Travelers’ tales
Commentator David Bouchier admires the tall tales that we bring back from vacation.
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A Few Well Chosen Words
David Bouchier’s weekly essays are full of unexpected observations and whimsical opinions. Listeners will relish his entertaining, enlightening, and sometimes exasperated commentaries on the...
A Few Well Chosen Words Podcast Guide
Listen to A Few Well Chosen Words, a Society & Culture podcast by WSHU. Stream 35 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.
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20 of 35 episodesHeavy lifting
Commentator David Bouchier wonders where the masculinist movement is heading.
Save our seniors
Commentator David Bouchier argues that smartphones should be banned, but selectively.
Bastille Day
Commentator David Bouchier recalls a different kind of political revolution.
Feet first
Commentator David Bouchier remembers the way soccer used to be.
Independence
Commentator David Bouchier speculates about the paradox of unity and independence.
School’s out
Commentator David Bouchier reacts gloomily to yet another report on declining literacy.
Lovely money
Commentator David Bouchier thinks that money should be more beautiful.
Vacations without tears
Commentator David Bouchier proposes a cure for summer vacation anxieties.
What’s in a name?
Commentator David Bouchier argues that some names may change a person’s destiny.
Written in stone
Commentator David Bouchier imagines a Memorial Day that reaches infinitely into the past.
Gifts from the past
Commentator David Bouchier reflects on how hard it is to be honest in the intangible world of intellectual property.
Starting over
Commentator David Bouchier hopes that the graduates of 2026 will find a place in the new economy, or a way to escape it.
Be kind to animals week
Commentator David Bouchier suggests that kindness to animals may not be enough.
Edifice complex
Commentator David Bouchier tries to diagnose the passion for grand buildings.
Wedding dreams
Commentator David Bouchier wonders whether a stylish wedding will lead to a stylish marriage.
Value for money
Commentator David Bouchier would like to feel that his tax dollars are doing some good in the world.
The amusing muse
Commentator David Bouchier looks forward to some cheerful poems during National Poetry Month.
These foolish things
Commentator David Bouchier looks forward to April Fool’s Day.
Affordable shopping
Commentator David Bouchier notes that many people have discovered an inexpensive way to shop.