The History of F@!#%$g Profanity

It's a god#%m mothe$#@king s*#tshow on this week's episode as the guys explore the history, purpose, and benefits of profanity. Keep it classy, Insomniacs. 

 

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In this episode:  

• Profanus: Outside of Temple
• Zounds
• Osculation
• Sl*tty Tummies
• The Overton Window
• Modern Profanity: Racism, Sexism, and all the other isms
• The Problem With Time Machines
• The Home of Profanity: The Right-Brain Limbic System
• Aphasia
• International Restrictions on Speech
• Obscenity Laws
• The Miller Test (The 3-Pronged Obscenity Test)
• Averages and Community Standards
• Lenny Bruce
• Jim Morrison, Hugh Hefner, and Mae West
• George Carlin's "7 Dirty Words"
• Eddie Murphy's "Delirious"
• Telegraph, Radio, and Television
• The Radio Act of 1912 
• The Federal Radio Commission
• The Radio Act of 1927
• The Federal Communications Commission
• WBAI 
• John Douglas Goes to the Supreme Court
• The Code of Practices for Television Broadcasters
• The Fairness Doctrine
• The Hays Code (The Motion Picture Production Code)
• The MPAA and Arbitrary Ratings
• Steven Pinker and the 5 Functions of Swearing
• Cathartic, Dysphemistic, Emphatic, Idiomatic, Coprolalia

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