Episode 252: A Merry Little Rizzmas

In which RJ, Sarah, and Dave talk top words, millennial motherhoods, cancerous insights, and sad Christmases. Everyone also gives a few recs from the year gone by. Click here (https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/word-of-the-year) to read about Mirieam-Webster's word of the year. Click here (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/03/arts/rizz-oxford-word-year.html) to read about Oxford's. Click here (https://mbird.com/social-science/parenting/thou-shalt-have-a-thing/) to read Jordan Griesbeck's post on Mbird, "Thou Shalt Have a Thing." Click here (https://www.vox.com/features/23979357/millennials-motherhood-dread-parenting-birthrate-women-policy) to read Rachel Cohen's essay for Vox, “How Millennials Learned to Dread Motherhood.” Click here (https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2023/december-web-only/christian-wiman-zero-bone-despair-cancer-christian-faith.html) to read Josh Jeter's interview with Christian Wiman on Christianity Today. Click here (https://mbird.com/holidays/christmas/put-the-sad-back-in-christmas/) to read Sarah's article, "Put the Sad Back in Christmas." The closing song is "Medium Christmas" (https://open.spotify.com/track/6csw8AC2Z3KmR7Fa1q9NYX?si=768270daa5ad4059) by Caroline Fowler and is included with permission.