This is on Beings on Herd Cutts. I'm Christa Tippett. You're listening to my unedited conversation with Jean Berkoglison.

She's a pioneer in the field of psycho linguistics. Download the MP3 of the produced show at onbeings.org

Just this microphone so I don't have to break my neck, doggy. All right. I don't want you to break your neck talking. So please take your time. It could happen

Or we could talk at breakneck speed

Which is always

I just tell that in my kids. I used to say you want me to tell you this story with the three little bears. All right. Here we go

It doesn't come down or should I you want to hike me up?

So it's on a new direction or as they say no, it is not so I should aim toward it. Yeah, you should

Okay, okay, you're perfect and I want to

Pay the big bucks, you know

Who am I talking to? This is Christa Tippett. Hi Christa. Hi

My program is called on being I don't know if you heard it around in Boston. I

It's places six o'clock in the morning. I've got some WGBH. Yeah, I checked it, but then since six o'clock is about two hours after I go to bed

I know it's been on other it's on to other times on WBUR, but it's up in anyway

Oh, is it yeah, well, I should look that up. That's in to you. I only checked it

I checked it on WGBH because somehow, but I should have been smart because WBUR really replicates. Well, I know I know I know

Do you have any questions for me before we start or do you want to hear?

Yes, are we we're not live? We're not live. No, okay?

So you're recording and if we say something that's completely outrageous, you will be able to remove it exactly or keep it because

it's so great. We get to be non-linear and have a real conversation.

All right, and and this is public radio, so when should that use dirty words?

Well, you can use them if you have to, but we have to put warnings in and it's no fun.

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