Code-switching and Cussing (with Audie Cornish and Ari Shapiro!!)

This episode is so chaotic! (Also very fun, very interesting, and obviously very smart.) All of our best laid plans for how it would go went straight out the window — that's what happens when you talk to two of the smartest, most introspective personalities in podcasting right now. We talk about NPR Voice (and how it's continuing to change), ticks of rural speech, what people actually mean when they say 'I didn't know you were Black' or 'I didn't know you were gay,' and so much more. This episode is a real just trust me — I hope you laugh as much as we did.

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Show Notes:

• Go listen to Engagement Party!
• Follow Audie on Instagram here and Ari on Instagram here
• The conversation with Kara Swisher on 'ditching the NPR personalities' that made me want to do this episode is excerpted here

We're currently looking for your questions on the following topics:

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