The following podcast contains explicit language.

From New York City, this is Luxicon Valley, a podcast about language.

I'm John McWhorter, and you know what?

My little girls, six and nine,

because I'm slowly ruining them for larger existence.

Walk around singing this.

Own rings door chimes in comes company.

No strings, good times, room, hums, company.

Late nights, quick bites, party games, deep talks, long walks, telephone calls.

Thought shared souls, bad private names, all those photos up on the walls.

Now they sing other things, Katy Perry, etc.

This is song they sing about something happening in the middle,

but I am steeping them in this music that I torture all of you with.

And that is, of course, the musical company by Steven Sahnheim.

It's the show that pretty much put him on the map, and that is the title song.

And they like this song.

I don't know how much of it they understand,

but I was thinking last time I heard them walking around singing company.

That company means people coming over and having or derves,

and then it also refers to some organization.

How did that happen?

That is an interesting story, and it's one that should be shared with you.

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