The 8 Best Word Bomb Podcast Episodes
1) Ep. 8 - 'Renoviction': Portmanteau as protest
What happens when landlords evict tenants to renovate their units and triple the rents? Bitter disputes, drawn-out court battles, fierce housing activism - and a brand-new portmanteau that's catching ...Show More
2) Ep. 2 - 'Doxx': Hacking the language of the internet
What does it mean to "doxx somebody?" Word Bomb hosts Pippa Johnstone and Karina Palmitesta delve deep into the dark history of an ever-evolving culture of online discourse.
3) Ep. 7 - 'Partner': The best name for your better half?
Girlfriend, boyfriend, S.O., bae, better half, sweetheart, beau ... what's in a name? Pippa and Karina debate and dismantle all the names you may choose to call that special someone and discuss the so...Show More
4) Organic: Farm to label
Karina and Pippa take a trip down the grocery aisle to peel back the "organic" label. The organic food industry is booming-but is it all marketing and markup at Whole Foods, or the future of sustainab...Show More
5) Ep. 3 - 'Like': Tackling a like/hate relationship
What does it mean when we pepper everything we say with "like"? Word Bomb hosts Pippa Johnstone and Karina Palmitesta take a good, hard listen to their own speech patterns and reveal some surprising s...Show More
6) Ep. 1 - 'Fat': Go ahead, say the F-word
In our very first episode of Word Bomb, hosts Pippa Johnstone and Karina Palmitesta discuss the word "fat," bias, and the "euphemism treadmill."
7) Ep. 6 - 'Singular They': Busting open the binary
Pippa and Karina journey from the fifteenth century to the present day, tracing the course of a small word with an outsized impact. As singular "they" gains ground as the gender-neutral pronoun of cho...Show More
8) Ep. 9 - 'Native': O Canada, don't label, just listen
In this episode, Karina and Pippa consider the word Native, using it to explore Canada's painful colonial past and present. They discuss the labels applied to Indigenous peoples and sit down with two ...Show More
9) It's time to reevaluate resilience
Well into the second year of the pandemic, is "resilience" really what we need to be cultivating? Pippa and Karina are joined by Julie S. Lalonde, a women's rights advocate and author of the memoir "R...Show More
10) Is our culture getting more culty?
What sets a cult apart from a religion? Is it a harmless groupthink, or something much darker? And why are cults having such a moment right now, from pop culture to politics? Pippa and Karina drink th...Show More