Hey everyone, it's John Favreau. Ben, Tommy, and the rest of the Potsave the World team are on break this week,

but we didn't want to leave you empty handed.

So just for today, this is love it, by the way, because I don't introduce myself.

We're sharing a new episode of Crooked's Limited Series podcast, Radio Lingo, hosted by Ahmed Ali Akbar,

audio journalist and James Beard award-winning writer.

If you ever curious about how saying fuck is good for your health or the origin of Dothraki,

it's the Game of Thrones language for people who don't know,

this podcast is a smart, fun way to find out. Keep listening to hear a full episode about the power

of gendered language. And don't forget to follow Radio Lingo for free wherever you get your podcast.

We made this with Duelingo. That's enough from us. Enjoy.

Let's start today's episode with a thought experiment. You're going to hear a story.

The little story that we use with Trojan.

This is Pascal Gigax. He's a professor at the University of Freiburg and leads the

Psycho-Linguistics and Applied Social Psychology Group.

So the story goes as follows. A father and a son go on a trip.

The father is driving and the son is next to him. Then they have a car accident.

And the father dies straight away, but the son is brought to the hospital.

And when the son arrives at the hospital, the surgeon there goes to see this new patient and says,

I can't operate him. This is my son. So how is this possible? Think about what your answer would be.

I struggled with it for a second, but here's mine. Presumably it's because he has two fathers.

He's raised by two people who identify as male.

Sorry, that is one possible answer. And Pascal says he's getting the

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