We can presume things, which may or may not be presumptuous. We can also assume things, which then raises the question of whether things can be "assumptuous."By Anne Curzan, Rebecca Kruth

For those of us of a certain age, if we whack a tennis ball or a softball too hard or at the wrong angle, we could throw our back out of whack.By Rebecca Kruth, Anne Curzan

We sometimes talk about stealing or robbery in terms of "lifting" things, and this is relevant to "heists" as well.By Anne Curzan, Rebecca Kruth

We will never know some of the informal language that was bandied about among speakers in the time of Beowulf.By Rebecca Kruth, Anne Curzan

There are so many interesting bits of language in the world, we can’t help but notice. The question is, when you notice someone saying something interesting, should you point it out?By Anne Curzan, Rebecca Kruth

In a criminal case, you just might need a linguist.By Rebecca Kruth, Anne Curzan

There's competitive forensics, but there's also forensic medicine, forensic accounting, and forensic linguistics too.By Anne Curzan, Rebecca Kruth

The word "deadpan" is on the rise, as multiple parts of speech. That "pan" is related to the historical expression “shut your pan."By Rebecca Kruth, Anne Curzan

Not all of us use the word 'whenever' in exactly the same way, and people are noticing.By Anne Curzan, Rebecca Kruth

It’s 100% true that people online are asking about sentences like, “I got an a hundred on the test.”By Anne Curzan, Rebecca Kruth

The way some people use "resonate" doesn't resonate with all of our listeners.By Rebecca Kruth, Anne Curzan

We can sweep the floor, sweep the board, sweep the stakes, sweep the series – and maybe it will even be called a "clean sweep."By Anne Curzan, Rebecca Kruth

While you may not find “comfortability” in many standard dictionaries yet, it is out there in circulation with “comfortableness.”By Rebecca Kruth, Anne Curzan

Sometimes we’re left in the lurch. It’s probably fair to say that most of us don’t know where that lurch is.By Anne Curzan, Rebecca Kruth

It appears that some of those bad or uneasy feelings we may feel in the pit of our stomach have become a pit in our stomach.By Rebecca Kruth, Anne Curzan

It's that time again. With 2024 behind us, we can vote on the word of the year.By Anne Curzan, Rebecca Kruth

We can pepper our food or pepper our speech. If the mood strikes us, we can be peppy in a pep rally sort of way.By Rebecca Kruth, Anne Curzan

There's examples all over the the place of people using "there's" before a plural noun. In fact, we just gave you one.

As 2024 comes to a close, the kicker for the Kansas City Chiefs football team gave us a reason to use the verb "doink."By Anne Curzan, Rebecca Kruth

We can still reach out the car window to grab a parking ticket, but today, "reaching out" can also mean "pinging" someone to make a connection.By Rebecca Kruth, Anne Curzan

This week, we continue to hear from the candidates running to be Montana’s next governor. Libertarian Kaiser Leib worked as a software developer before starting his stand up comedy production company in Helena. We’ll talk today about how he views taxation, transgender rights, and climate change and how tangible libertarian ideals really are. After …

From 1995 to 2020, Ryan Busse worked in the gun industry as the vice president of sales for Kimber America. This sparked his 2021 book, Gunfight: My Battle Against the Industry that Radicalized America, and a period in his life when he began to question his political beliefs. His sons were 2 of the 16 plaintiffs in Held v. Montana, a landmark clima…

During the pandemic, I learned to love cooking. I picked up a copy of the Art of Simple Cooking ad started experimenting with salad dressings, pie dough, and breads. My guest today is who I have to thank for that. Alice Waters built her restaurant, Chez Panisse, off of the food culture in France, where she visited at 19, and the values of Maria Mon…

Join Millicent Oriana, her co-host Jacob Urban, and SFTM producer Sofía Baca as they discuss two very bad (or should we say *scary* bad) films from none other than the folks from the show with way too much nudity and gore for what otherwise was written like Goosebumps; that's right: Tales From the Crypt. Find out why Dennis Miller is the worst ongo…

Join Millicent Oriana, co-host Jacob Urban, and producer Sofía Baca as they discuss the phenomenon of Japanese holdouts from World War 2. References: "Tokyo Rose", Tokyo, Japan, 09/20/1945, US National Archives on YouTube The Speciality of Infantry/Hohei no honryo(歩兵の本領)[Japanese marching song][+English translation] on YouTube "Bart Gets an Elephan…

Join Millicent Oriana, her co-host Jacob Urban, and producer Sofía Baca as they discuss three very strange sports stories. Works Cited: Aqua Teen Hunger Force - "South Bronx Paradise" The Simpsons - "Burns, Baby, Burns", "Monty Can't Buy Me Love", "Homie the Clown", "Lisa's Rival", "Fear of Flying" Speed Racer (1967) Treasure of the Sierra …

Join Millicent Oriana, her co-host Jacob Urban, and producer Sofia Baca as they finish their review of Scott Adams' book "God's Debris"! Squidbillies: "Limbitless" (S9E2) Bob's Burgers: "My Fuzzy Valentine" (S3E13), "Dr. Yap" (S2E6) The Venture Bros.: "Assisted Suicide" (S4E14) The Simpsons: "Round Springfield" (S6E22) It's Always Sunny in Phiadelp…

Hi, Technically we're off for the summer, but it's fun to break rules. Today, a conversation about religion, parenting, acting, and comedy with David Cross. Cross is best known for partnering with Bob Odenkirk in the 1990s to create Mr. Show, and acting in shows and movies such as Arrested Development, where he played the Tobias Funke, and Alvin an…

Join Millicent Oriana and her co-host Jacob Urban and producer Sofia Baca as they, once again, delve into a review of “God’s Debris”. References: Invader Zim: “Germs”. SpongeBob SquarePants: “Just One Bite”. Miracles by ICP. It’s Always Sunny - “The Gang buys a Boat”, “The Gang Saves the Day”. Documentary Now! - “Location is Everything”. Peep Show …

Today we talk to forensic pathologist Werner Spitz. Dr. Spitz is 96 but shows no signs of retirement. As we’ll find out, he wouldn’t even want to retire on his 100th birthday in 2026. Spitz was born in what was then Germany and is now Poland in 1926 to a Jewish family and moved to France early in Hitler’s rise to power. The family moved to Israel, …