Lexicon Valley from Booksmart Studios
Lexicon Valley from Booksmart Studios
The Evolution of 'Woke'
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The Evolution of 'Woke'

In this special crossover episode, John discusses the problem with "problematic" and tracks the shifting meaning of "cancel culture."
John McWhorter
May 10, 2022
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What does it mean to be woke? Has the word problematic become problematic? Today in the Valley, John McWhorter talks with Banished host Amna Khalid about the fraught vocabulary of modern censorship.

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Lexicon Valley from Booksmart Studios
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A podcast about language, with host John McWhorter.
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