Language in the World Today: Recent Episodes
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In today's world, filled with rapidly evolving social change brought on with the advent of new technologies, is English class really that important? AP English Language and Composition students discuss this - and more - in our podcast. Witty, Charming, and sometimes a little mysterious, the hope to provide you with thought-provoking conversations to convince you of the importance of Language in the World Today.
In this episode, the participants choose between what they'd want permanently put onto their bodies.
"Razzmatazz" by IDKhow is the theme music for Language In The World Today.
"Clusterhug" by IDKhow is the usual transition music for Would You Rather Change It?.
In this episode, the participants decide between many varying forms of play.
"Razzmatazz" by IDKhow is the theme music for Language In The World Today.
"Clusterhug" by IDKhow is the usual transition music for Would You Rather Change It?.
In lieu of the fast-approaching leap day, the participants (in person!) discuss whether the calendar should be reformed.
"Razzmatazz" by IDKhow is the theme music for Language In The World Today.
"Leave Me Alone" by IDKhow is the usual transition music for AP English Around The World.
In this episode, Harvey hosts every participant through many more prompts of many more nights spent with last episode's fast food mascot...
"Razzmatazz" by IDKhow is the theme music for Language In The World Today.
"Clusterhug" by IDKhow is the usual transition music for Would You Rather Change It?.
In this episode, the participants debate on topics with the shadow of a certain fast food mascot looming above...
"Razzmatazz" by IDKhow is the theme music for Language In The World Today.
"Clusterhug" by IDKhow is the usual transition music for Would You Rather Change It?.
In this episode, the participants wander down a whole new path of prompts for the new year headed by our co-host Harvey!
"Razzmatazz" by IDKhow is the theme music for Language In The World Today.
"Clusterhug" by IDKhow is the usual transition music for Would You Rather Change It?.
In this episode - the first of 2024! - the participants share their goals for the new year.
Apologies for taking so long to get back since the last episode, I hit a wall trying to keep up with editing the longer and longer episodes each week. For the future, the episodes will be around 15-20 minutes so they can get out, but for those who like the looser feel of longer episodes, there may be some chit-chat bonus episodes in the future to look out for...
With that all said, thank you for listening, and have a wonderful (late) new year!
"Razzmatazz" by IDKhow is the theme music for Language In The World Today.
"Leave Me Alone" by IDKhow is the usual transition music for AP English Around The World.
In this year-finale episode, the participants weave a tale about Miku and her life-altering decision to buy some leeks.
"Razzmatazz" by IDKhow is the theme music for Language In The World Today.
"Leave Me Alone" by IDKhow is the usual background music for Storytime With AP English.
In this episode, the participants ponder on the conundrum of whether or not finals should make up a majority of a course's final grade.
In this episode, the participants weigh what menial labor would be more favorable to engage with.
"Razzmatazz" by IDKhow is the theme music for Language In The World Today.
"Clusterhug" by IDKhow is the usual transition music for Would You Rather Change It?.
In this episode, the participants debate various topics on animated media with the totally and definitely real AP English.
"November" by Sparkbird is the theme music and transition music for Language In The World Today.
In this episode, the participants tackle topics about changing the quality of pieces of media, and what kind of change they would prefer.
In this episode, the participants defend their ideal food choices for Thanksgiving dinner.
"Razzmatazz" by IDKhow is the theme music for Language In The World Today.
"Leave Me Alone" by IDKhow is the usual transition music for AP English Around The World.
Coming hot off the trail of last time's FNAF episode, in this episode, the participants debate what character (or just general surrounding nouns) would be the best to date.
"Razzmatazz" by IDKhow is the theme music for Language In The World Today.
"Clusterhug" by IDKhow is the usual transition music for Would You Rather Change It?.
In this episode, the participants decide what season out of the year is the best.
"Razzmatazz" by IDKhow is the theme music for Language In The World Today.
"Leave Me Alone" by IDKhow is the usual transition music for AP English Around The World.
In this episode, as the movie is just around the corner, the participants debate over various Five Nights at Freddy's related prompts.
"Razzmatazz" by IDKhow is the theme music for Language In The World Today.
"Clusterhug" by IDKhow is the usual transition music for Would You Rather Change It?.
In this episode, the participants argue about what horrifying (and, for some reason, excruciatingly painful) thing they would rather morph into.
"Razzmatazz" by IDKhow is the theme music for Language In The World Today.
"Clusterhug" by IDKhow is the usual transition music for Would You Rather Change It?.
In this episode, the participants debate whether Summer break should continue into adulthood.
I'm very sorry for not having posted an episode in a while! Trust me, I wanted to, but starting college has been such a hassle, and it took some time for me to get adjusted. Also, most of the participants aren't in my close proximity anymore, so I have to bug them over the Internet, which is another hassle in and of itself. However, we've managed to come back together in order to continue into a new era of Language in The World Today!
"Razzmatazz" by IDKhow is the theme music for Language In The World Today.
"Clusterhug" by IDKhow is the usual transition music for Would You Rather Change It?.
In this episode, the participants navigate prompts about limiting ones own ability to communicate with a very-not-horribly-anxious AP English!
Take a look into the inner workings of the two sentence horror stories that made the world poopie its pants in the last episode.
In this 5-episode milestone special of Storytime With AP English, the participants craft terrifying two sentence horror stories.
"Razzmatazz" by IDKhow is the theme music for Language In The World Today.
Background music for revised story is Almost in F - Tranquillity by Kevin MacLeod; licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100394
Artist: http://incompetech.com/
Music featured in revised story is the beginning notes of "A Quick One Before The Eternal Worm Devours Connecticut" by Have a Nice Life and snippets of "Hunter" by Have a Nice Life.
