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Mike Archer is a newly appointed fire watcher in the Wyoming woods. While he's never done anything like this before, he needed something new after his mom passed. Now he hopes to spend his days in a tower above the trees looking for fires and working on his new book. But things aren't as quiet and peaceful as he hoped. Strange interference blasts over his radio at night and he starts seeing and hearing creepy noises in the woods. But are these odd occurrences actually happening or is he just ...
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An anthology fiction podcast of Dark Fantasy and the Odd, presented in the grand tradition of late night television horror hosting.
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All are welcome at this reunion! Join hosts Paul Kien and Shawn M. Myers as they discuss the Bronze Age classic comic, The Batman Family! We promise that the fried chicken is great, but the stories are even better!
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Just "2 Odd Otakus" who have a huge love for anime, manga, video games, and anything pop culture you can think of. Bringing you our hot takes and everything current . Maz and Zephine
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Six Sides of Life is a fiction podcast where your host and author, Gabrielle, reads short stories and poetry exploring the human experience - sometimes, perhaps, in odd ways.
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Curiosity has always pushed humankind out of our comfort zone. But what happens when we encounter something we can’t seem to explain?We create stories of monsters and ghosts, yet, these stories sometimes seem to be far more fact than fiction. Join me, Alex Morrell, as I take a look at some of the strangest encounters that might change what you view as normal. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/oddencounterss/support
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A podcast that explores the unknown, the unexplained, the mysterious, the unsolved and the just plain strange. Bizarre crimes, disappearing people, odd creatures, creepy phenomena, it's all here. We won't solve every mystery, but we'll try to separate truth from fiction and let you decide.
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Welcome to Odds Bodkins Horror, Fantast & Sci-Fi Podcast. A weekly podcast where your host, Chris Baker, discusses horror, fantasy, and science fiction films and television, both new and classic, along with other topics.
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Tripp and Andrew Laino have been watching movies together since 1992, and making fun of them together since 1999, when a rainy afternoon of babysitting turned into 8 hours of cheesy science fiction and jokes. Raised on a strict diet of 80s movies, the pair have an undying love for the decade and all of the weird, wonderful cinema therein, despite barely being there for it. Every other week (since 2014) they dissect a movie and the bizarre cinema quirks of 30-odd years ago.
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Matt Bird (author of "The Secrets of Story: Innovative Tools for Perfecting Your Fiction and Captivating Readers") and James Kennedy (author of the novel "The Order of Odd-Fish") have raucous debates about the craft of novel writing, screenwriting, storytelling (and anything else they want to fight about!) Through their discussion you will learn how to be a better storyteller.
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'We Fix Space Junk' follows seasoned smuggler Kilner and reluctant fugitive Samantha as they travel the galaxy, dodging bullets and meeting strange and wonderful beings as they carry out odd jobs on the fringes of the law. A female-led sci-fi comedy sitcom set in the far future, in a high-tech, dystopian world, We Fix Space Junk draws on the sci-fi of the past, following in the footsteps of Harry Harrison and of Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Equal parts love-letter to sci- ...
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All things holly, jolly, and odd-ly.
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Set one billion years in the future... it's the story of Januae, a man who randomly teleports to strange and dangerous places with no way of controlling it.
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Paperback Radio unveils bi-monthly stories from an eclectic array of genres. Two award-winning creatives invite you to indulge in their strange fiction. L.J. Longo (author) and Lane McLeod Jackson (playwright and director) love audio drama, so we decided to make some. We come out of our shells on the odd weeks of each month, hopefully to your delight and probably to God’s scorn. We hope you are sometimes delighted, sometimes spooked, but always entertained by the stories of Paperback Radio!
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A monthly podcast devoted mostly to speculative fiction books, reviews and the odd bit of idle gossip. Hosted by Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond.
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The science fiction and fantasy podcast for lizard people, by lizard people. Odd episodes are devoted to non-book-form genre fiction, movies, TV shows, music, and games; even episodes are book club discussions. Spoilers abound.
