Weekly Roundup: “The Terrible Meanings of Names,” the UPS App, and Daily Leaps of Faith

Weekly Roundup: “The Terrible Meanings of Names,” the UPS App, and Daily Leaps of Faith

Published: January 15, 2026

Duration: 20:43

Here's what we're reading, recommending, and revisiting this week.

Catherine's library find is a book that made her chuckle and got us talking about the kids and pets we've named: The Terrible Meanings of Names: Or Why You Shouldn't Poke Your Giselle with a Barry, by Justin Cord Hayes.

Terri's random recommendation is the UPS app, because if you have an iPhone, you get a nifty widget that alerts you to the imminent arrival of all your packages.

In the archives, we checked in on an episode from 2020 on dail...