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Euphemisms

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Introducing Euphemisms: the totally normal, definitely not weird, brother-sister romance novel book club podcast! Hang out with us as we explore the uneven terrain of the romance genre, discussing the tropes and dissecting the euphemisms, all with a drink in hand.
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Whole 9 Yards is a weekly podcast that will simultaneously educate, astonish, and amuse. Listen while we share equivocal research about the origin of words, phrases, and idioms we use every day. From the team at Big Science Pods, we bring you the whole 9 yards, the entire kit and caboodle, the whole shebang of this quick, entertaining look at our language and the history therein. Learn why we call New York "The Big Apple," what "red-handed" REALLY means and why sometimes people are "happy as ...
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Bare Marriage

Sheila Gregoire

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Tired of Christian pat answers about marriage? The podcast that goes in-depth into marriage, parenting, and even sex--to see how we can live the passionate life we were meant for. Paired with Bare Marriage--the blog!
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This is the home of the Escape Podcast with Simon Calder. Plug in to gain insights into the best places to travel around the globe, with tricks and tips from the UK's best known authority on travel.
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Nerd-Base Podcast

Nerd-Base.com

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The Nerd-Base.com Podcast is a erratically recorded effort by a group of folks with too much knowledge of pop and geek culture. They're a bunch of weirdos who love to act smart and make fun of one another for your amusement while all along imparting some important knowledge that you'll be better for knowing!
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Loot Cast

Loot Cast

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The Loot Cast takes the geek, gamer and fandom themes you love from Loot Crate and turns ‘em into sound waves you can listen to. Hosts Jenni Villarreal and Ash Mahtani lead the discussion, covering topics relevant to the latest crate, interviewing fellow Loot Crate employees and disagreeing about pretty much everything … except Aquaman. The Loot Cast is produced by Alex Steen and edited by Alex Steen and Jenni Villarreal. Music by Stenobot. http://stenobot.com
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Very Bad Words

Matt Fidler

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As long as there’s been language, there have been forbidden words. What gives these words their power? Why are they considered “bad”? Producer and Host, Matt Fidler, reaches out to experts, linguists, and historians to explore these words and their cultural significance. From diving into specific bad words to exploring what language has the “worst curses”, Matt weaves personal stories and interviews to help shed light on the power of very bad words. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for ...
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Have You Eaten Grandma?