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Come visit Broken, Alaska! It's an indie Audio-fiction podcast about a tiny town with BIG stories! Improvised and odd, the locals disagree about everything from business to love, but still manage to live together. The resulting comedy genius from these dozen actors takes you on a wild ride full of mystery, comedy, and heartfelt friendships. You'll want to live in Broken!
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Life's not easy for Doug Eiffel, the communications officer for the U.S.S. Hephaestus Research Station, currently on Day 448 of its orbit around red dwarf star Wolf 359. He's stuck on a scientific survey mission of indeterminate length, 7.8 light years from Earth. His only company on board the station are stern mission chief Minkowski, insane science officer Hilbert, and Hephaestus Station's sentient, often malfunctioning operating system Hera. He doesn't have much to do for his job other th ...
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COMEDY FICTION - A collection of made-up voicemails. When the beep stops beeping, odd things can happen. These peculiar, miniature monologues are unrelated, but they all exist... beyond the tone.
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History has given us some of the most incredible survival tales known to mankind. People who have survived against all odds and said Not Me, Not Today to death. Whether it's plane crashes, jungle survival, lost at sea, abduction or even medical anomalies, we explore it all. Each week we take a look at a survivor, we discuss the ordeal, what happened afterwards and where they are now. Join us on the Not Me, Not Today Podcast.
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Weird fiction literature podcast. Tune in to our synopsis and discussion on short stories and odd picks from the strange corners of the library.
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Sketch comedy, personal stories, original music, insightful essays, and short fiction. Life Lab Notes creates and curates episodes that look at life and how it works, and sometimes doesn't work. Each episode is about 15 minutes of entertaining, funny, uplifting, thought-provoking treats.
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A weekly show covering all things wild, weird and wonderful! Each week we bring forward a new topic that interests us, and with our limited knowledge, we discuss, scream and argue our way through facts, misguided ideas and just enough humor to keep things interesting.
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Welcome to the TrueEarth® Podcast! Its goals and aims are simple: to bring you all the latest news from the TrueEarth world found on the other side of our reality, as described in the TrueEarth books. Discover a wide range of sci-fi, audiobooks, fiction and fantasy stories and events! Enter the vast reality of universes, galaxies and worlds as built by the TrueEarth authors.
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This is a podcast that combines folklore and spooky with medicine and science. Listen while Chrissy and Sarah delve into to various topics and explore the intersection of fact and fiction.
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This is the journey of two old friends revisiting the original Transformers show, episode by episode. Evan is a die-hard fan of the franchise from his wee years to present. Ed isn't really a fan, but likes a lot of adjacent properties, so he is watching as a fan of toys, sci-fi, and cartoons, but not Transformers. We guys (and occasionally maybe a gal) will be going through each episode and looking at it with adult eyes to see if it holds up or if it is an odd nostalgia trap. Pod Art by C E ...
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The Breakroom Stories is an audio journal that specializes in strange fiction. We want to be a publication that evokes the eerie familiarity we all feel with the region between wakefulness and dream. We want to be a forum for odd or untraditional voices. We want to be a home for stories that make their readers shiver and shake. To paraphrase David Foster Wallace, we want to be a source of fiction that comforts the disturbed, and that disturbs the comfortable.
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Hi everybody, and thanks for checking us out! Here at Eye on Simpsons we share our love of all things Simpsonian by going through the series, episode by episode. If this odd yellow family has a special place in your heart, or if you just like Simpsons trivia, nostalgia, and mining TV shows for cultural and political significance - no matter how speculative - you've come to the right place. Eye on the Simpsons - over-analyzing a cartoon so you don't have to!
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Five-time winner of Best Education Podcast in the Podcast Awards. Grammar Girl provides short, friendly tips to improve your writing and feed your love of the English language. Whether English is your first language or your second language, these grammar, punctuation, style, and business tips will make you a better and more successful writer. Grammar Girl is a Quick and Dirty Tips podcast.
