It is a tradition of Self Help Radio to occasionally explore a word as a theme. Some words have many, many meanings. The word "flat" is one of them. By the count of one dictionary, the word has fifty-three (53!) different definitions, as an adjective, noun, & adverb. By the estimation of the host of this show, we explore at least six different meanings. Probably more. It was a long show, & late at night. & there were idioms too! Those darn idioms!
In addition to too many songs, we talked to a fellow who founded a Flat Folk Society, to our favorite Librarian Carole who discussed books about flat things, & at some point we were interrupted by the host's anatomy professor, who completely coincidentally wanted to teach him about flat bones. Plus! A discussion of the book Flatland (featuring a snippet of the book), & those darn idioms! Always with the idioms!
Also, the Definition-O-Tron 3000 showed up. Some people think he's keen. He's a machine! A keen machine!
Anyway, we hope the show doesn't leave you feeling flat. Unless that was what we meant to do? It's hard to know. It was just so two-dimensional.
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- KBOO