Fifty Words For Snow

Maggie Rowe and Emily Garces

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Ep 55 French Flair: retrouvailles and l'esprit d'escalier

12/11/2025 • 30 min

Maggie and Emily learn the French words rretrouvailles and l'esprit d'escalier from Parisian English and French teacher Luc Lewitanski. Then they put the word "banter" on trial. Poem by Maggie: L'esprit d'escalier. Play episode

Ep 54 Portuguese Power: Cafofo and Cafuné
Ep 53 The Thanksgiving Episode: Biophilia
Ep 52 The Journey of a Word: Tachles
Ep 51 The Illusion Episode: Chimera (Chimère) and Mrugtrushna
Ep 50 Words From the Eye: Scotoma
Ep 49 Words From Church part two - Reckoning
Ep 48 Russian Reflection Part two - Toska (Тоска) and Listopad (Листопад)
Ep 47 Russian Reflection: Da nyet ( Да нет) and Apparatchik (Аппаратчик)
Ep 46: Teen Slang: Words of the Young
Ep 45 Wise Words From Church: Edify
Ep 44 Hindi Horizons part 3: Seva and Atithi
Ep 43 Hindi Horizons part 2: Nazar
Ep 42 Welsh Wisdom: Hiraeth
Ep 41 Astrophysics Angles: Dark Matter and Parallax
Ep 40 German Gems part three - Weltschmerz
Ep 39 - Dutch Delights part four - zingeving
Ep 38 - German Gems Part 2 - Muße
Ep 37 Dutch Delights part three: Polderon
Ep 36 Dutch Delights part two - Uitwaaien and Voorpret
Ep 35 Swedish Soul part 2: Fika
Ep 34 Swedish Soul: Vemod
Ep 32 Irish Interludes Three: plámás
Ep 31 Irish Interludes Part Two - Slán abhaile
Ep 30 Irish Interludes: Craic
Rerun of Ep 10 Ancient Greek Anchors Plus Scarpetta Word in Action
Rerun of Ep 9 Hawaiian Harmony Plus Wildflower Poem
Rerun of Ep 8 Yiddish Yums Plus Bonus: German Poet in Amsterdam
Rerun of Ep 7 Spanish Specials plus bonus Swedish poetry
Rerun of Ep 6 Chinese Charms plus bonus Danish poetry
Rerun of Ep 5 Hindi Horizons Plus Theme Music by Jake Labotz
Rerun of Ep 4 Bengali Bounty plus Guest Music
Rerun of Ep 3 German Gems plus Words on the Brink music
Rerun of Ep 2 Japanese Jewels plus Words on Trial Music
Rerun of Ep 1 - Dutch Delights Plus Italian Swears
Ep. 29 The Scarpetta Episode
Ep 28 Scottish Ken: Haar and Coorie
Ep 27 Fifty Shades of Snow: The Pain Episode
Ep 26 Poker Poise: On Tilt and Pot Committed
Ep 25 Japanese Jewels Part 2: Ikigai and Okagesama
Ep 24 Bird Brilliance: Zugunruhe and Murmuration
Ep 23: Wine Wisdom: Terroir and Noble Rot (Botrytis)
Ep. 22 Buddhist Blessings: Dukkha and Mudita
Ep 21: Valentines: Love Around The World
Ep 20 Armenian Ardor: Mousmous and Qti Maz
Ep 19 Math and Music: Isophene, Asymptote, and Mondegreen
Ep 18: Hebrew Heart: Asir Toda and Nefesh
Ep. 17 Pashto Pearls Part Two: Gharzai and Sabar
Ep 16: Pashto Pearls: Khomar and Melamastia
Ep 15: French Finds: Dépaysement and Flaneur

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