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Philadelphia Weekly presents a weekly podcast on grammar, language, and all the wonderful ways they piss us off. http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss en-us Copyright 2007, Philadelphia Weekly Jeffrey Barg no Mon, 18 Jun 2007 19:21:51 -0400 Copyright 2007, Philadelphia Weeklyphiladelphia,weekly,newspaper,grammar,english,jeffrey,barg,angry,grammarian,alt,weekly,philly,pennsylvaniaEducationSociety & Culturejbarg@philadelphiaweekly.comJeffrey Bargphiladelphia,weekly,newspaper,grammar,english,jeffrey,barg,angry,grammarian,alt,weekly,philly,pennsylvaniaPhiladelphia Weekly presents a weekly podcast on grammar, language, and all the wonderful ways they piss us off.http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/audio/AG/AG_logo.jpgSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with Pageflakes Philadelphia Weekly The Angry Grammarian and Punctuation Man celebrate National Punctuation Day together with carols, eggnog and head-butts. Just like a happy family should. Tue, 17 Sep 2008 19:15:51 -0400 http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/audio/AG/060308/PW_AngryGrammarian_19.mp3 jbarg@philadelphiaweekly.com (Jeffrey Barg)nophiladelphia,weekly,newspaper,grammar,english,jeffrey,barg,angry,grammarian,alt,weekly,philly,pennsylvania<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/haeqjO_Uv6PlZc6_ZsORq6J75wc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/haeqjO_Uv6PlZc6_ZsORq6J75wc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/haeqjO_Uv6PlZc6_ZsORq6J75wc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/haeqjO_Uv6PlZc6_ZsORq6J75wc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheAngryGrammarianPodcast?a=SMevNPU7idw:rAO7ibrVuPE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheAngryGrammarianPodcast?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheAngryGrammarianPodcast/~4/SMevNPU7idw" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAngryGrammarianPodcast/~3/SMevNPU7idw/PW_AngryGrammarian_19.mp3http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/audio/AG/060308/PW_AngryGrammarian_19.mp3http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/audio/AG/091708/PW_AngryGrammarian_20.mp3 Philadelphia Weekly The Angry Grammarian interviews GRAMMAR FOR THE SOUL author Lawrence Weinstein. Far out. 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Think you know the "that" vs. "which" rule? Think again. 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This time, serial commas ... seriously brutal. 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DeLuna has created a new word, and she wants you to start using it. But do we even need this word? Hear the bizarre interview in this week's podcast. 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Grammar trivia at its bloodiest. 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You'll never read the Bard the same way. Tue, 23 Oct 2007 19:15:51 -0400 http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/audio/AG/102307/PW_AngryGrammarian_14.mp3 jbarg@philadelphiaweekly.com (Jeffrey Barg)nophiladelphia,weekly,newspaper,grammar,english,jeffrey,barg,angry,grammarian,alt,weekly,philly,pennsylvania<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/atGDAcOTvUITTaPzpI7m6uay0Lg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/atGDAcOTvUITTaPzpI7m6uay0Lg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/atGDAcOTvUITTaPzpI7m6uay0Lg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/atGDAcOTvUITTaPzpI7m6uay0Lg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheAngryGrammarianPodcast?a=3NT8nmOxzcU:BSlOzV0Jfis:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheAngryGrammarianPodcast?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheAngryGrammarianPodcast/~4/3NT8nmOxzcU" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAngryGrammarianPodcast/~3/3NT8nmOxzcU/PW_AngryGrammarian_14.mp3http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/audio/AG/102307/PW_AngryGrammarian_14.mp3http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/audio/AG/102307/PW_AngryGrammarian_14.mp3 Philadelphia Weekly The Angry Grammarian and his trusty sidekick the Livid Linguist crash the 215 Festival's Amateur Spelling Bee, which nearly erupts into riots when standard bee protocol isn't followed. Hear all the controversy, the mispelled words, and our exclusive interview with the night's winner. 