385: Um, Uh, Like, You Know: The Surprising Reasons We Might Not Want to Get Rid of these ”Annoying” Habits with Valerie Fridland

In this episode of Quit Bleeping Around®, awesome superachiever, author, and self-improvement expert Christina Eanes interviews Valerie Fridland. Valerie, an expert on the relationship between language and society, is a professor at the University of Nevada in Reno with a Ph.D. in linguistics.  In this episode, Valerie talks about how those “verbal fillers” we use when speaking are there for a purpose. If you’d like to learn more about Valerie, visit ValerieFridland.com. To order her book, visit: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/671558/like-literally-dude-by-valerie-fridland/ For more info about Christina, visit ChristinaEanes.com Episode Credits: Series Announcer: Seth D. Meyers (sethdmeyers.com) Host: Christina Eanes (quitbleepingaround.com) Outros Announcer: Linnea Sage (linneasage.com) Intro/Outro Music: “Dangerous Dog” by Charlie J. Smith/SI Publishing