39: Euphemisms
Released Wednesday, 6th June 2018
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39: Euphemisms
39: Euphemisms
Wednesday, 6th June 2018
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Certain topics in our society aren’t considered proper to talk about. To make it easier to talk about such sensitive subjects, we have invented terms that dance around the issues, instead of facing them directly.
Join me and guests, Steven Pinker, Phyllis Sommer and Kate Burridge as we dig into euphemisms.
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