Another Scripps National Spelling Bee is in the books, and remarkably, our ‘Pair of Aces’ featured in Episode 9 each walked away with their own trophy. Vanya Shivashankar took her prize on the word “scherenschnitte” and under pressure, Gokul Venkatachalam spelled “nunatak” like a true all-star.
On today’s show, we revisit this year’s exciting final and dissect this year’s drama with 2000 champion and sage-to-the-spellers George Thampy. We'll also get host Paul Loeffler’s reaction while recording in producer Dan Bloom’s car on the way to the airport. This team uses every minute for the love of the Bee.
If you enjoyed The Scripps National Spelling Bee and want to hear it next year, let us know! Email us at spellingbeepodcast@scripps.com and find us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter "SpellingBeePod."
Catch up on our entire series on iTunes or your podcast app of choice, they'll be there long after the Bee is over. We want to extend out sincere gratitude to all our guests and all our listeners. We hope you had as much fun listening to this series as we did making it.
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Another Scripps National Spelling Bee is in the books, and remarkably, our ‘Pair of Aces’ featured in Episode 9 each walked away with their own trophy. Vanya Shivashankar took her prize on the word “scherenschnitte” and under pressure, Gokul Venkatachalam spelled “nunatak” like a true all-star.
On today’s show, we revisit this year’s exciting final and dissect this year’s drama with 2000 champion and sage-to-the-spellers George Thampy. We'll also get host Paul Loeffler’s reaction while recording in producer Dan Bloom’s car on the way to the airport. This team uses every minute for the love of the Bee.
If you enjoyed The Scripps National Spelling Bee and want to hear it next year, let us know! Email us at spellingbeepodcast@scripps.com and find us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter "SpellingBeePod."
Catch up on our entire series on iTunes or your podcast app of choice, they'll be there long after the Bee is over. We want to extend out sincere gratitude to all our guests and all our listeners. We hope you had as much fun listening to this series as we did making it.
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Sophia Hoffman was just 11 years old when she competed in last year’s Jackson-Clay County spelling bee. She had spelled her way past all her competitors but one, seventh grader Kush Sharma. The showdown between the two would be a fateful one, and not for the faint of heart. These two mental gladiators both spelled without error for sixty-six rounds, exhausting the approved word list. Two weeks (and 29 additional rounds!) later they locked horns again and when the dust settled, Sophia had finally found her match.
But that didn’t dissuade the young competitor, who is already known as one of the country’s top spellers. This year Sophia Hoffman is back at it and competing at the Scripps National Spelling Bee for the first time.
Today on the Scripps National Spelling Bee Podcast, producer Dan Bloom speaks with Sophia about her amazing experience, incredible poise, and the redemption she found this year.
After listening to the show, we’ll sure you’ll be asking yourself the same thing we did: How could you not root for this girl to succeed in Washington?. Follow her progress at the twitter account (managed by her parents) at http://twitter.com/sophiaspells.
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Another Scripps National Spelling Bee is in the books, and remarkably, our ‘Pair of Aces’ featured in Episode 9 each walked away with their own trophy. Vanya Shivashankar took her prize on the word “scherenschnitte” and under pressure, Gokul Venkatachalam spelled “nunatak” like a true all-star.
On today’s show, we revisit this year’s exciting final and dissect this year’s drama with 2000 champion and sage-to-the-spellers George Thampy. We'll also get host Paul Loeffler’s reaction while recording in producer Dan Bloom’s car on the way to the airport. This team uses every minute for the love of the Bee.
If you enjoyed The Scripps National Spelling Bee and want to hear it next year, let us know! Email us at spellingbeepodcast@scripps.com and find us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter "SpellingBeePod."
Catch up on our entire series on iTunes or your podcast app of choice, they'll be there long after the Bee is over. We want to extend out sincere gratitude to all our guests and all our listeners. We hope you had as much fun listening to this series as we did making it.
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http://twitter.com/spellingbeepod
http://fb.com/spellingbeepod
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email: spellingbeepodcast@scripps.com
