Lackabookaphobia? Minicast - 8 Sept. 2008

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🗓️ 8 September 2008

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Some people wouldn’t be caught without the season’s latest fashions, and others never leave home without their asthma inhaler. But for some of us, what strikes fear into our hearts is the thought of being caught without a book. Jeanie in Wisconsin has that kind of passion for audiobooks and calls to ask Martha and Grant to give her a name for her condition. Hear hundreds of free episodes and learn more on the A Way with Words website: https://waywordradio.org. Be a part of the show: call or text 1 (877) 929-9673 toll-free in the United States and Canada; elsewhere in the world, call or text +1 619 800 4443. Send voice notes or messages via WhatsApp 16198004443. Email words@waywordradio.org. Copyright Wayword, Inc., a 501(c)(3) corporation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:40.0	As you're listening to this, we're probably reading books on the beach or listening to books on our iPods while we do the gardening or clean out the utility room.
0:48.0	Genie in Wisconsin does the same thing.
0:51.0	Books for her are a serious matter. Some people wouldn't be caught without the same thing. Books for her are a serious matter. Some people wouldn't be caught
0:54.5	without the season's latest fashions and others never leave home without their asthma
0:58.3	inhaler, but the one thing Jeannie fears most is being caught without a book.
1:03.0	Hello, this is Jeannie from the very top of Wisconsin up by Lake Superior.
1:07.0	Oh, I thought you would see it from the top of the world.
1:09.0	I was like, how's Santa?
1:10.0	Yes, yes.
1:11.0	Well, I'm a brand new listener. I just discovered you three or four weeks ago and I love the show and I have developed a new phobia that I don't think anybody has a word for and so I'm counting on you to either find a
1:25.0	word for it or invent one for me.
1:30.0	Now my phobia is this and i've been joking with
1:34.3	some of my librarian and about it for a few years now
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