# Ep 66 Word from the Birds: Torpor

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Podcast: [Fifty Words For Snow](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fifty-words-for-snow-7009019)
Published: 2026-05-28T15:43:26+00:00
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Duration seconds: 2018

## Resource

Maggie and Emily learn the word torpor from Ballona Wetlands tour guide Susan Levinson and put the word "hardworking" on trial with judge Matthew Laura Aitken. Poem by Emily: Surrender.

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