Podcast Episodes

One Giant Leap for Humanity

Episode 10

Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss the he said/she said of the epicene pronoun.

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Published on 13 years, 4 months ago

And May He Be a Masculine Bridge

Episode 9

Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss how a simple quirk of grammar may affect the way we think.

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Published on 13 years, 5 months ago

When Nouns Grew Genitals

Episode 8

Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss what it means for language to have gender.

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Published on 13 years, 5 months ago

A Needle Pulling Thread

Episode 7

Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss the big ambitions of the word "so."

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Published on 13 years, 5 months ago

A Meditation on Scrabble

Episode 6

Mike Vuolo talks to "Word Freak" author Stefan Fatsis about the nature of language in Scrabble.

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Published on 13 years, 6 months ago

Untuning the String

Episode 5

Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo talk to author David Skinner about his book, The Story of Ain't.

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Published on 13 years, 7 months ago

Jumpin' Salty in The O

Episode 4

Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss the vernacular wrapped in a dialect inside a language that some call Ebonics.

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Published on 13 years, 7 months ago

Consider the Lamppost

Episode 3

Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss the hypercorrected incorrectness of "between you and I."

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Published on 13 years, 7 months ago

A Bundle of Faggots

Episode 2

Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss the evolution of the word "faggot."

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Published on 13 years, 7 months ago

A Sin of Which None Is Guilty

Episode 1

Remastered episode!

We all learned that you’re not supposed to end a sentence with a preposition. But from where did this alleged rule come? And why does it encumber us with such labored sentences a…

Published on 13 years, 8 months ago