Gyles Brandreth and Penguin Books

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Language is power. Emojis, slang, the subjunctive mood . . . all colour our words with meaning. Interested? Then you’re in the right place. Welcome to the Have You Eaten Grandma? podcast.Join Gyles Brandreth, Natalie Haynes and a group of fellow word nerds as they journey through the intricacies and everyday pitfalls of the English languageDiscover more about the book behind the podcast at http://bit.ly/HYEGwts Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Episode 299: Jay & Ray get a little lazy. - Encore lazy susan lo and behold Subscribe, review, and come find us on BlueSky, Insta, & FB. Big Science Music is an award-winning original music and sound boutique. Providing scoring, sound design, radio, podcast, and all audio-post production services for the advertising, film, and video industries. Gra…
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Send us a text We're kicking off 2026 by teaching you how to think critically about Christian marriage and relationship advice! Rebecca and I walk through some really problematic articles and social media posts - from the Gospel Coalition's piece against therapy to Tilly Dillehay’s tandem bike marriage metaphor - and show you exactly why they make …
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Episode 298: Jay & Ray kibitz over some old idioms. - Encore roger kibitz Subscribe, review, and come find us on BlueSky, Insta, & FB. Big Science Music is an award-winning original music and sound boutique. Providing scoring, sound design, radio, podcast, and all audio-post production services for the advertising, film, and video industries. Grab …
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Episode 297: Jay & Ray get festive with a few sparkle season idioms. - Encore deck the halls trim the tree Subscribe, review, and come find us on BlueSky, Insta, & FB. Big Science Music is an award-winning original music and sound boutique. Providing scoring, sound design, radio, podcast, and all audio-post production services for the advertising, …
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Episode 296: Jay & Ray drink up some old idioms. -Encore nip mooch Subscribe, review, and come find us on BlueSky, Insta, & FB. Big Science Music is an award-winning original music and sound boutique. Providing scoring, sound design, radio, podcast, and all audio-post production services for the advertising, film, and video industries. Grab a taste…
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Send us a text We're coming full circle from our podcast on right-wing authoritarianism to talk about that viral Oklahoma student essay and why Christians rallying around bad arguments makes all Christians look terrible. Then Keith and I get vulnerable about how our faith has changed over the last few years—from realizing faith isn't just about bel…
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Defend the Guard legislation would prohibit a state’s National Guard units from being deployed into active combat without a formal declaration of war by Congress, as provided by the U.S. Constitution.Find out more at: https://defendtheguard.usBring Our Troops Home on X: https://x.com/TroopsHomeUS /// Keith Knight - Don't Tread on Anyone /// Domesti…
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Defend the Guard legislation would prohibit a state’s National Guard units from being deployed into active combat without a formal declaration of war by Congress, as provided by the U.S. Constitution. Find out more at: https://defendtheguard.us Bring Our Troops Home on X: https://x.com/TroopsHomeUS /// Keith Knight - Don't Tread on Anyone /// Domes…
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Episode 295: Jay & Ray talk to some people about idioms. - Encore latchkey kid buckaroo Subscribe, review, and come find us on BlueSky, Insta, & FB. Big Science Music is an award-winning original music and sound boutique. Providing scoring, sound design, radio, podcast, and all audio-post production services for the advertising, film, and video ind…
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Send us a text Keith and I went through 10 clips from evangelical influencers and pastors that have been driving people crazy all year. We break down why Josh Howerton's claims about conservative mental health don't hold up, why blaming women for divorce is absurd, and how complementarian teaching about male authority actually contradicts what Jesu…
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Episode 294: Jay & Ray leaf through some old foliage idioms. - Encore root for bushed Subscribe, review, and come find us on BlueSky, Insta, & FB. Big Science Music is an award-winning original music and sound boutique. Providing scoring, sound design, radio, podcast, and all audio-post production services for the advertising, film, and video indus…
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Send us a text It's episode 307 of the Bare Marriage podcast! Holly Fletcher joins us to talk about her AMAZING new book Missionary Kids. I devoured it in one sitting. We need to listen to the stories of these kids, because they're a microcosm of white evangelicalism! JOIN OUR FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN! Help us raise money to fund our research, our new …
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Episode 293: Jay & Ray get hungry for some old thanksgiving foodioms. -Encore talk turkey easy as pie Subscribe, review, and come find us on BlueSky, Insta, & FB. Big Science Music is an award-winning original music and sound boutique. Providing scoring, sound design, radio, podcast, and all audio-post production services for the advertising, film,…
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Send us a text Happy American Thanksgiving! We're rerunning one of my favorite episodes from four years ago where Rebecca and I talk about what God is actually like—spoiler: He laughs and takes joy in life, not just suffers on the cross. We also dive into why our Great Sex Rescue research matters and address all those critiques about our methodolog…