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This week the Angry Grammarian shows them just how wrong they are. 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Commas and colons have never seen this kind of carnage. 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The grammar rules he enforces makes them all angry grammarians themselves. 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Tue, 28 Aug 2007 19:15:51 -0400 http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/audio/AG/082907/PW_AngryGrammarian_09.mp3 jbarg@philadelphiaweekly.com (Jeffrey Barg)nophiladelphia,weekly,newspaper,grammar,english,jeffrey,barg,angry,grammarian,alt,weekly,philly,pennsylvania<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Sihf5dxbmxV2Ic3splFDAINBmoc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Sihf5dxbmxV2Ic3splFDAINBmoc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Sihf5dxbmxV2Ic3splFDAINBmoc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Sihf5dxbmxV2Ic3splFDAINBmoc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheAngryGrammarianPodcast?a=-eu6XlLpmEk:4eKK9wRoC0I:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheAngryGrammarianPodcast?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheAngryGrammarianPodcast/~4/-eu6XlLpmEk" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAngryGrammarianPodcast/~3/-eu6XlLpmEk/PW_AngryGrammarian_09.mp3http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/audio/AG/082907/PW_AngryGrammarian_09.mp3http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/audio/AG/082907/PW_AngryGrammarian_09.mp3 Philadelphia Weekly It's the song Radiohead were too scared to do, afraid they'd piss off the more comma-happy members of their audience. (And believe us, those Radiohead fans are comma freaks.) AG and the Ellipses perform "Comma Police," about what happens to those who litter their prose with too many commas. Tue, 14 Aug 2007 19:15:51 -0400 http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/audio/AG/081507/PW_AngryGrammarian_08.mp3 jbarg@philadelphiaweekly.com (Jeffrey Barg)nophiladelphia,weekly,newspaper,grammar,english,jeffrey,barg,angry,grammarian,alt,weekly,philly,pennsylvania<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9tPeSYC4dn0inWn51h11gdcDo10/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9tPeSYC4dn0inWn51h11gdcDo10/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9tPeSYC4dn0inWn51h11gdcDo10/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9tPeSYC4dn0inWn51h11gdcDo10/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheAngryGrammarianPodcast?a=Thc8Po5kM_Y:ml3DVpHBqPw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheAngryGrammarianPodcast?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheAngryGrammarianPodcast/~4/Thc8Po5kM_Y" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAngryGrammarianPodcast/~3/Thc8Po5kM_Y/PW_AngryGrammarian_08.mp3http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/audio/AG/081507/PW_AngryGrammarian_08.mp3http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/audio/AG/081507/PW_AngryGrammarian_08.mp3 Philadelphia Weekly The road to rock 'n' roll stardom is littered with grammatical corpses. Why are so many great songs filled with such bad grammar? Would such big hits have succeeded if they went, "She has a ticket to ride," "I can't get any satisfaction," "We are taking care of business" or "Don't you wish your girlfriend were a freak like I am"? Tue, 7 Aug 2007 19:15:51 -0400 http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/audio/AG/080807/PW_AngryGrammarian_07.mp3 jbarg@philadelphiaweekly.com (Jeffrey Barg)nophiladelphia,weekly,newspaper,grammar,english,jeffrey,barg,angry,grammarian,alt,weekly,philly,pennsylvania<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Qg5cxG-8IMAa3QLJdTgwJ_Q1CPA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Qg5cxG-8IMAa3QLJdTgwJ_Q1CPA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Qg5cxG-8IMAa3QLJdTgwJ_Q1CPA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Qg5cxG-8IMAa3QLJdTgwJ_Q1CPA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheAngryGrammarianPodcast?a=_je0YnAS3EY:9kXGECNBZxs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheAngryGrammarianPodcast?