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David Boles: Human Meme

Welcome to the David Boles: Human Meme podcast! You may subscribe via Apple iTunes, Google Play Music, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, TuneIn, Pocket Casts, Spotify and RSS or your own podcast player. We explore ideas of knowing, merits of sharing, and the danger of thought -- as one listener wrote about this podcast; "Mindfulness with an edge" and another said, "You have the spirit of philosophy; you inspire dialectic thoughts." David Boles lives at Boles.com, writes for BolesBlogs.com, and publishes with BolesBooks.com. David Boles' memetic conundrum considers the braided prairie pause against the sinking sky: "I can't see what it is; and I don't know what it isn't."

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  2. Beyond Kindly and Literally: Rediscovering Authenticity in Language

Beyond Kindly and Literally: Rediscovering Authenticity in Language

Dec 1, 2023

Today we will investigate why, in the tapestry of modern communication, two words have woven themselves with a prominence that's both intriguing and occasionally irksome: "kindly" and "literally." Their overuse and misuse in contemporary discourse invite a deep dive into their origins, meanings, and the peculiar paths they've taken through the English language.