127: Esprit d'Escalier

X-Oriente by Eric Diamond

Nov 10, 201901:07:37Society & Culture

"Esprit d'Escalier" literally means "The Spirit of the Stairwell" and refers to that feeling when you realize what you should have said after the fact. Eric and Jason discuss an article that appeared in the Atlantic Mont...

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