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Evidently, You *Can* Go Home Again A Brave Journey — either happy or hapless — into the Podcast Past.

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6 hr ago

Happy Days Are Here Listen now | Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss what it means to be happy, both lexicographically and philosophically.

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Dec 2

EPISODE 10: When Being Done Replaced Doing Listen now (22 min) | Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss the most significant change to the English language that you've never heard of.

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Dec 2

EPISODE 9: One Giant Leap for Humanity Listen now (34 min) | Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss the he said/she said of the epicene pronoun.

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Dec 2

EPISODE 8: And May He Be a Masculine Bridge Listen now (24 min) | Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss how a simple quirk of grammar may affect the way we think.

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Dec 2

EPISODE 7: When Nouns Grew Genitals Listen now (24 min) | Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss what it means for language to have gender.

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Dec 2

EPISODE 6: A Needle Pulling Thread Listen now (25 min) | Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss the big ambitions of the little word "so."

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Dec 2

EPISODE 5: A Meditation on Scrabble Listen now (27 min) | Mike Vuolo talks to Word Freak author Stefan Fatsis about the nature of language in Scrabble.

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Dec 2

EPISODE 4: Untuning the String Listen now (30 min) | Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo talk to author David Skinner about his book, The Story of Ain't.

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Dec 2

EPISODE 3: Jumpin' Salty in The O Listen now (31 min) | Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss the vernacular wrapped in a dialect inside a language that some call Ebonics.

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Dec 2

EPISODE 2: Consider the Lamppost Listen now (21 min) | Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss the hyper-corrected incorrectness of "between you and I."

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Dec 2

EPISODE 1: A Sin of Which None Is Guilty Listen now (21 min) | Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss the longstanding English language proscription against ending a sentence with a preposition.

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Dec 2

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