This hour: spelling — what it is, why it matters, and why some of us actually find it fun.

There will be a test.

GUESTS:

• Deb Amlen: Crossword columnist and senior staff editor of the crossword column Wordplay for The New York Times; she also writes the weekly Diary of a Spelling Bee Fanatic column
• Richard Gentry: Education consultant and the author, most recently, of the Spelling Connectionsseries
• Peter Sokolowski: Editor at large at Merriam-Webster and a member of the Word Panel for the Scripps National Spelling Bee

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