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Very Bad Words

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As long as there’s been language, there have been forbidden words. What gives these words their power? Why are they considered “bad”? Producer and Host, Matt Fidler, reaches out to experts, linguists, and historians to explore these words and their cul...

  • 41 minutes 10 seconds
    42: The N-Word
    Guest Producer Stephanie Billman helps guide us through the feelings, emotions, and history of the most violent, loaded word in the English lexicon, The N-Word. With guests Dr. Neil Lester, Dr. David Pilgrim, Marcie Brown, Malik Crumpler, Dardalie Brooks and Ernie Mendoza

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    27 June 2018, 8:00 am
  • 29 minutes 19 seconds
    41: Constructed Curses in Sci-Fi & Fantasy
    Nerf-herder? Frack? Farking Zarquon? Guest producers Forrest Phillips and Emily Block guide us through cursing in fictional Worlds. Special guests include Marc Okrand - creator of Star Trek’s Klingon language, David J. Peterson - creator of Game of Thrones Dothraki language, and host of the Imaginary Worlds podcast, Eric Molinsky.

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    20 June 2018, 8:00 am
  • 4 minutes 35 seconds
    40: Minicast - Conversational Klingon
    Matt talks to Marc Okrand about cursing in Klingon. The fictional Star Trek language that has become nearly as popular as the franchise itself.

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    13 June 2018, 8:00 am
  • 32 minutes
    39: Euphemisms

    Certain topics in our society aren’t considered proper to talk about. To make it easier to talk about such sensitive subjects, we have invented terms that dance around the issues, instead of facing them directly.

    Join me and guests, Steven Pinker, Phyllis Sommer and Kate Burridge as we dig into euphemisms.


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    6 June 2018, 8:00 am
  • 6 minutes 22 seconds
    38: Minicast - The "D" Word
    In this week's minicast, Matt reflects on a death that is close to him and how we use or don't use words about "dead". We talk a little with Rabbi Physllis Sommer to help explain.

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    30 May 2018, 8:00 am
  • 30 minutes 20 seconds
    37: The Poo List
    Are you allowed to play swear words in scrabble? And if you really can, why aren’t they listed in the official scrabble player’s dictionary? Competitive scrabble players Stephan Fatsis and Brian Richgrubber tell us how it happened and why this is important in the competitive scrabble world.

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    23 May 2018, 8:00 am
  • 6 minutes 8 seconds
    36: Minicast - The Accepted Slur
    In this minicast, Matt ponders why it's not okay to use the phrase, "Jew them down" ,but it's okay to say, "I've been gypped". Both words are considered offensive in their communities, but even people that we don't expect still use the word "gyp". We get some help from Romedia Foundation's executive director Katalin Barsony in the below clip. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmOyG1yz9G8

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    16 May 2018, 8:00 am
  • 27 minutes 35 seconds
    35: George Carlin's Last Words
    On this episode of Very Bad Words, we put the last four words on George Carlin’s list on trial. Are these two 4-letter words, and two compound unequivocally indecent under all circumstances? With dirty words educator and linguist, Randall Eggert, and radio veteran, Ken Freedman

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    9 May 2018, 8:00 am
  • 7 minutes 3 seconds
    34: Minicast - An American Comic in London
    George Carlin laid out the 7 words that can never be said on television, but of course he meant, American Television. In today’s minicast, Matt talks to British linguist, Damien Hall, to find out if those words are just as taboo in Great Britain.

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    2 May 2018, 8:00 am
  • 22 minutes 49 seconds
    33: Yo Mama!
    On this episode of Very Bad Words, we are talking about Yo Mama! We bring in producer Joaquin Cotler and his interview with blues singer and historian Gaye Adegbalola to explore the connection of the phrase “Yo Mama” to the classic dirty blues song "The Dirty Dozen".

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    25 April 2018, 8:00 am
  • 7 minutes 57 seconds
    32: Minicast - Terms of Abuse
    On this minicast, Matt talks to one of our listeners about how terms of abuse are used to dehumanize certain segments of society.

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    18 April 2018, 8:00 am
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