Lori returns from COVID exile to trash what CIB became in her absence, Strassmann heads to bourbon country to get off a good one, and we discuss the pitfalls of euphemizing everything. Listen, if you must! Has something we said, or failed to say, made you FEEL something? You can tell us all about it on Facebook or Twitter, leave a comment on the show’s page on our website, or you can send us an email here. Enjoy!

Show Rundown
Open — Lori’s glorious return, and Silent Auction & Bingo Night thrills
15:42 — Talking to the robits about ourselves
24:13 — Strassmann in bourbon country
27:36 — When euphemism strikes back: the Canadian Hard R, Fast Food Freestyle, Snoop on the Nizzews, LA Times de-harming the language, “digital blackface,” and mini liquor bottles
1:06:38 — Tennessee school shooting
1:15:33 — Agatha Christie gets the Roald Dahl treatment, but he never wrote a book called James and the Giant XXXXXXX
1:20:19 — Wrap-up! John Wick 4, Lord of the Rings, The Lobster, Succession season four begins

Relevant Linkage

Los Angeles Times: No, my Japanese American parents were not ‘interned’ during WWII. They were incarcerated

CNN: What’s ‘digital blackface?’ And why is it wrong when White people use it?

USA Today: Boston radio host under fire for 'extremely offensive' comment about ESPN's Mina Kimes

Wikipedia: Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None

The Guardian: Agatha Christie novels reworked to remove potentially offensive language