The Power of Language & The Desire to Control It, with Dr. Laura Specker Sullivan

In this episode, we explore the role and power of language - words and phrases - in how we discuss the issues that affect us and that drive our news and information cycles.

Phrases like “Black Lives Matter” and “Cancel Culture,” and words, such as “socialism,” “communism," and “fascism,” are battled over in our media spaces until their actual meaning seems lost and we assign meanings that serve our ends.

My guest is Laura Specker Sullivan, PhD, assistant professor of philosophy at Fordham University.