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Matt talks to Evelyn Dean-Olmstead about one of the most offensive words spoken in Spanish.
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Matt talks with a number of people about everyone’s favorite swear word, including author of the book The F-Word, Jesse Sheidlower and radio colleague Andy Mills.
With the help of her parents, Very Bad Words producer Jill, tells a story about her using the “F-word” as a young child.
We learn about swearing in German, Dutch, Brazilian Portuguese, Farci, and Tamil. Linguistic Anthropologist Evelyn Dean-Olmstead helps us make the connection between taboo and the culture that created it.
Matt talks to Tara Clancy about being sworn at in Italian by her Grandmother.
On this very special episode of Very Bad Words, Matt is joined by co-host Katrin Redfern to explore one of the most controversial and misunderstood words of the English language. The C-Word! They reach out to women like Nadya Tolokonnikova of Pussy Riot, Dr. Camilla Power, Dr. Evelyn-Dean Olmsted and others to discuss the history of this powerful word and how it’s being reappropriated by feminists.
Guests: Dr. Camilla Power Dr. Evelyn Dean-Olmsted Nadya Tolokonnikova Ella Stone Blythe Roberson Julia Lindon Kill Me Know
Matt's cousin talks about comedian Bill Burr and the C-Word.
What are the rules about swearing on television and radio? What can you actually say on the air, and how are these decisions made? Do these rules change as times change? On this episode of Very Bad Words, we learn how George Carlin’s bit about the 7 words you can never say on television, unintentionally set FCC policy regarding profanity on the air.
Guests: Matthew Lasar, author of "Pacifica Radio: The Rise of an Alternative Network” Sarah Montague - producer of Selected Shorts
Next week on Very Bad Words, we hear about how a famous comedian unintentionally changed the FCC's language policies forever.
For years comedians in comedy clubs have been pushing the lines of what could be said in the public arena. Lenny Bruce was arrested multiple times for doing just that, and George Carlin was imortalized for same thing just a decade later. But swearing just isn't that controversial anymore - especially in a comedy club. But never-the-less, there are still plenty of comedians actively crossing the lines in comedy today. On this episode of Very Bad Words, we talk to several of them.
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