Words we love to hate

"There is so much hate in the world. People hate smoking, Starbucks, American Idol, air travel, bears, and people of all stripes, based on their race, sex, religion, sexual orientation, nationality, height, width, or favorite Beatle. As for me, I hate Johnny Depp (for his awful, cartoony version of Hunter S. Thompson) and pea soup (too many putrid bowls scarred my childhood).

But of all our prejudices, one of the strangest is surely word aversion, the odd phenomenon of people being grossed out, in an almost physical way, by certain words."   (from this link http://magazine.good.is/articles/why-do-we-hate-the-word-moist)

What words do you hate?  Listen this week as we talk about logomisia.  

Summer Lovin'

Come listen as we talk about staying cool during the hot summer . . . and more about the growing pains and rites of passage that accompany summer break.

"I swear"

This week's discussion was a listener requested topic -- swearing! Listen as we talk about our varied experiences and relationships with and around "salty language!" (note -- no really bad words used in the making of this podcast!)

Where are we from? Part 1

In this episode we speculate about where we are from . . . what we know and what we suspect. This is just part 1 because there will be a follow-up with actual DNA results. We can't wait to know either.

The Mother of All Days!

This image was found on google and kind of summarizes the paradox of this holiday.  Enjoy this podcast episode as we talk with women about what the day means for them.