POR QUE, PORQUOI …

Were you forced to take a foreign language in high school? Do you remember sitting through hour after hour of language lab? So many people now speak English, why should we Americans bother to learn Spanish or French or German or Chinese or Urdu? And why on earth would...

GET A DOG

I really, really want a dog. Why don’t I get one? If I do, will you pay for all its vet bills? Does everyone need to be a doggie parent to a furbaby? Can’t you just own a mutt? You might hate me, but if you want to hear me say the unsayable, tune in to...

HOW NOT TO BE ELECTROCUTED BY YOUR TOILET

Have you ever had a hard time convincing someone that something is wrong with your car, your house, or your computer and they really do need to fix it? Of course you have. I can’t help you fix whatever needs fixing, but I invite you to compare your frustrations...

THE “C” WORD

Believe it or not, I’ve been told I had cancer SIX TIMES. Luckily, five of those diagnoses were wrong. But why were so many doctors so eager to tell me that I had a fatal disease? Is that any better than the way it used to be, when everyone–including...

BREATHING, TONGUING, FINGERING … OR: MUSICALITY

Did you play a musical instrument in elementary school? Did you give it up? Why? Do you wish you had continued taking lessons? Is it ever too late to try again? Take a deep breath, exhale, and then tune in to Season 2, Episode 12 of MAYBE IT’S ME.

SOUNDPROOF

Are you–or someone you love–in denial about how much you’re missing because you can’t hear most of what other people are saying? Why are you so reluctant to make a trip to Costco and buy a pair of hearing aids? Why was I? Tune in to the latest...