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Going Back To The Office Bathroom; "Familect"; And, The Semiotics Of Unmasking

Mark Buckawicki
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Using our private bathrooms while working from home opened our eyes to how uncomfortable it can be to use public bathrooms at the office - especially when you have a digestive issue.

Also this hour: "Familect" are the invented nicknames, references, and jokes shared by people who live together. For example, my husband calls me "diller," because I remind him of the hard-headed armadillo that kept crashing into our tent on our honeymoon. 

Lastly, the semiotics of unmasking.

GUESTS:

  •  Angela Lashbrook is a health, tech, and books writer. Her work has appeared in OneZero, Refinery29, The Atlantic, Vice, Vox, The Outline, and other places.  
  • Dr. Neil Parikh is a gastroenterologist for Hartford Healthcare and Connecticut GI
  • Kathryn Hymes is a computational linguist and the co-founder of Thorny Games, a game studio out of Washington DC
  • Mignon Fogarty is the founder of the Quick and Dirty Tips network and creator of the Grammar Girl website and podcast. She’s the author of Grammar Girl’s Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing.
  • Glynnis MacNicol is a writer and the author of No One Tells You This: A Memoir. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, The Cut, and the New York Daily News among others.
  • Emily Gardner Xu Hallis a musical theatre writer, composer and actor. Born in Tokyo and raised in London, she now lives in Harlem, New York City. 

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Colin McEnroe and Cat Pastor contributed to this show. 

Betsy started as an intern at WNPR in 2011 after earning a Master's Degree in American and Museum Studies from Trinity College. She served as the Senior Producer for 'The Colin McEnroe Show' for several years before stepping down in 2021 and returning to her previous career as a registered nurse. She still produces shows with Colin and the team when her schedule allows.

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