Episode 107: To hope is to wait

Many of you are probably aware that in several Romance languages
the verb "esperar" means both "to hope" and "to wait" -- which
always seemed a bit odd to me. However, the more I thought about
it, the more I realized that the two concepts have more in common
than first appears. In this episode, I'll discuss how all real
hoping involves waiting, but not all waiting involves real
hoping. If you're not waiting in the right place, then any hope
you may feel is unjustified -- irrespective of what you might be
telling yourself. Make sure you're standing in the right line.