Piping Hot (Rebroadcast) - 29 May 2023
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A Way with Words
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🗓️ 29 May 2023
⏱️ 53 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | You know it, and MODYBODY knows it, LEAKS SUCK! |
| 0:05.7 | Which is why they've dropped a new collection of life-changing period underwear in collaboration |
| 0:10.4 | with PUMA. |
| 0:11.7 | Designed to absorb up to 2-3 tampons without leaking, you'll forget all about your period |
| 0:17.3 | while you move, jump, kick and sweat. |
| 0:20.4 | So go on, swap your sports uniform for a period-proof one, explore the PUMA MODYBODY active |
| 0:26.5 | collection today. |
| 0:33.5 | I love living here in San Diego, but every once in a while I get a little nostalgic for |
| 0:42.6 | things I remember from back east, and that happened to me the other day when I saw some |
| 0:48.4 | exquisite photographs online of those little bugs that fly through the air and glow. |
| 0:56.0 | At night. |
| 0:57.0 | Fireflies. |
| 0:58.0 | Right, well, Fireflies. |
| 0:59.0 | Yeah, I grew up saying lightning bugs, and I was just so struck by seeing them that |
| 1:05.0 | of course I drilled down and started looking at all these other words for Firefly or |
| 1:10.0 | lightning bug because there are other terms around the country. |
| 1:13.5 | Some people call them lighter flies or glow worms. |
| 1:17.1 | Some people call them third-shift mosquitoes, which I really like, but it's also cool to |
| 1:23.7 | look at the words for Fireflies in other languages because in Brazil they call them vagalumi, |
| 1:32.8 | which means wandering light. |
| 1:34.8 | Oh, interesting. |
| 1:35.8 | I can hear that the vagal like vagabond, lumi or something. |
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