrots-on-the-horizon/
Jul 8
13 min
Ripped pants, bad timing, and a recurring pattern that always seems to find you. Tayvin looks at 'story of my life' — and why a phrase for bad luck might be worth rewriting. Find the full transcript here: https://tayvinbayless.com/podcast/story-of-my-life-in-more-than-one-direction/
Jul 6
12 min
Guest host Emma takes the mic to chase one small, slippery word. You can lose your keys, lose a game, lose track of time — or lose yourself entirely. What connects them all? Find the full transcript here: https://tayvinbayless.com/podcast/lose-yourself/
Jul 3
14 min
There's a certificate on the wall naming Tayvin a lord — and a ring that carries far more weight. A story about status, humility, and what it means to lord it over someone. Find the full transcript here: https://tayvinbayless.com/podcast/lord-of-the-ring/
Jul 1
12 min
Eating chips with chopsticks earned Tayvin an online accusation of cultural appropriation. A thoughtful, careful look at appropriation, assimilation, and the word he thinks fits better. Find the full transcript here: https://tayvinbayless.com/podcast/chopstick-to-your-roots/
Jun 29
11 min
A transformative concert leads somewhere unexpected: the tiny words English loves to clip. 'Apps' might mean the ones on your phone — or the ones you order before dinner. Find the full transcript here: https://tayvinbayless.com/podcast/apps-for-everyone/
Jun 26
10 min
A highway, a scorching sun, and an A/C that quits at the worst possible moment. Behind every effortless-looking result is someone who gave it 110 percent — no sweat on the outside, plenty on the inside. Find the full transcript here: https://tayvinbayless.com/podcast/no-sweat/
Jun 25
13 min
A week in Indiana comes to an end, and it's time to point the car toward home. Tayvin unpacks 'hit the road' — one of the most casual, everyday ways Americans say goodbye to a place. Find the full transcript here: https://tayvinbayless.com/podcast/hit-the-road-but-im-not-jack/
Jun 24
9 min
Summer heat, unmet expectations, and a phrase almost everyone says slightly wrong. If you think one small word can't change an expression's whole meaning — well, you've got another thing coming. Find the full transcript here: https://tayvinbayless.com/podcast/think-not-thing-think-again/
Jun 23
9 min
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