Radiohead "2+2=5" & Word Bans

We're talking about the current US administration's war on science through an effective word ban on words in research projects related to "woke" topics such as trans, climate change, autism, and even words like trauma, bias, and woman, such that if they appear in your research article, your government funding gets cut.And to do so, of course we're talking about Radiohead's anti-fascism song 2+2=5, an allusion to 1984 by George Orwell. We talk about the history of censorship, of course the etymology of censorship and ban, and the current events and their impact of scientific communication. Also, we read the list of banned words in its entirety.In the Eurovision segment, we talk about UK's 2025 entry "What the Hell Just Happened" by Remember Monday. And we talk about Bowdler and bowlderization.Find us on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/gettingdownandwordy/And email us at [email protected] thanks to Patsy Walker for the use of our theme song “Who’s Wordy Now”!This week’s promoted podcast is Haunted Moonlight. Find them anywhere you get podcasts or at this link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/haunted-moonlight/id1703911242Find them, us, and lots of other great podcasts on our podcast network podmoth.network