Sat, 26 November 2005
Howard Chang and Dave Shepherd talk about a virtual rainbow of color metaphors. (2:03)
Song: 'Blue Bird Tattoo,' by Circe Link (20:02) Rude word of the week: 'yellow' (23:06) Song: 'Lime,' by Persona (26:22) The many faces of 'green,' plus a bit of brown-nosing (29:53) Music courtesy of GarageBand.com Theme music by Kick the Cat
time: 35:17 rating: PG (Everything's just fine, until we talk about brown-nosing at the end.) |
Sat, 19 November 2005
Dave Shepherd explains why we put a 'ratings' announcement at the beginning of each show. (1:51)
Howard Shepherd and Dave give it 110% as they explore clichés. (3:04) Song: 'Friday Night,' by Amy Dalley (13:33) Rude word of the week: 'shit happens' (17:21) Song: 'Sick As a Dog,' by Brad Sucks (21:04) Clichés from the news (24:12) Music courtesy of The Podsafe Music Network Theme music by Kick the Cat, courtesy of GarageBand.com
time: 31:25 rating: PG-13 (Our rude word is one that Dave, for one, would not want to hear his middle-school students use.) |
Sat, 12 November 2005
Howard Chang and Dave Shepherd talk about the relationship of names to identity--a revisitation of our show 'The Power of Names.' (1:54)
Rude word of the week: 'troll' (20:45) Song: 'Find My Name,' by Kristin Dare (24:50) Marriage and names--changes and choices (28:55) An ancient Roman's life changes when he takes his adopted father's name. (31:52) Music courtesy of GarageBand.com Theme music by Kick the Cat
time: 35:42 rating: PG (explanation of a Neronian phlebotomy; a rude definition of our Rude Word) |
Sat, 5 November 2005
Howard Shepherd and Dave Shepherd talk about euphemisms--nice ways of saying things. (Mom taught us that if we couldn't say anything nice, we shouldn't say anything at all.) (1:52)
Rude word of the week: 'vomit,' and several euphemisms for it (21:57) Song: 'In Words,' by Instant Winner (24:48) Dysphemism, euphemism's evil twin--less pleasant ways of saying things (This idea is clearly explained by Dr. Susanna Cumming of the University of California/Santa Barbara.) (28:12) Music courtesy of GarageBand.com Theme music by Kick the Cat
time: 32:28 rating: R (Our discussion of sexual euphemisms is pretty frank, especially of John Roberts's press-gaggle gaff.) |