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Welcome to a candid conversation about life. This is a safe place to share experiences, learn best practices, and ask the tough questions in order to prepare for end-of-life realties we all will face, not only for ourselves, but our pets too! Feel free to contact me at askjodiclock@gmail.com or visit my website at www.jodiclock.com
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A handsome wanderer knocks on Jack's door one night during a storm. He's friendly, but a little odd... and he might even be dangerous. But he's here now, and he clearly has no plans to leave. Dark comedy written by award-winning playwright Craig Warner and starring the much-loved English actor Michael Maloney. Support us! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Have you ever been ashamed of something that you love? Did a gaggle of 5th graders ever tease you mercilessly for your Lord of the Rings fan fiction or for eating McDonald’s in the shower? Well, there are two things Guilty Pleasure hosts Jackie Rae Aubel and Amanda Salvatore know for sure: 1: 5th graders are the worst and 2: If something makes you happy, it’s probably awesome. Explore the eclectic fandom of Jackie and Amanda’s guests every Monday where we celebrate, elaborate and experience ...
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Welcome to Monster Donut! A chronological deep dive into the Percy Jackson series and all of its following spin-offs. Hosted by Phoebe, who professionally analyzes creative work as a dramaturg & story consultant, & Emily, a writer & classicist with a degree in Greek & Latin. Every two weeks, Phoebe & Emily (along with some occasional special guests) will analyze every book, short story, and odd narrative blog post in the order in which they occur within the PJO/HOO/TOA timeline. While they c ...
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Toll Switch is a genre-jumping anthology series set in New York City in the 1950’s. It’s an odd urban vision that is revealed in an unorthodox way...through the telephone. Join the Operator as she patches you into the calls that light up her switchboard. She’s deliberate and discerning, collecting and presenting to you only the rarest of exchanges. These conversations define a Manhattan where the possibilities not only defy limits, but also reason.
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The Skell and Felix show is a fiction-comedy podcast in an alternate reality where the USSR won the space race, monsters are the norm, and two idiots start a podcast in a basement after realizing how expensive owning a radio station is. They engage in conversation, philosophy, and hijinks often ensue. (Brought to you by DomRadio.)
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In this podiobook: Phil D'Amato, New York City forensic detective, is caught in an ongoing struggle that dates all the way back to the dawn of humanity on earth--and one of his best friends is a recent casualty. Unless Phil can unravel the genetic puzzle of the Silk Code, he'll soon be just as dead.Praise for The Silk Code:"Forensic detective Phil D'Amato is one of my favorite characters, and the puzzles he solves are always imaginative, ingenious, and addictive, but Paul Levinson really out ...
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In a day and age of fast paced and brightly colored media on glowing screens, there sits the big book. It is more than a door stop or a place to hide valuable items. But in fact, what can one say about big books? That for some odd reason we either love them or hate them? Why is that? What is the appeal of a big book, yet also the hindrance? Are big books important? Why? And why must they be so heavy? Literally. But also figuratively. In 2017, I have challenged myself to read only big books o ...
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A serial storytelling podcast, in which author Frank Burton fictionalises his own life. The latest nine-part series is called Endless Impossible. The blurb: Who is Eileen Angel? Why does she claim to be from another planet? And why do her followers believe her? Endless Impossible is an epic mystery story, spanning thirty years, featuring an obsessive investigative journalist, a bookshop that isn't really a bookshop, and a boy trying his best to make sense of an increasingly odd world. The ac ...
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Sitcom superstar, Carson Carson, gets blacklisted in Hollywood (and society) from his grotesque sex tape leak. Now, with his tail between his legs, he heads back to his small town in an attempt to reboot his life. Carson is then forced to reprise his job (pre-fame) at the local Supermarket, where things quickly go bananas... 'Supermarket' Stars: Adam Murciano ('Cascadia', 'ICE-CREAM'), Sugith Varughese ('Kim's Convenience'), Alexandria Benoit ('Degrassi'), Ryan Rosery ('Riverdale'), Graham P ...
