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David Bouchier: A Few Well Chosen Words
Hosted by David Bouchier

David Bouchier’s weekly essays are full of unexpected observations and whimsical opinions. Listeners will relish his entertaining, enlightening, and sometimes exasperated commentaries on the routines that carry us through the year, the surreal rituals of politics, the unsettling experience of foreign travel, and the confusions and comedies of everyday suburban life. You can hear David Bouchier on-air Monday mornings or by subscribing to this podcast.

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Latest Episodes
  • Evolution on hold
    Commentator David Bouchier has a suggestion about how to celebrate Darwin Day.
  • Shallow fakes
    Commentator David Bouchier remembers a difficult moral lesson from long ago.
  • The small sleep
    Commentator David Bouchier argues that we could save the planet by taking more naps.
  • Intermediate technology
    Commentator David Bouchier is suffering from technological nostalgia.
  • Martin Luther
    Martin Luther makes a point
    Commentator David Bouchier remembers the campaign for justice of an earlier Martin Luther.
  • Cold comfort
    Commentator David Bouchier welcomes winter with his usual enthusiasm.
  • The 2024 New Year's Eve numerals are displayed in Times Square, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023, in New York.
    Taking the short view
    As the New Year begins, commentator David Bouchier looks very cautiously into the future.
  • A rabbit in a hat and hand holding a magic wand isolated on white background
    The magic of things
    Commentator David Bouchier considers the ancient beliefs that inspire our holiday shopping.
  • Party time
    Commentator David Bouchier rejoices in the fact that parties are not what they used to be.
  • Scrooge sets a good example
    Commentator David Bouchier finds an inspiring moral in an old Christmas story.
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