Vexing vocabulary runs right through me.

This episode is about the words and phrases we use every day — the corporate terminology, the motivational slogans, the social media scripts — and how strangely they sit against what’s actually happening in the world.

Everything feels intense and uncertain, and yet we’re still optimising, hustling, announcing, branding.

I can’t help but wonder… are we okay?

From workplace jargon to online performance, this is a light but pointed look at how the way we speak shapes culture — and how culture shapes behaviour.

We’re in a strange loop of liking and subscribing.

And somewhere in there, we’ve forgotten how to just speak normally.