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheAngryGrammarianPodcast/~4/_je0YnAS3EY" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAngryGrammarianPodcast/~3/_je0YnAS3EY/PW_AngryGrammarian_07.mp3http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/audio/AG/080807/PW_AngryGrammarian_07.mp3http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/audio/AG/080807/PW_AngryGrammarian_07.mp3 Philadelphia Weekly This week: Grammar jokes! Mon, 23 Jul 2007 19:15:51 -0400 http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/audio/AG/072507/PW_AngryGrammarian_06.mp3 jbarg@philadelphiaweekly.com (Jeffrey Barg)nophiladelphia,weekly,newspaper,grammar,english,jeffrey,barg,angry,grammarian,alt,weekly,philly,pennsylvania<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9LbEUcwytn6d5kfokDQVRwNl6tA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9LbEUcwytn6d5kfokDQVRwNl6tA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9LbEUcwytn6d5kfokDQVRwNl6tA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9LbEUcwytn6d5kfokDQVRwNl6tA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheAngryGrammarianPodcast?a=7EhdGYtERGc:O21CmVI3UTs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheAngryGrammarianPodcast?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheAngryGrammarianPodcast/~4/7EhdGYtERGc" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAngryGrammarianPodcast/~3/7EhdGYtERGc/PW_AngryGrammarian_06.mp3http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/audio/AG/072507/PW_AngryGrammarian_06.mp3http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/audio/AG/072507/PW_AngryGrammarian_06.mp3 Philadelphia Weekly This week AG and the Ellipses perform the old folk spiritual "Paws on the Clause," a song about the ongoing struggle against the tyranny of bad grammar. We shall overcome. Mon, 16 Jul 2007 19:15:51 -0400 http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/audio/AG/071807/PW_AngryGrammarian_05.mp3 jbarg@philadelphiaweekly.com (Jeffrey Barg)nophiladelphia,weekly,newspaper,grammar,english,jeffrey,barg,angry,grammarian,alt,weekly,philly,pennsylvania<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/V9RF2SXr349n1ITHrVe_f3VYXSM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/V9RF2SXr349n1ITHrVe_f3VYXSM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/V9RF2SXr349n1ITHrVe_f3VYXSM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/V9RF2SXr349n1ITHrVe_f3VYXSM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheAngryGrammarianPodcast?a=4QA0FYtfMgg:S1p_xNLBxxc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheAngryGrammarianPodcast?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheAngryGrammarianPodcast/~4/4QA0FYtfMgg" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAngryGrammarianPodcast/~3/4QA0FYtfMgg/PW_AngryGrammarian_05.mp3http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/audio/AG/071807/PW_AngryGrammarian_05.mp3http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/audio/AG/071807/PW_AngryGrammarian_05.mp3 Philadelphia Weekly Lie vs. lay ... affect vs. effect ... anxious vs. eager ... What's your biggest grammatical pet peeve? Everyone is pissed off by some language error. This week the Angry Grammarian hits the streets to see what makes everyone else angry. Mon, 9 Jul 2007 19:15:51 -0400 http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/audio/AG/071107/PW_AngryGrammarian_04.mp3 jbarg@philadelphiaweekly.com (Jeffrey Barg)nophiladelphia,weekly,newspaper,grammar,english,jeffrey,barg,angry,grammarian,alt,weekly,philly,pennsylvania<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rQO8eqSfisCBz-59Ngc9X0Lq1vE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rQO8eqSfisCBz-59Ngc9X0Lq1vE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rQO8eqSfisCBz-59Ngc9X0Lq1vE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rQO8eqSfisCBz-59Ngc9X0Lq1vE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheAngryGrammarianPodcast?a=Iqqzp5JqwK4:z5k6qDRIg9s:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheAngryGrammarianPodcast?