{"podcast":{"title":"Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris","slug":"words-unravelled-with-robwords-and-jess-zafarris-6871407","podcast_index_feed_id":6871407,"rss_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5128892.rss","website_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5128892","image_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/41498897.png","author":"Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris","episode_count":94,"summary":"Jess Zafarris and Rob Watts unravel the stories behind everyday words. Want to watch our episodes too? Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8R3ZnESMdsuTevq4ib9CvA","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T14:17:03.282672+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/words-unravelled-with-robwords-and-jess-zafarris-6871407"},"episode":{"title":"Slurs and taboos with Professor John McWhorter","slug":"slurs-and-taboos-with-professor-john-mcwhorter","published_at":"2026-03-11T06:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/words-unravelled-with-robwords-and-jess-zafarris-6871407/slurs-and-taboos-with-professor-john-mcwhorter","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/words-unravelled-with-robwords-and-jess-zafarris-6871407","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8871878","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8871878.mp3?modified=1773134920&sid=5128892&source=rss","summary":"Rob and Jess are joined by the brilliant John McWhorter to discuss words you're not allowed to use. Professor McWhorter has written extensively about taboos, slurs and profanities and brings his unparalleled expertise on the English language. 🤬 Is \"the R word\" becoming even more taboo? 🤐 Are we \"unaliving\" our way to a new era of self-censorship? 🔄 Can a slur ever be truly \"reclaimed\"? These questions answered, and many more, in a fascinatingly frank episode of Words Unravelled. More about John: https://johnmcwhorter.org/ 📕 Nine Nasty Words: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/624619/nine-nasty-words-by-john-mcwhorter/ 👕 OUR MERCH 👚 US SHOP: https://wordsunravelledshop.myspreadshop.com/ EU/UK SHOP: https://wordsunravelledshop.myspreadshop.net/ Watch this episode: https://youtu.be/6JYqGa_-UZE","meta_description":"Rob and Jess are joined by the brilliant John McWhorter to discuss words you're not allowed to use. Professor McWhorter has written extensively about tabo…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2599,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/words-unravelled-with-robwords-and-jess-zafarris-6871407/episodes/slurs-and-taboos-with-professor-john-mcwhorter/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/words-unravelled-with-robwords-and-jess-zafarris-6871407/slurs-and-taboos-with-professor-john-mcwhorter.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}