The Word Nerds: A Weekly Podcast About Words, Language, and Why We Say the Things We Do

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Howard Chang and Dave Shepherd talk about words used to describe people who are running away from dreadful situations. (1:51)

Song: 'Home,' by Hawkeye (14:44)

Rude word of the week: 'bum' (20:44)

Music: 'In His Time,' by 21DCO (27:09)

Fear and terror, terrorists and freedom fighters (27:08)

Theme music by Kick the Cat

Music courtesy of GarageBand.com

time: 37:19
size: 17.1 Mb

rating: PG-13 (Howard mentions an alteration of a racial slur.)

Direct download: TWN-2005-10-01.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 7:28am EDT