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Episode 292: Jay & Ray knock out some old idioms. - Encore cold cocked beats me Subscribe, review, and come find us on BlueSky, Insta, & FB. Big Science Music is an award-winning original music and sound boutique. Providing scoring, sound design, radio, podcast, and all audio-post production services for the advertising, film, and video industries.…
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Send us a text Complementarians use a lot of really nice-sounding words to describe their beliefs about gender roles, but when you actually break down what they mean, they're not talking about roles at all—they're talking about hierarchy. In this episode, Keith and I decode all the euphemisms like "different roles," "servant leadership," and "his h…
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The Scott Horton Academy of Foreign Policy and Freedom: https://scotthortonacademy.com/ /// Keith Knight - Don't Tread on Anyone /// Domestic Imperialism: Nine Reasons I Left Progressivism: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://libertarianinstitute.org/books/domestic-imperialism-nine-reasons-i-left-progressivism/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The Voluntaryist…
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The Scott Horton Academy of Foreign Policy and Freedom: https://scotthortonacademy.com/ /// Keith Knight - Don't Tread on Anyone /// Domestic Imperialism: Nine Reasons I Left Progressivism: https://libertarianinstitute.org/books/domestic-imperialism-nine-reasons-i-left-progressivism/ The Voluntaryist Handbook: https://libertarianinstitute.org/books…
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Episode 291: Jay & Ray take a random approach to some old idioms. -Encore hemming & hawwing butter you up cat got your tongue Subscribe, review, and come find us on BlueSky, Insta, & FB. Big Science Music is an award-winning original music and sound boutique. Providing scoring, sound design, radio, podcast, and all audio-post production services fo…
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Send us a text We're diving into part two of our discussion on Francine Rivers' "And the Shofar Blew.” While Christian fiction can be inspirational, this novel reinforces dangerous theology about marriage, telling abuse victims to stay and suffer "better," portraying women who report pastoral abuse as liars, and presenting an incredibly sexist view…
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James Holland is an internationally acclaimed, best-selling and award-winning historian, writer, and broadcaster, co-host of podcast WW2: We Have Ways of Making You Talka & YouTube channel WW2: Walking the Ground.Follow him on SubStack here: https://james1940.substack.com/James Holland on X: https://x.com/James1940James Holland's book, The Allies S…
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James Holland is an internationally acclaimed, best-selling and award-winning historian, writer, and broadcaster, co-host of podcast WW2: We Have Ways of Making You Talka & YouTube channel WW2: Walking the Ground. Follow him on SubStack here: https://james1940.substack.com/ James Holland on X: https://x.com/James1940 James Holland's book, The Allie…
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Episode 290: Jay & Ray pick an (old) bone about some body idioms. - Encore cold shoulder elbow grease cake eater Subscribe, review, and come find us on BlueSky, Insta, & FB. Big Science Music is an award-winning original music and sound boutique. Providing scoring, sound design, radio, podcast, and all audio-post production services for the adverti…
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Send us a text We're doing something we've never done before—looking at a Christian fiction book to explore how fiction shapes our theology of marriage. Today we're discussing Francine Rivers' "And the Shofar Blew.” We're talking about how fiction doesn't give explicit advice but still profoundly influences our worldview about faith and marriage, a…
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Tom Woods is the New York Times bestselling author of 13 books, including The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History and Meltdown (on the financial crisis of 2008). Tom, who holds a bachelor’s degree in history from Harvard and his Ph.D. from Columbia University, has lectured at universities around the world, and his books have been transl…
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Tom Woods is the New York Times bestselling author of 13 books, including The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History and Meltdown (on the financial crisis of 2008).Tom, who holds a bachelor’s degree in history from Harvard and his Ph.D. from Columbia University, has lectured at universities around the world, and his books havebeen translat…
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Episode 289: Jay & Ray get eerily close with a few old frightful idioms - encore. graveyard shift bat outta hell jack-o-lantern skeletons in the closet Subscribe, review, and come find us on BlueSky, Insta, & FB. Big Science Music is an award-winning original music and sound boutique. Providing scoring, sound design, radio, podcast, and all audio-p…
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Send us a text Ever been told you're complaining too much about how women are treated because "things are so much better now"? Yeah, me too. In this episode, I sit down with journalist and author Dorothy Greco to talk about her new book For the Love of Women, and we dig into why sexism is absolutely still alive and well—and how it's affecting all o…
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/// Keith Knight - Don't Tread on Anyone /// Domestic Imperialism: Nine Reasons I Left Progressivism: https://libertarianinstitute.org/books/domestic-imperialism-nine-reasons-i-left-progressivism/ The Voluntaryist Handbook: https://libertarianinstitute.org/books/voluntaryist-handbook/ Support the show, PayPal: [email protected] or Venmo: @Ke…
