Podcast appearances and mentions of Benjamin K Bergen

Dr. Benjamin Bergen is a Cognitive Science professor at the University of California San Diego, the author of the book, What the F, and was featured on the Netflix series “The History of Swear Words.” Here he shares what makes a word bad, discusses the future of cussing, the efficacy of word prohibition & the cultural influence of cursing etymology around the world.If you liked this episode, you'll also like episode 68: CROSS-CULTURAL RELATIONSHIPS? LESSONS OF LOVE FROM YOUTUBE CREATOR DATING BEYOND BORDERSGuest: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-bergen-a89b763/  | https://www.amazon.com/Benjamin-K-Bergen/e/B00DVR8POC/ref=aufs_dp_fta_dskHost:  https://www.meredithforreal.com/  | https://www.instagram.com/meredithforreal/  | meredith@meredithforreal.com | https://www.youtube.com/meredithforreal  | https://www.facebook.com/meredithforrealthecuriousintrovertSponsors: Watch me on TV https://bit.ly/3ImiTat |   https://uwf.edu/university-advancement/departments/historic-trust/ | https://www.ensec.net/

After Beyoncé and Lizzo both retroactively removed ableist slurs from their recent releases, we wanted to learn how some words start out or become offensive, why they're hurtful, and whether marginalized communities can 'reclaim' words used against them. Two linguists join us to explain: Dr. Deborah Tannen is a professor of Linguistics at Georgetown University, and author of That's Not What I Meant!: How Conversational Style Makes or Breaks Relationships; and Benjamin K. Bergen is director of the Language and Cognition Lab at University of California, San Diego. Plus, listeners call in to tell us about their experiences with hurtful language.  

The name of this podcast includes profanity, so it may not be terribly surprising that Dawn was delighted to embrace the subject of the next episode: The F-WordHer guest is the delightful and hilarious, Ryan Ripple, and together they discuss not only the origin and creative utilization of our favorite curse word - but the history of cursing in general. We also get into the science of swearing and how it functions within our brain. Why for example, does your pain tolerance demonstrably increase when you yell FUCK but not when you yell TOMATO.It's a hell of a good time - gosh darn glad you're here!PART 100:02:15 - Not only do we meet our guest, Ryan Ripple, but the off-mic master that is my little dog, Yogurt. 00:03:20 - The History of Dawn and Ryan from their meeting as backlot tour guides at Universal Studios Hollywood (the entertainment capital of LA.)00:06:25 - Ryan and Dawn reveal their favorite swears and why they love them so. 00:12:37 - Dawn discusses why she chose to include the F-word in the title of the podcast despite some real and technical liabilities to doing so. 00:15:58 - Dawn quizzes Ryan on his ability to remember George Carlin's famous list of the 7 Words You Can't Say on Television. 00:18:17 - Dawn's research includes: Nine Nasty Words by James McWhorter,  What The F by Benjamin K Bergen00:19:10 - How George Carlin and Lenny Bruce changed history and US Law with their profane comedy. PART II00:30:16 - Profanity and your brain: why does a different part of our brain light up when we say tomato versus fuck. How does it effect our ability to tolerate pain?00:35:00 - The 3 Kinds of cursing: Offensive to God, offensive to the Body, Offensive to a Group of People. 00:38:00 - The OG of cursing and why 'swearing upon God' is still a mightily profane to many people. 00:42:05 - The Birth of 'FUCK' - when we first saw it in writing and how it evolved.00:48:52 - Dawn lays out a long, but hardly complete, list of the varying ways that we use 'fuck' in contemporary American English. 00:55:30 - What is expletive infixation and why you should abso-fucking-lutely use it. 00:59:37 - If you think english-speaking Americans love 'fuck' wait til you hear how much the Russians love 'dick.'01:06:00 - End of show credits and introduction to the next episode - a continuation of this conversation and even more profanity to come! The next episode [Jan. 19th] with cover Shit, the other F-word, and even a word so hot and sharp, Dawn won't even say it! ---HILF Podcast on Instagram  -Go here to see lots of photos and updates on guests and research. HILF Podcast on FacebookHILF Podcast on Youtube**We are a new podcast and still growing and learning. More resources and links will be available... as we get better at this. Thanks for listening and please reach out to let us know where you are and what you want us to F next.     

What makes a word profane? Why are my swear words different from my parents'? If swearing is so bad, why do we do it? And what can a culture's swear words tell us about the things they hold taboo? Today's guest is Dr. Benjamin K. Bergen, professor of cognitive science at UC San Diego and author of the book "What the F: What Swearing Reveals About Our Language, Our Brains, and Ourselves." Click here to see citations for this episode! Follow on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Google Podcasts Follow and review on Podchaser Suggest a taboo topic via ashley@tabooscience.show Visit tabooscience.show for more   Taboo Science is written and produced by Ashley Hamer. Theme music by Danny Lopatka of DLC Music.  

Should you swear around your kids?  Rob talks to Benjamin K. Bergen, Professor, Director of the Department of Cognitive Science and Associate Dean, Division of Social Sciences at the University of California, San Diego.

Kids get grounded for swearing, and bad words are banned from television... but why is that the case if most adults swear anyway? Linguist and cognitive scientist Benjamin K. Bergen says that swearing can be funny, cathartic, and even useful! In this rated-PG episode, he explains how the science of swearing can help us understand how our brains process language, and what the worst words tell us about our culture. And the episode is squeaky clean: no swearing included!  More from Curiosity: BACKBLAZE: Fully featured 15-day free trial of unlimited cloud backup for your Mac or PC, which you can get for just $5/month SKILLSHARE: Two months of unlimited access to more than 20 thousand classes for just 99 cents THRIVE MARKET: Get an extra 25% off your first order along with a free 30-day trial Swearing Can Literally Dull The Pain This 1785 Dictionary of Vulgar Phrases Is a Hilarious Collection of Bad Words from the Past The First Barcode Scanned Gravitational Lensing Is a Magnifying Glass Made by Gravity Additional resources from Dr. Benjamin Bergen: Benjamin K. Bergen, UC San Diego Department of Cognitive Science "What the F: What Swearing Reveals About Our Language, Our Brains, and Ourselves" "Louder Than Words: The New Science of How the Mind Makes Meaning"Other studies and resources discussed: Swearing, Euphemisms, and Linguistic Relativity | PLOS Effect of Manipulated State Aggression on Pain Tolerance | SAGE Journals Cursing and gender in a corpus of MySpace pages | Semantic Scholar Swearing in English: Bad Language, Purity and Power from 1586 to the Present | Google Books Gender, expletive use, and context: Male and female expletive use in structured and unstructured conversation among New Zealand university students | ProQuest See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Benjamin K. Bergen, author of the upcoming What the F: What Swearing Reveals About Our Language, Our Brains, and Ourselves, discusses the science of cursing. Join Slate Plus! Members get bonus segments, exclusive member-only podcasts, and more. Sign up for a free trial today at www.slate.com/podcastsplus. Twitter: @lexiconvalley Facebook: facebook.com/LexiconValley Email: lexiconvalley@slate.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices