Ep. 8 - 'Renoviction': Portmanteau as protest
What happens when landlords evict tenants to renovate their units and triple the rents? Bitter disputes, drawn-out court battles, fierce housing activism - and a brand-new portmanteau that's catching ...
6 Nov 201825min
Ep. 7 - 'Partner': The best name for your better half?
Girlfriend, boyfriend, S.O., bae, better half, sweetheart, beau ... what's in a name? Pippa and Karina debate and dismantle all the names you may choose to call that special someone and discuss the so...
30 Okt 201812min
Ep. 6 - 'Singular They': Busting open the binary
Pippa and Karina journey from the fifteenth century to the present day, tracing the course of a small word with an outsized impact. As singular "they" gains ground as the gender-neutral pronoun of cho...
23 Okt 201825min
Ep. 5 - 'Moist': The ick factor and damp semantics
Why are people so hung up on the word "moist"? Pippa and Karina wade into the damp, the humid and the slightly wet as they dismantle English's most hated word (and repeat it enough to cure themselves ...
16 Okt 201811min
Ep. 4 - 'Trigger': The word behind the warning
TW: everything. This week, Pippa and Karina tackle the word "trigger", interviewing a PhD student, a mental health advocate and a filmmaker. Safe spaces, content warnings and "snowflakes" all feature ...
9 Okt 201826min
Ep. 1 - 'Fat': Go ahead, say the F-word
In our very first episode of Word Bomb, hosts Pippa Johnstone and Karina Palmitesta discuss the word "fat," bias, and the "euphemism treadmill."See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2 Okt 201828min
Ep. 2 - 'Doxx': Hacking the language of the internet
What does it mean to "doxx somebody?" Word Bomb hosts Pippa Johnstone and Karina Palmitesta delve deep into the dark history of an ever-evolving culture of online discourse.See omnystudio.com/listener...
2 Okt 201833min
Ep. 3 - 'Like': Tackling a like/hate relationship
What does it mean when we pepper everything we say with "like"? Word Bomb hosts Pippa Johnstone and Karina Palmitesta take a good, hard listen to their own speech patterns and reveal some surprising s...
2 Okt 201812min
