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Is Swearing Good for Your Brain?
Season 2
Episode 1
Does swearing get a bad rap? There's evidence that the shouting obscenities has an evolutionary purpose... and may be good for your psyche!
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10:11
Figuring out what exactly counts as a lie is not as easy as it seems...
7:58
Linguists are tracking how K-Pop is shaping language around the world.
9:13
There are a lot of hidden & surprising messages behind brand names.
9:19
How did we get from written words scrunched together without any spaces or symbols to punctuation?
6:21
Children are sponges for language acquisition. Which leads us to ask the question: how much does TV
6:51
We already know that English borrows from everybody, but can it be considered a Creole language?
8:35
How do you teach children to read? This question is at the heart of a decades-long battle.
8:11
The English language is chock full of sailing jargon but why is that?
8:58
How do we communicate without words? With our bodies. Body language!