From the Founder: Losing Iowa
I’m from Iowa originally, and being a smallish, quiet state, there was never much to brag about — no professional sports teams, no especially big cities, no astounding geological spectacles…
From the Founder: Putting Aside Words as Weapons
This has been an incredibly hard few weeks for people who care about people, who work for peace, who strive to promote tolerance and understanding…and for people who care about…
A Couple of Neologisms for Today
On November 29, 2022, Planet Word interviewed Dr. Hany Farid from Berkeley about his work to identify deepfake online videos and photography. This is especially important as we enter the…
From the Founder: Words and Actions
Planet Word was intended to be place where people would have fun with language, a joyful place where people would come together to use their words, that shined a spotlight…
From the Founder: A Year of Words
Planet Word opened officially on October 22, 2020, in the middle of the pandemic. People asked me why we’d open at such a risky time health-wise and financially, but I…
From the Founder: Information, Misinformation, Disinformation
At Planet Word we’ve recently put the final touches on a new “beacon,” the digital stations where visitors can dive deeper into subjects covered in the museum’s galleries. We’ve got…