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Why Every Generation Uses This One Slang Word

Why Every Generation Uses This One Slang Word

Why Every Generation Uses This One Slang Word

Season 6 Episode 4

8:56

How a Language Debate Could Land You in Jail

How a Language Debate Could Land You in Jail

How a Language Debate Could Land You in Jail

Season 6 Episode 5

10:43

Otherwords Season 5

Otherwords Season 5

Where Did Cringey Corporate Jargon Come From?

5:51

Inside the Fiercest Debate in Linguistics

Inside the Fiercest Debate in Linguistics

Inside the Fiercest Debate in Linguistics

12:22

Why A.I. Struggles with Negative Words

Why A.I. Struggles with Negative Words

Why A.I. Struggles with Negative Words

7:05

The Ancient Origins of Body Words

The Ancient Origins of Body Words

The Ancient Origins of Body Words

8:36

Episode 5: The Calling

Episode 5: The Calling

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The Calling

Season 4 Episode 5

53:05

When Whales Could Walk

When Whales Could Walk

NOVA

When Whales Could Walk

Season 51 Episode 1

53:35

Tuberculosis: The Forgotten Plague

Tuberculosis: The Forgotten Plague

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Tuberculosis: The Forgotten Plague

Season 6 Episode 5

26:49

Otherwords

The Linguistics of Time Are Totally Mind Bending

Season 6 Episode 3

In English-speaking countries, the past is "behind" us and the future is still "ahead." But there's much more linguistic variety in how we talk about time... and it might actually influence how we perceive it.

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Why A.I. Struggles with Negative Words

Why A.I. Struggles with Negative Words

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

The Ancient Origins of Body Words

Episode 1

The Ancient Origins of Body Words

Join us as we try to figure out how our body parts got their names.