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Bunny Trails: A Word History Podcast

Nov 24, 2021

This week we learn it's not just a picture that paints a thousand words. Join Shauna and Dan as they explore the other ways a thousand words have been used. Plus, Dan's musical mind disease. And we learn which came first, sliced bread or the toaster. #BunnyTrails

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Nov 17, 2021

This week Shauna and Dan look at all the things that could have gone wrong, and how they actually did. Well... sort of. We look at the phrase Murphy's Law. We step into the bitter feud that seems to exist here and look at how this phrase from the 1800s got named, maybe, in the 1940s. We just present the facts as we know...


Nov 10, 2021

This week Shauna and Dan explore the phrase Every Rose Has Its Thorn. We learn the Hawthorne rose can cause loss of vision if the torn scratches the cornea of your eye. How is this helpful? Shauna knows. It's medical journals, farthings, calf-boots, and classic rock on this week's #BunnyTrails

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Nov 3, 2021

Shauna and Dan explore the phrase 'bull in a china shop'. They start with silly songs before imagining Cary Grant and the Golden Girls in an old-timey murder mystery. Then it's dance battles between high school principals before settling down with a refined bovine enjoying a spot of tea. Plus a new segment to end the...