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The Word Nerds
Language: English
Category: Society and Culture /
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This weekly podcast explores words, language, and why we say the things we do. It is a relaxed but well informed exploration of language change, slang, taboo words, and other modes of expression on the edge of "standard" language. It will also feature new
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The Word Nerds|Race and Language (60) Episode
Dave Shepherd and Howard Chang welcome a voicemail on the Nerd Number from Hillary Israeli, on modern Hebrew as an invented language. (2:06)
Dave and Howard discuss racial labels and epithets, and the boundaries of acceptability. (4:35)
Music bumper from "Nada" by Jaime Beauchamp (16:24)
Race and identity: what is "race"? (17:01)
Song: "Black Madonna," by Sophia Ramos (25:54)
Rude word of the week: "halfbreed" (29:06)
Music bumper from "Meant to Be" by Rob Costlow (31:52)
Race, ethnicity, and diversity in American English (32:29)
The legal language of race and ethnicity (33:43)
Ethnic labels as names for sports teams (35:00)
Music courtesy of The Podsafe Music Network
Theme music by Kick the Cat
Closing music from "Grapes" by Evan Stone
time: 39:57
size: 27.4 Mb
rating: R (We explore many aspects of race and speech, including many of the most hurtful and belittling racial epithets in modern American English.)
Categories: language, race
[ Sat, 29 Apr 2006 19:54:00 GMT ]
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