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“...if I should talk to a stenographer two hours a day for a hundred years, I should still never be able to set down a tenth part of the things which have interested me in my lifetime.” The words of Mark Twain in his introduction to Chapters from my Autobiography provide a tantalizing glimpse of what is in store for the reader! Mark Twain, whose real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens was still working on his reminiscences when he died in 1910. This book is really only a portion of the comple ...
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What if the cataclysmic Tunguska explosion of 1908 was caused, not by a meteor or a comet, but by a microscopic black hole? … Well, like as not, you already know that story — the one told by Bill DeSmedt in his award-winning novel/podcast Singularity. What you may not know, though, is the story behind the story: the science behind Singularity. Surprisingly (or maybe not), you can learn a lot about primordial black holes and the Tunguska Event and black hole radiation and the Big Bang on the ...
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The Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories is a six-volume edition, which contains one hundred and one tales written by authors as diverse and separated by history as Pliny the Younger (first century AD), Voltaire (17th century) and Guy de Maupassant (19th century) and also from different parts of the world. This volume which is the first, contains twenty interesting stories, and an introduction by the editor. The fascinating aspect of mystery stories is that sometimes the ...
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Episode 338 - Ghost Hunting in Hammersmith
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Welcome to Hallow Weird World 2024! An all-white apparition was terrorizing the citizens of Hammersmith 220 years ago. Francis Smith had had enough. But since Egon Spengler had not yet invented the proton pack, Francis went ghost hunting with a shotgun. It did not go well for him or the ghost.Autor: Weird World Podcast
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How writers navigate failure and find success, with Jonathan Small
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1019. This week, Jonathan Small, author of "Write About Now," shares what he's learned about the common struggles writers face throughout their careers. His book highlights stories from bestselling authors about their beginnings, the risks they took, and how they handled early rejection. I was especially surprised by the stories of shockingly bold …
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Hold on to your shoes, bat-cousins! This month, we have another first-time podcaster (and our Patreon supporter), Brian Ciufo, join us at the Reunion! Dick and Jennifer go for a moonlight swim, Babs stares down a crime boss, and Bruce deals with a new threat to his secret identity! Black Lightning must deal with a troubled family, but we do get the…
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Part 1: Fact or Fiction Unveiling Misinformation in America's Homes
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Ever wondered what happens if you wake up dead without a plan? Reader's Digest might mislead you with sensational articles. Prepaying for funerals isn’t as risky as it sounds—funds are secure and transferable. Veterans' benefits cover some costs, but not everything. Online caskets might seem cheap but come with hidden costs and potential delays. Wh…
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From game boards to boardrooms. Commas with participial phrases. Gritties.
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1018. This week, we look at the meanings of the word "board," including the differences between board games, table games, and table-top games. We also look at the punctuation of participial phrases, helping you understand when to use commas in sentences like "She yelled at me, making me cry" versus "She is the lady making me cry." The "board" segme…
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A Conversation with Simon Furman
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Boo and Evan have a very casual and fulfilling conversation with legendary Transformers writer and lore guru, Simon Furman. Watch, as they catch the elusive Furman in his happy place, surrounded by hi creations! Hear, Evan get all star struck and stuttery! Know, Boo is safely behind his Megatron artwork and enjoying it all. It was a fun time and a …
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We're rounding out the main part of Listener Request Month with Scream for Help, an oddball horror flick! What's with the movie-of-the-week vibes? What on earth is this John Paul Jones score? Does no one know how a lighter works? All this and more! Looking for #282 The Gate? It’s on Patreon, along with more than TWENTY FIVE additional episodes (Mor…
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In this episode, we will be looking at 4 different personal encounters sent in by the audience, where each one details their experience with the supernatural. From a werewolf to a ghostly presence, these are the stories that remind us, not all monsters are in our imaginations. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/oddenc…
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Episode 337 - Cat-Eating Haitians and Other Weird Conspiracies of 2024
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If you heard that Haitian immigrants are eating the cats and dogs of their new neighbors in Springfield, Ohio you know that crazy political conspiracy theories are having a moment.Autor: Weird World Podcast
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From 'gobsmacked' to 'ginger': The British invasion of American English, with Ben Yagoda
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1017. How did British words find their way into American English? Author Ben Yagoda shares insights with us from his new book "Gobsmacked!" We learn about words like "brilliant" and "ginger" that have crossed the pond, some words you might think came from Britain (but didn't), which politicians are prone to using Britishisms, and why some adopted t…
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Why some verb sets are so odd (like 'go/went'). Corporate euphemisms. Goggy.
