Episode 49: Words

What’s in a word? Can words hurt you? In this episode, Aya and Josh discuss the power of words themselves, including favorite words, ugly-sounding words, swear words, names, puns, semantic satiation, language/linguistics, trying to find the right words, word/definition debates (“man,” “woman,” “antisocial”), words in different languages, words in a screenplay, hurtful words, adverbs, the word “literally,” subject-verb agreement, word pronunciations, how words get into the dictionary, how laws are informed by words, colloquial words (slang), judging people by their words, words with positive vs. negative connotations, using words to manipulate, having “a way with words,” dyslexia, internal monologues, and casting spells.