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Beth Golay recently visited with the author of "Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club", J. Ryan Stradal about his love of the midwest, what exactly a supper club is, the burden of family pressures that parents pass on to their children, and more.

Having tried to wrap our heads around the world of academic language, we now take a stab at trying to untangle the meaning of phrases bureaucracies and corporations produce as they try to sound fancy (and avoid legal trouble).

Beth Golay had the opportunity to speak with Roz Chast ahead of her appearance in Wichita, about her relationship with her parents through their final years, her role as a caregiver, and her hope for readers.

I recently spoke with Jane Roper about the impact of internet movements, mother-daughter relationships and more.

A listener question prompts us to try to translate some nearly impenetrable examples of academic writing.

We head back to the mailbag to answer some listener questions, including one about the origins of "woke," and another about the power of the bossy R.

We continue to look back at some words from Kathy and Ross' book "That Doesn't Mean What You Think It Means", and we start to wonder if words actually have any meaning at all.

Rebecca Makkai talks about her newest novel, "I Have Some Questions for You", a literary mystery with a feminist take.

You might know him as a Tony Award–winner, a playwright, or perhaps as the singer/songwriter "Escape"... better known as the "piña colada" song. But as we discover in this episode of Marginalia, Rupert Holmes is also an author, and his new fictional world is so intricate, it's been 12 years in the making.

We revisit Kathy and Ross' 2018 book That Doesn't Mean What You Think It Means (now out on audiobook!) and some of the words they wrote about that still give them trouble.