Episode 55: Doing a Swear

What this episode covers

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome to the Goblin Lore Podcast! In our fifty-fifth episode, your favorite goblins discuss the linguistic roots and psychological and sociological purpose of curse words (that's right: cusses and swears) in the Magic: the Gathering Multiverse! Why do we swear? Where do swears come from? How would these "oaths" and "expletives" occur in the Multiverse? Don't worry; this episode is still PG-rated, but it does reference coarse language, so sensitive elf ears may want to be averted for this one. Referenced in this episode: Doug Beyer's "Savor the Flavor" column [https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/savor-flavor/frakkin-zounds-2008-12-31] on the topic, this New Republic article [https://newrepublic.com/article/116713/swear-word-history-where-your-favorite-curses-came], the Dack Fayden comics [https://www.idwpublishing.com/product/magic-the-gathering-vol-1/] by IDW. ____________________________________________ We have a Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/goblinlorepod]! You can join at the $1 "Goblin Bangchucker" tier, which gets you access to our private Discord server where you can talk all things lore, life, and love with other goofy gobbos like yourself, or the $3 "Goblin Haberdasher" tier, which also allows you to suggest show topics (among other benefits). Additional rewards and tiers will continue to be added, too! ____________________________________________ Remember: we've reached 500 followers on Twitter [https://twitter.com/GoblinLorePod] and will announce the lucky winners soon! This will be a big blowout drawing, so if you want to be eligible to win, follow us now! There will also be a separate monthly prize for Patreon subscribers, so get in there too! ____________________________________________ You can find the hosts on Twitter: Joe Redemann at @Fyndhorn [https://twitter.com/fyndhorn], Hobbes Q. at @HobbesQ [https://twitter.com/HobbesQ], and Alex Newman at @AlexanderNewm [https://twitter.com/AlexanderNewm]. Send questions, comments, thoughts, hopes, and dreams to @GoblinLorePod [https://twitter.com/GoblinLorePod] on Twitter or [email protected]. Opening and closing music by Wintergatan (@wintergatan [https://twitter.com/wintergatan]). Logo art by Steven Raffael (@SteveRaffle [https://twitter.com/SteveRaffle]). Goblin Lore is proud to be presented by Hipsters of the Coast, and a part of their growing Vorthos content – as well as Magic content of all kinds. Check them out at hipstersofthecoast.com [https://www.hipstersofthecoast.com/].