Episode 10: Recap of Episodes 1-9 with That Boy Ralph. Race, fertilization, sneezing, policing, car salespeople, etc.

A look at seven tactics used by car sales-people and how to avoid their rhetorical traps.

This episode focuses on a study of police interactions with drivers and how their language displays varying levels of respect.

This episode discusses cussing, swearing, using profanities, etc. Specifically it delves into the etymology of “profane”, “shit”, and “fuck” along with bringing up questions that have to do with our use of profanity in society.

What is the history of saying “bless you” when someone sneezes? Do you say it? What is your sneeze-to-bless you ratio?

Discussion about emails sent to Chinese students at Duke University encouraging them to speak English “100% of the time” when on campus or in professional settings.

A look at “A Genealogy of Modern Racism” by Cornel West and how language created race.

Why does it matter how you describe human fertilization?

Do we still need to teach cursive handwriting in elementary schools? Is texting killing language? We explore these questions on today’s episode.

We look at a pre-game speech by NFL coach Gregg Williams where he encourages players to knock heads and take out ACLs and at a proposed “English-proficiency” rule by the LPGA.