Ben and I are taking a break, getting ready for the next round of language science, news, and interviews. So we’re in repeats for the next few weeks.
But I’m still talking to James Hall every Tuesday.
Promo, 24 June 2014
Here’s the map:
https://imgur.com/gallery/2GHdRDg
Why do we call it soccer?
http://iowapublicradio.org/post/why-do-we-call-it-soccer
http://www.history.com/news/ask-history/why-do-some-people-call-it-soccer
Bola sepak
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bola_sepak#Etymology
Promo, 1 July 2014
Huffington Post: You May Have Been A Lab Rat In A Huge Facebook Experiment
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/29/facebook-experiment-psychological_n_5540018.html
Everything We Know About Facebook’s Secret Mood Manipulation Experiment
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/06/everything-we-know-about-facebooks-secret-mood-manipulation-experiment/373648/
The experimenter speaks out
https://www.facebook.com/akramer/posts/10152987150867796
Facebook researcher: ‘We care about the emotional impact of Facebook’
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2449040/facebook-researcher-defends-controversial-psychology-experiment-on-users.html
Facebook’s Experiment On Emotions Sounds Creepier Than It Was
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffbercovici/2014/06/30/facebooks-experiment-on-emotions-sounds-creepier-than-it-was/
Promo, 8 July 2014
Article: Maybe ‘that’s so gay’ is actually ok for young people to say
https://theconversation.com/maybe-thats-so-gay-is-actually-ok-for-young-people-to-say-28687
But lots of gay people feel that this is derogatory. There are other things to say.
http://www.thinkb4youspeak.com
Promo, 15 July 2014
Information about the supermoon
http://earthsky.org/space/what-is-a-supermoon
Maybe the super moon isn’t such a big deal after all
http://xkcd.com/1394/
but I’ll still check it out in August and September.
New episodes starting next week!
