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Ep 19 Words From Math and Music: Isophene, Asymptote, and Mondegreen

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Maggie and Emily discuss the words isophene and asymptote with fiction writer Susan Sechrist and learn the musical term mondegreen from jazz singer Sarah Spiegel. Poem by Emily: Isophene.

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