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The English Language Has a Smelly Problem

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Can the Government Control How We Speak?

Can the Government Control How We Speak?

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This Speech Quirk Is Nearly Universal

This Speech Quirk Is Nearly Universal

Season 6 Episode 8
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Where Did Cringey Corporate Jargon Come From?

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Inside the Fiercest Debate in Linguistics

Inside the Fiercest Debate in Linguistics

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Why A.I. Struggles with Negative Words

Why A.I. Struggles with Negative Words

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The Ancient Origins of Body Words

The Ancient Origins of Body Words

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The Calling

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When Whales Could Walk

When Whales Could Walk

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Tuberculosis: The Forgotten Plague

Tuberculosis: The Forgotten Plague

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How a Language Debate Could Land You in Jail

Season 6 Episode 5

In a court of law, your fate can be determined by how a judge interprets a word or sentence... but should judges be acting as armchair linguists?
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The Unexpected Origins of the Word ‘Monster’
8:00
Season 1 Episode 1
The Unexpected Origins of the Word ‘Monster’
What can we learn about our relationship to monsters?
Otherwords Season 5
5:51
Episode 5
Where Did Cringey Corporate Jargon Come From?
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Inside the Fiercest Debate in Linguistics
12:22
Episode 4
Inside the Fiercest Debate in Linguistics
It's one of the most contentious debates in linguistics!
Why A.I. Struggles with Negative Words
7:05
Episode 3
Why A.I. Struggles with Negative Words
The ways we use negation in language can be pretty complex, even AI can’t seem to make sense of it.
The Ancient Origins of Body Words
8:36
Episode 1
The Ancient Origins of Body Words
Join us as we try to figure out how our body parts got their names.
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