A podcast about our complex relationship with swearing and taboo language with Matt Fidler.
Joined November 2015
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To end this season of Very Bad Words, we are covering the worst word in American English. #TheNWord
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My last episode was on the N-Word. I choose not to say it during the episode - neither was it censored when a guest said the word. But should it be banned from any use in an academic setting - even if quoting something someone else said? Does this help? washingtonpost.com/outlook/2…
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My latest project is a indie Brazilian (is that a genre?) band and we're trying to get our first tracked featured. Can you vote for "Star_feather_blade" and help us get noticed?? Thanks, and fuck yeah! distrokid.com/spotlight/star…
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Some Very Good Words for this important day. washingtonpost.com/education…
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skip "history of swear words" (netflix) ...go listen to the "very bad words" ( @DirtyWordsCast ) podcast instead
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Want to listen to someone who did it first? Listen to the podcast Very Bad Words (@DirtyWordsCast)
Check out a new project I'm playing guitar on with some musicians I met from Brazil and friend/inventor/musician/mad-scientist, @DanielBelquer youtube.com/watch?v=g1opo_N5…
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iO, the Jupiter moon is the celestial body with the most volcanic activity. December 21st it is closer to Earth. Check it out! youtu.be/g1opo_N5q64
#nasa #music #io
Hey @netflix - did you like our podcast and decide to just make your own version without giving @DirtyWordsCast any credit? Nicolas Cage - did you know I did this concept in 2016-2018? 40 episodes, about shit, fuck, cunt, etc. verybadwords.com
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if anyone saw this on their TL and was curious about it, it’s called the reverse phi illusion. basically your motion-detecting neurons don’t just detect position changes— they also respond to changes in contrast. can read more about it here michaelbach.de/ot/mot-revers…
Big thanks to @tofumike for this fucking amazing set of maps! stronglang.wordpress.com/201…
Three years ago we released an episode about "Assholes" with professional linguist and author of "Ascent of the A-hole" @GeoffNunberg - it's still relevant today! If you haven't heard it, now is the time. verybadwords.com/shows/what-…
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I’m too devastated to articulate right now, but I spent so many mornings learning radio with Richard Hake. He meant so much to so many @WNYC listeners. Sending cosmic love to you, radio big brother. I’ll think of you everytime in that half-second before the On Air light turns on.
I’m filling in for @RScottHake @WNYC! I prepped 2 weeks ago and told him I’d post this pic while he was out.
I tried a few captions on him: “The boss!”
He offered “Big brother!” I like that.
Happy (day early) birthday to the best mentor & (radio) big brother I could ask for!
Not quite as old as "Roger fucks by the navel", but still a pretty old citation of the f-word! openculture.com/2020/04/did-…
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Scientists: you should wash your hands because of Coronavirus.
People: I'm gonna stop flying, hoard masks, work from home & totally rearrange my life.
Also Scientists: the #ClimateCrisis will kill millions - we must use clean power & change how we get to work.
People: No way.
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"With all due respect": If someone prefaces a sentence by saying "with all due respect", it's a sign that they are likely to unleash something negative or critical, and sometimes quite vulgar and highly disrespectful. The result, then, is to intensify,… dlvr.it/RLgw3R
For those wondering what I've been doing since the last episode of VBW - I've partnered with my NSPR and @SierraNevada to do a deep investigation into the wildfires happening in California and the west coast. California Burning: Check it out! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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Some of you have asked what I've been doing for the last year. Coming September 30th, I have a limited series coming out on a subject I've never covered on VBW... wildfire.
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