Somebody Has To Say It Podcast: Are Our Words Making Us Meaner Than We Think with Mike Macknaik and Victoria Cuore
About this episode
The episode discusses how lazy language can lead to sloppy thinking and reduced empathy.
Send us Fan Mail “Literally” might be the most abused word in the English language, but our real problem is bigger than a few annoying phrases. We start out laughing about the modern lexicon that drives us nuts, from “also too” to “no worries” to the oddly formal “have a great rest of your day,” and then we follow the thread to what’s underneath: when language gets lazy, our thinking gets sloppy, and our empathy can shrink right along with it. From there, we dig into the labels that people t...
People in this episode
Host: Victoria Cuore
Guest: Mike Macknaik
Topics covered
- language
- empathy
- communication
- modern lexicon
- sloppy thinking
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