The weekend is over, but the holiday is Tuesday. Our solution: take the day off.
We offer up a couple of JX gems from the past for today's broadcast, starting with American Crusade: How the Supreme Court is Weaponizing Religious Freedom by Andrew Seidel.
The author resisted Christian Nationalism before the term came into broad use. The book pre-dates the decision overturning Roe v Wade, but not by much.
Also in the hour: we lighten things up a bit by exploring how modern electronics and networks change language, LOL.
IOHO, linguist Gretchen McCulloch covers a lot of ground in Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language. BTW, one major point is that language is ALWAYS evolving, so we can't blame it ALL on smartphones.