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Parasocial Climbing

Lexicon Valley

Lexicon Valley

Society & Culture, Education

4.8611 Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2026

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

In our age of AI, the word "parasocial" has gained new relevance. Mike Vuolo and Bob Garfield trace its rise and discuss other "para" words like paragraph and parachute. Visit Lexicon Valley. A Booksmart Studios Production. Episode 300: "Parasocial Climbing." With Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo. Edited and produced by Mike Vuolo. Produced by Livia Bloom Ingram. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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From Book Smart Studios, this is Lexagon Valley, a podcast about language.

1:02.1

I'm Bob Garfield with Mike Volo, and today we'll talk about a common prefix that is attached to dozens of words,

1:09.5

and we'll discuss in depth one of those examples in particular.

1:13.6

Hey, Mikey.

1:14.5

Hey, Bobby.

1:15.0

How you doing?

1:16.0

Splendid, thank you, and your own self.

1:18.1

I'm great.

1:18.9

I'm great.

1:19.5

You know, I've noticed that when you intro the show, you do it in a way that is paradoxically both accurate and mysterious at the same time.

1:30.2

It's a pattern.

1:32.3

It's a paradigm, if you want to get fancy about it.

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