The Great American Spelling Bee with Gabe Henry

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 ...