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“I don’t even know where to begin, but Celeste Headlee is such an absurd arguer. Almost all of my positions are very liberal, and I come into every debate on Celeste’s side, but she argues them so poorly and with terrible tactics like cutting off the guests for an ad breaks but only after she gets the last word in, making blatantly false claims, and throwing in unrelated tangents that the guests don’t have a chance to defend. I almost always sympathize much more with the guests by the end of the show. I usually still don't agree with their opinions, but I feel like they at least made an honest effort. Celeste makes such poor and unfair arguments. I think most of the topics are still very important to debate, but not with her as the host. However, I think I get even angrier at the topics she has that should not even be in this feed. Are cruises cool? Christmas should be tacky? These are 100% debates of people’s preferences with no larger policy or society implications. Instead they just makes me hate her more. This is not a good approach to having real debates where people learn from each other. This is just another example of a self important liberal blowhard giving those of us with a sincere desire to understand different opinions a bad name.”Read full review »
Elbowpatched via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
02/21/24
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“What a great show. Bob and Mike are experienced presenters and it shows. Some podcasts, you can almost see the hosts ticking items off their agenda as they stumble along. Not Lexicon Valley. Even though the show has had only a handful-and-a-bit of episodes, it flows like one that's been...”Read full review »
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03/21/12
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“In its six episodes, Slate's Lexicon Valley has already become one of the podcasts I look forward to the most. It is a nuanced discussion of linguistics, dealing with the differences and difficulties of linguistic prescriptivism and its rival, linguistic descriptivism.
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YouAteMyCheeto via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
03/13/12
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“Love this podcast and it features two of my favorite things NPR and Slate. Nerdy, fun, informative, well timed, you will always learn something, even if you had something better to do.”
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United States of America ·
04/04/12
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