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheAngryGrammarianPodcast/~4/Iqqzp5JqwK4" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAngryGrammarianPodcast/~3/Iqqzp5JqwK4/PW_AngryGrammarian_04.mp3http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/audio/AG/071107/PW_AngryGrammarian_04.mp3http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/audio/AG/071107/PW_AngryGrammarian_04.mp3 Philadelphia Weekly ROTTEN ENGLISH: A LITERARY ANTHOLOGY is a collection of vernacular writings,including everyone from Zora Neale Hurston and Mark Twain to Mutabaruka andJonathan Safran Foer. This week we talk with Dohra Ahmad, the editor of ROTTEN ENGLISH, about the politics of dialect and why the way words are written can get people so worked up. Mon, 2 Jul 2007 19:15:51 -0400 http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/audio/AG/070407/PW_AngryGrammarian_03.mp3 jbarg@philadelphiaweekly.com (Jeffrey Barg)nophiladelphia,weekly,newspaper,grammar,english,jeffrey,barg,angry,grammarian,alt,weekly,philly,pennsylvania<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vnXZkMvTsis8iNCbgX3s3zfGkBw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vnXZkMvTsis8iNCbgX3s3zfGkBw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vnXZkMvTsis8iNCbgX3s3zfGkBw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vnXZkMvTsis8iNCbgX3s3zfGkBw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheAngryGrammarianPodcast?a=2NDJosT7n8E:o2slXeWHrWM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheAngryGrammarianPodcast?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheAngryGrammarianPodcast/~4/2NDJosT7n8E" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAngryGrammarianPodcast/~3/2NDJosT7n8E/PW_AngryGrammarian_03.mp3http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/audio/AG/070407/PW_AngryGrammarian_03.mp3http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/audio/AG/070407/PW_AngryGrammarian_03.mp3 Philadelphia Weekly It's dirge and melancholy at the Angry Grammarian Podcast this week, as AG and the Ellipses perform their smash hit song "Communication Breakdown," about what happens when two people are grammatically incompatible. Lyrics are available at www.philadelphiaweekly.com Mon, 25 Jun 2007 19:15:51 -0400 http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/audio/AG/062707/PW_AngryGrammarian_02.mp3 jbarg@philadelphiaweekly.com (Jeffrey Barg)nophiladelphia,weekly,newspaper,grammar,english,jeffrey,barg,angry,grammarian,alt,weekly,philly,pennsylvania<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jbjiPcK5Pn0vlVM_rQ47S76dpU0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jbjiPcK5Pn0vlVM_rQ47S76dpU0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jbjiPcK5Pn0vlVM_rQ47S76dpU0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jbjiPcK5Pn0vlVM_rQ47S76dpU0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheAngryGrammarianPodcast?a=eC4dHmu_OT4:-DtFwAWg1b0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheAngryGrammarianPodcast?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheAngryGrammarianPodcast/~4/eC4dHmu_OT4" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAngryGrammarianPodcast/~3/eC4dHmu_OT4/PW_AngryGrammarian_02.mp3http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/audio/AG/062707/PW_AngryGrammarian_02.mp3http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/audio/AG/062707/PW_AngryGrammarian_02.mp3 Philadelphia Weekly This week the Angry Grammarian hits the streets to ask Philadelphians if they can spell "Skool-kill," the river and expressway that runs through Center City. Most of them can't. Mon, 18 Jun 2007 19:15:51 -0400 http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/audio/AG/062007/PW_AngryGrammarian_01.mp3 jbarg@philadelphiaweekly.com (Jeffrey Barg)nophiladelphia,weekly,newspaper,grammar,english,jeffrey,barg,angry,grammarian,alt,weekly,philly,pennsylvania<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/N68GAmMNQ4xm8jHCHKpMfy3VZKA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/N68GAmMNQ4xm8jHCHKpMfy3VZKA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/N68GAmMNQ4xm8jHCHKpMfy3VZKA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/N68GAmMNQ4xm8jHCHKpMfy3VZKA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheAngryGrammarianPodcast?a=Yu4Nnro0aSM:tThJnjOcXlM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheAngryGrammarianPodcast?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheAngryGrammarianPodcast/~4/Yu4Nnro0aSM" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAngryGrammarianPodcast/~3/Yu4Nnro0aSM/PW_AngryGrammarian_01.mp3http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/audio/AG/062007/PW_AngryGrammarian_01.mp3http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/audio/AG/062007/PW_AngryGrammarian_01.mp3 Jeffrey Bargnonadult