October 23, 2024: Flexiblity

The Fabulous 413

We’re getting you in touch with your kids, Because we’re betting that a lot of you out there are hearing them say words that mean absolutely nothing to you. In no small part because like children, the words themselves are growing into their meanings.

One of those words might just end up being the American Dialect Society’s word of the year. Word Nerd Emily Brewster senior editor at Merriam-Webster walks up through the uncertainty surrounding "skibidi", and how that might just end up being at the top of their list for 2024. (Also how you can nominate words for that list yourself!)

We’ll also get a sneak preview of an artist you can catch this evening in Amherst at The Drake. Singer-songwriter Antwaun Stanley is taking a break from his work with Vulfpeck, Cory Wong, and many others to embark on an acoustic tour. He'll make a stop in Western Mass, and bringing his incredible vocal versatility and keyboardist John Notar to our studios for an impromptu Live Music Wednesday before his show tonight.

And although the area lost Belchertown realist painter Gregory Gillespie towards the end of the century, a new documentary takes a closer look at his life and portfolio. We’ll speak with filmmaker Evan Goodchild and Britt Ruhe, whose organization Commonwealth Murals the screening this Sunday at the Academy of Music in Northampton will benefit, about the importance of Gillespie's work and the challenges of bringing it to the screen in with "The Painted Life of Gregory Gillespie".