# The Great American Spelling Bee with Gabe Henry

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Podcast: [You're Wrong About](https://stenobird.com/podcast/you-re-wrong-about-67330)
Published: 2026-04-14T11:00:00+00:00
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Can you use the word in a sentence? For this episode, Spelling Correspondent Gabe Henry takes Sarah through the surprisingly rampageous (r-a-m-p-a-g-e-o-u-s) history of the Spelling Bee, a uniquely American phenomenon. From the earliest examples of late night “spelling matches,” to the rough-and-tumble contests of the early frontier, to the controversy of the first National spelling bee, it turns out that these mild-mannered academic flexes were once both raucous and revolutionary. Gabe also ...

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