EPISODE · Feb 18, 2026 · 7 MIN
Ep. 24: The Language of Death
from Fluent AF · host Priscilla Tovar
Humans are obsessed with death.True crime. Serial Killers. Murder podcasts you fall asleep to. But here's the question nobody asks, if death is universal, why do we talk about it so carefully?In this episode of Fluent AF, we unpack the language of death. The euphemisms that soften it.The grammar that hides responsibility. The way power rewrites killing. And how silence itself becomes a language. From "passed away" to "officer involved shooting" .From Spanish and Italian poetry to Russian bluntness.From serial killers turned into myths to cultures that refuse to name the dead.This isn't about death alone,It's about how language protects us, distances us, and sometimes lies for us.What does your language do with death, and what does that say about how you culture handles truth.Listen. Reflect. Dale#death #language #fluentaf #podcast
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Humans are obsessed with death.True crime. Serial Killers. Murder podcasts you fall asleep to. But here's the question nobody asks, if death is universal, why do we talk about it so carefully?In this episode of Fluent AF, we unpack the language of death. The euphemisms that soften it.The grammar that hides responsibility. The way power rewrites killing. And how silence itself becomes a language. From "passed away" to "officer involved shooting" .From Spanish and Italian poetry to Russian bluntness.From serial killers turned into myths to cultures that refuse to name the dead.This isn't about death alone,It's about how language protects us, distances us, and sometimes lies for us.What does your language do with death, and what does that say about how you culture handles truth.Listen. Reflect. Dale#death #language #fluentaf #podcast
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