Frank Goes to the Spelling Bee

This is Love

Vox Media Podcast Network

Society & Culture, Personal Journals

4.7 • 9.7K Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2022

⏱️ 25 minutes

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A few months ago, Frank Dumas won his 4th grade class spelling bee. And then he just kept winning. We need your help. We are conducting a short audience survey to help plan for our future and hear from you. To participate, head to vox.com/podsurvey, and thank you! Say hello on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2BmMZr5 We also make Criminal and Phoebe Reads a Mystery. Artwork by Julienne Alexander. Check out our online shop. Episode transcripts are posted on our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:25.0	This is a high risk investment and you should not expect to be protected if something goes wrong. We went to Bethesda Elementary School in Durham, North Carolina to see Frank Dumas.
0:40.0	You said you were here to see Frank? For Frank, yeah.
0:44.0	A few months ago, Frank won his fourth grade spelling bee.
0:48.0	And then he won the spelling bee for his whole school.
0:51.0	Tell me what it's like watching Frank spell.
0:54.0	He's, um, he spells fast?
0:58.6	Do you like spelling?
0:59.8	Um, not really.
1:01.8	But Frank, Frank, Frank like spelling. Yeah
1:04.9	Did you see him in the school spelling be? Yeah, what was it like watching him get all the words right? I guess exciting. Did you know pretty soon that Frank was going to win?
1:16.5	Pretty soon, yeah, most likely. I'm proud of him.
1:23.0	After Frank Dumas won his school spelling bee,
1:26.0	he went on to the regional spelling bee,
1:28.0	which he won also.
1:31.0	And that means that this week he'll be competing in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C.
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