Paul Anthony Jones, AKA Haggard Hawks, on some gory 19th century slang terms. (Hear Paul talking about more word origins on the Triumph/Trumpet/Top/Fart episode.)

Glen Weldon of NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour, on the origins and demise of superheroes’ capes. (Hear Glen track the evolution of superhero names in the Supername! episode.)

Academic Guy Cuthbertson on how the First World begat a trend for getting back to nature…and getting into naturism. (Hear Guy talk about the literature of convalescence in the Novel Remedy episode.)

Clinical psychologist Jane Gregory on how Charlotte’s Web can be used in treatment for arachnophobia. (Hear Jane explain why she sometimes prescribes fiction to her patients in the Novel Remedy episode.)