On this week’s episode of EarBurner, Dr. Seema Yasmin — public health professor at the University of Texas at Dallas and reporter for the Dallas Morning News — discusses her recent article on vaginal rejuvenation, the public shaming of the two “normal, white women” at the Kessler Theater, and how a native Londoner ended up living in Rockwall.
After the show, Yasmin sampled the Old Monk‘s fish & chips for the first time. She pronounced them “pretty good,” which is pretty much a ringing endorsement from a proper Englishwoman.
What else you should know to better enjoy the show:
1) Allen C. Liles was formerly a vice president of public relations for 7-Eleven stores. In 1977, he wrote the book Oh Thank Heaven: The Story of the Southland Corporation. He was later ordained as a nondenominational minister. The company slogan “Oh Thank Heaven For 7-Eleven” was first used in 1969. I could not immediately confirm whether Liles was the man who thought it up.
2) Marfa is about 490 miles from West, Texas. Google Maps has three suggested routes for Yasmin’s road trip.
3) Justine Sacco is the PR executive for a tech company who was fired from her job after her failed attempt at provocative humor blew up the internet while she was asleep on a flight to South Africa. Best-selling author Jon Ronson’s new book, So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed was inspired by the response to her single Tweet at a time when she had only 170 followers.
4) Here’s the Canadian sports reporter telling off Toronto soccer fans who also enjoy the FHRITP meme (NSFW) (How is this a thing?):
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At least one of the guys lost his job.
5) “Received Pronunciation” is considered the standard accent of “Standard English” in the United Kingdom. It’s how the Queen speaks:
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6) Here’s the DMN‘s animation describing a labiaplasty:
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7) This is why Tim isn’t a Ben Ferguson fan.
8) CDC statistics do indicate that pit bulls are the most dangerous breed of dog, BUT their reputation is still rather unfair.
9) I don’t know who David Bannerman Dealey is, but George Bannerman Dealey was the longtime publisher of the Morning News.
10) You can hear KERA’s Sam Baker say “vaginal rejuvenation” here.
11) “Tejas” means “friends” or possibly “allies.”
12) Platypuses are mammals.
OK, get listening below, on iTunes, Stitcher, or your favorite podcatcher:
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