Friday, June 25th, 2010

Geek Update - What's the Word?

Last week, while talking with the author of the book 'Geek Dad,' Ira suggested that perhaps it was time to 'rebrand' the word geek in the face of it becoming too popular. Listeners reacted strongly. We'll talk about some of your suggestions and comments on the idea.

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Flora Lichtman
Multimedia Editor
NPR's Science Friday
New York, New York

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