MERRIAM-WEBSTER

We talk to Jazz à la Mode host and Merriam-Webster editor Peter Sokolowski about the 100th annual Scripps National Spelling Bee and learn about little red dots with Mr. Universe.

We speak with author Heidi Stemple about her latest book, "The Poetry of Car Mechanics," agonize over better words to describe terrible things with Word Nerd Emily Brewster and check out the arborvitae at Amherst Nurseries.

We explore the Asparagus Valley Pottery Trail, try our hand in candlepin bowling in Shelburne Falls and unlock a centuries-old mystery with the Word Nerd.

We look back on our fabulous 413 Day celebration!

We take a tour of the collaborative business efforts of Marketplace at Gasoline Alley in Springfield, hear music and words from David Wilcox and check in with the Word Nerd.

We check in with CISA's new executive direvtor, Jennifer Core, say it and don't spray it with the origin of "spit" with the Word Nerd and McGovern with Rep. Jim McGovern.

We hear about the first presidential Passover Seder at the White House in a new picture book with poet Richard Michelson and former State Senator Eric Lesser, check in with poet Martín Espada on some new work and get nerdy with the wordster.

We witness the magic of children discovering live orchestra music and explore antagonyms with the Word Nerd.

We find out how the state is planning to combat the housing crisis in Massachusetts with Secretary of Housing Edward Augustus, visit Sawmill Herb Farm and get nerdy with wordster Emily Brewster.

We hear live music from Cowperson, laugh with comedian Gerald Kelly before his comedy night at White Lion Brewery and discuss slang with the Word Nerd.