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1016. This week, we look at why some verbs are so irregular that their forms don't even seem related, like "go" and "went." Then, we look at the surprising finding that corporate euphemisms are worse than annoying — they can also hurt a company's stock price. The "suppletion" segment was written by Valerie Fridland, a professor of linguistics at th…
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Marvel Uk #24: We Need More Josie
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Boo and Evan devour another episode of the Marvel UK Transformers comic that shows an amazingly cool G B Blackrock and a vicious Josie Beller using surplus GI Joe helicopters protecting themselves from Shockwave, who is trying to take Blackrock's oil platform for himself. Planet Terry is just weird and X-51 is horrible. If you'd like to contact the…
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On this episode of Odds Bodkins Curiosity Shoppe our shopkeeper, Chris Baker, talks about the new psychological horror film, Never Let Go. How was it? Was it as creepy as the trailer looked? What worked and didn't work? Find out what our shopkeeper thinks. WARNING: SPOILERS Visit Odds Bodkins Curiosity Shoppe on our socials and podcast links: https…
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39: We Plot To Take Over The Parthenon | The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical feat. Brendon from Wait in the Wings
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This week, we're joined by Brendon from Wait in the Wings to break down our beloved The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical. Discussion topics may include: Greek choruses, being seen, reprises, behind-the-scenes stories, adapting PJO for the stage, Dionysus' role as the god of theater, Love Never Dies, and our dream production of TLTM. Check…
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Episode 6 of The Witch Hunters is an urban horror story. The Malleous' righteous warriors become aware of a trick, but driven by vengance Emma pushes them to attack.Autor: Paperback Podcast
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Did you know there are thousands of veterans missing out on benefits they’re entitled to? 🤯 Especially when it comes to burial and death benefits—many don’t even know they qualify! If you served during wartime, or even just enlisted during those periods, you could be eligible for free burial at a national cemetery, a headstone, a flag, and even som…
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Returning to the corridor, we follow Elowen as she seeks to find the tiny version of herself, who has disappeared. Will she open the door she fears the most in order to get her back, or will she continue to avoid what lies below? Thank you so much for listening to Six Sides of Life. It would be amazing if you shared it with friends and family or le…
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What's new in the Chicago Manual of Style (18th edition), with Russell Harper and Mary Laur
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1015. The Chicago Manual of Style is updated every seven years, and this year's update is a big one! I talked with two of the editors — Russell Harper and Mary Laur — about the major changes, how the decisions get made, and the history of the CMOS (pronounced "sea moss"). 🔗 Share your familect recording in a WhatsApp chat. 🔗 Watch my LinkedIn Learn…
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Do words like 'mandate' and 'cockamamie' come from words for men? Grammatical doppelgangers. A pair of teeth.
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1014. This week, we debunk misconceptions about gendered language, tracing the etymology of words like "cockamamie" and "gynecology." We also look at the flexibility of English grammar, examining how common words like "that" and "up" can function as different parts of speech in various contexts. The "gendered words" segment was written by Samantha …
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