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/// Keith Knight - Don't Tread on Anyone /// Domestic Imperialism: Nine Reasons I Left Progressivism: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://libertarianinstitute.org/books/domestic-imperialism-nine-reasons-i-left-progressivism/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The Voluntaryist Handbook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://libertarianinstitute.org/books/voluntaryist-handbook/ …
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Episode 288: Jay and Ray do some investigative yellow journalism. what a crock! yellow journalism Subscribe, review, and come find us on BlueSky, Insta, & FB. Big Science Music is an award-winning original music and sound boutique. Providing scoring, sound design, radio, podcast, and all audio-post production services for the advertising, film, and…
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Send us a text We're diving into the euphemisms used in Christian marriage books and by evangelical pastors, and when you translate them into actual language, it gets real creepy real fast. From Kevin Leman's "Mr. Happy" to Josh Butler's semen theology, these authors hide harmful messages behind flowery or vague language. When authors tell women to…
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/// Keith Knight - Don't Tread on Anyone /// Domestic Imperialism: Nine Reasons I Left Progressivism: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://libertarianinstitute.org/books/domestic-imperialism-nine-reasons-i-left-progressivism/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The Voluntaryist Handbook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://libertarianinstitute.org/books/voluntaryist-handbook/ ⁠⁠⁠…
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/// Keith Knight - Don't Tread on Anyone /// Domestic Imperialism: Nine Reasons I Left Progressivism: https://libertarianinstitute.org/books/domestic-imperialism-nine-reasons-i-left-progressivism/ The Voluntaryist Handbook: https://libertarianinstitute.org/books/voluntaryist-handbook/ Support the show, PayPal: [email protected] or Venmo: @Ke…
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Episode 287: Jay & Ray get in the ring with a few old sports idioms - Encore. ringer go to bat for hat trick rubber match Subscribe, review, and come find us on BlueSky, Insta, & FB. Big Science Music is an award-winning original music and sound boutique. Providing scoring, sound design, radio, podcast, and all audio-post production services for th…
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Send us a text We're celebrating episode 300 with a "Best of Becca" compilation! Rebecca and I react to her most memorable moments from the past six years of podcasting—from rabid raccoons to pooping in the shower to Gerald not being able to slay dragons. We also reflect on how the evangelical landscape has shifted since we started, why we're no lo…
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/// Keith Knight - Don't Tread on Anyone /// Domestic Imperialism: Nine Reasons I Left Progressivism: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://libertarianinstitute.org/books/domestic-imperialism-nine-reasons-i-left-progressivism/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The Voluntaryist Handbook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://libertarianinstitute.org/books/voluntaryist-handbook/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠…
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Full discussion with Tom Woods: https://youtu.be/5h2YFI-Opt8?si=934mRaUNxoO8hAOB /// Keith Knight - Don't Tread on Anyone /// Domestic Imperialism: Nine Reasons I Left Progressivism: https://libertarianinstitute.org/books/domestic-imperialism-nine-reasons-i-left-progressivism/ The Voluntaryist Handbook: https://libertarianinstitute.org/books/volunt…
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Episode 286: Jay & Ray make newsense with some old nonsense. - Encore lackadaisical flabbergasted gobsmacked shenanigans Subscribe, review, and come find us on BlueSky, Insta, & FB. Big Science Music is an award-winning original music and sound boutique. Providing scoring, sound design, radio, podcast, and all audio-post production services for the…
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Send us a text Does God really tell women they need to submit to abuse and stay in marriages where they're being raped and harmed? Today's interview with Dr. Helen Painter is one you need to hear—whether you're stuck in an abusive marriage getting horrible advice from your pastor, or you know someone who is. We're diving deep into what the Bible ac…
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Episode 285: Jay & Ray get down to business with old potty talk - Encore latrine privy head commode Subscribe, review, and come find us on BlueSky, Insta, & FB. Big Science Music is an award-winning original music and sound boutique. Providing scoring, sound design, radio, podcast, and all audio-post production services for the advertising, film, a…
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Send us a text Two major studies today prove what we've been saying: purity culture makes people unable to recognize marital and date rape as actual rape, and male porn use hurts women regardless of their attitude toward it—though religious women suffer more because of the scripts we've been given. Then I interview Joash Thomas about his book The J…
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Episode 284: Jay & Ray promote a few (old) important titles. - Encore big-wig mogul muckity muck head honcho Subscribe, review, and come find us on BlueSky, Insta, & FB. Big Science Music is an award-winning original music and sound boutique. Providing scoring, sound design, radio, podcast, and all audio-post production services for the advertising…
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Send us a text It's The Great Sex Rescue--but for parenting! The Christian parenting industry has been feeding us garbage for decades, and Keith and I sat down with Marissa Burt and Kelsey Kramer McGinnis, authors of "The Myth of Good Christian Parenting," to talk about how we got here. THE MYTH OF GOOD CHRISTIAN PARENTING Pre-Order the book now--a…
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