The importance of saying precisely what you mean. There is profanity in Russian language and it's not just profanity. Your namesake company, Pushkin, is named for someone who was so enamored with precision in words,. He has an entire poem that laughs at censorship and at people being snooty about language.
Maria Konnikova, Revisionist History’s ombudsman—who's also an author, psychologist and professional poker player—is back for another round. This time she reads letters from the audience on the power of debate, and whether or not certain four letter words belong in Pushkin’s podcasts. Maria and Malcolm also look at the Columbia cheating scandal from a different angle, and hand out one more sparkling Pushkin Prize.
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