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Educational 2021
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Find the fascinating and funny stories behind the words and sounds we take for granted.
Educational 2021

Episodes

  • EPISODE 1
    The Unexpected Origins of the Word ‘Monster’

    What can we learn about our relationship to monsters?

    8 min · Mar 24, 2021
  • EPISODE 2
    What's the Longest Word?

    We'll have to figure out what the word "word" really means...

    6 min · Apr 14, 2021
  • EPISODE 3
    Can Computers Really Talk? Or Are They Faking It?

    Is it really "language," or just a digital illusion?

    11 min · May 5, 2021
  • EPISODE 4
    What People Get Wrong About African-American English

    Here are the deep misconceptions about African-American English (AAE).

    11 min · Jun 16, 2021
  • EPISODE 5
    Popular Words Invented by Authors

    We explore some of the popular words authors have created that are now in our lexicon.

    7 min · Jul 28, 2021
  • EPISODE 6
    60 Euphemisms for Death!

    The word "Death" has a lot of euphemisms in virtually every language.

    7 min · Sep 20, 2021

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  • EDUCATIONAL
Find the fascinating and funny stories behind the words and sounds we take for granted.

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Studio
PBS
Released
2021

Languages

Subtitles
English (United States) (CC)

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.

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