Out of the Blue

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Definition: Suddenly and without any warning, like a bolt of lightning from a clear sky.
Example: And then, yesterday, something happened out of the blue.

S2 · EP17Death and Ceiling Fan Philosophy

What does a ceiling fan have to do with the meaning of death? A late-night Wikipedia rabbit hole and a Yale philosophy course collide, leaving Tayvin with two expressions worth knowing: how to ask what’s on someone’s mind, and how to slowly make sense of an idea too big to grasp all at once.

S2 · EP38Couldn’t Put Down December

Have you ever finished a book you couldn’t put down, only to find the person you wanted to talk to wasn’t on the same page yet? A Kickstarter audiobook, a hardcover still in the mail, and two phrases for that gap.

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