Any other featured song is sourced from Pixabay music.
Any sound effects are sourced from a mix of Pixabay sound effects and YouTube.
In this episode, the participants determine what fate they would want set for them for an entire week.
"Razzmatazz" by IDKhow is the theme music for Language In The World Today.
"Clusterhug" by IDKhow is the usual transition music for Would You Rather Change It?.
The text-to-speech voice is the speech synthesizer from fasthub.net.
In this special installment of the podcast, all-new participants are introduced to both this wonderful show and AP English as a person as they debate in the ever-evolving prompt.
If anyone featured in this episode happens to be reading this, sincerely thank you for making my day, I was more nervous than you know before I was able to find my place in our impromptu group. I hope to speak to you soon, and am excited to see your further presence on the podcast once the school year kicks off!
"Razzmatazz" by IDKhow is the theme music for Language In The World Today.
"Clusterhug" by IDKhow is the usual transition music for Would You Rather Change It?.
Apologies for the delay, but my (AP English) life exploded last week, so just pretend like this released on the 28th ok? ok.
In this episode, the participants discuss on birthday-related debates in celebration of AP English's 18 revolution around the Sun!
"Razzmatazz" by IDKhow is the theme music for Language In The World Today.
"Leave Me Alone" by IDKhow is the usual transition music for AP English Around The World.
Facing the beginning of a new era of podcast episodes, the participants debate over changing their mortal forms and becoming something different.
"Razzmatazz" by IDKhow is the theme music for Language In The World Today.
"Clusterhug" by IDKhow is the usual transition music for Would You Rather Change It?.
In this final triumph school-based episode, the participants battle both the environment and their opponents in a debate about whether paper assignments are better than electronic ones.
"Razzmatazz" by IDKhow is the theme music for Language In The World Today.
Any other featured song is sourced from Pixabay music.
Any sound effects are sourced from a mix of Pixabay sound effects and YouTube.
In this episode, suggested by Ry, the participants solve puzzles.
"Razzmatazz" by IDKhow is the theme music for Language In The World Today.
"Mad IQs" by IDKhow is the usual transition music for Suggestion Box.
With the school year over, embark on one last trip through debate as the participants discuss whether college should be free.
Sorry for the lack of episodes last week, I had actually planned to release two, but life (the real ones know/can ask) got in the way, so the impact of this one being the "last" episode is a bit lost bc school episodes will be coming out for the next two weeks. Other than that, thank you to every participant, I love and miss you already, and hope to be able to have you on very very soon.
"Razzmatazz" by IDKhow is the theme music for Language In The World Today.
"Leave Me Alone" by IDKhow is the usual transition music for AP English Around The World.
This is the episode for the final day of Podcast Madness week! In addition to this episode, we've also change the podcast cover to more accurately reflect the current state of the podcast - one where all of the participants are included. There's Wren (top left), Harvey (bottom left, green hair, with Bonecrunch the stuffed Moose), Billy (the floating Chad head), Reyna (doing a peace sign next to Wren and Harvey), Lanie (below Reyna), Camden (above Reyna), Ry (in front with Donny the stuffed turtle), Luigi (with TBH), Alec (the ginger), Felipe (the sunglasses-wearing potato next to Alec), Daniella (top right), and, of course, yours truly, AP English (next to Ry)! Thank you all so much for indulging one year and 50 episodes of my madness, and here's to many more in the future.
In a return to form, AP English and The Moms battle it out in a debate about whether or not classic English literature is important.
"Razzmatazz" by IDKhow is the theme music for Language In The World Today.
Any other featured song is sourced from Pixabay music.
This is the second episode for the first day of Podcast Madness week! In celebration of the upcoming one-year anniversary of the podcast this Friday (and the 50th episode!), we're releasing something every day this week, so make sure to come back tomorrow!In this special episode of Would You Rather Change It?, the participants pass around the burden of the prompt by making it worse for the next person."Razzmatazz" by IDKhow is the theme music for Language In The World Today."Clusterhug" by IDKhow is the usual transition music for Would You Rather Change It?.
This is the first episode for the fourth day of Podcast Madness week! In celebration of the upcoming one-year anniversary of the podcast this Friday (and the 50th episode!), we're releasing something every day this week, so make sure to come back tomorrow!
In this episode, the participants weigh hypothetical fights that they'd take.
"Razzmatazz" by IDKhow is the theme music for Language In The World Today.
"Clusterhug" by IDKhow is the usual transition music for Would You Rather Change It?.
This is the episode for the third day of Podcast Madness week! In celebration of the upcoming one-year anniversary of the podcast this Friday (and the 50th episode!), we're releasing something every day this week, so make sure to come back tomorrow!
In this episode, the participants create a smaller-scale story about the last day of a little mouse's life and the legacy he made...
"Razzmatazz" by IDKhow is the theme music for Language In The World Today.
"Leave Me Alone" by IDKhow is the usual background music for Storytime With AP English.
"Sugar Pills" by IDKhow is the usual transition music for Storytime With AP English.
This is the episode for the second day of Podcast Madness week! In celebration of the upcoming one-year anniversary of the podcast this Friday (and the 50th episode!), we're releasing something every day this week, so make sure to come back tomorrow!
In this episode, AP English hosts for new participants as they answer an age-old question... should frogs be president?
"Razzmatazz" by IDKhow is the theme music for Language In The World Today.
"Leave Me Alone" by IDKhow is the usual transition music for AP English Around The World.
This is the episode for the first day of Podcast Madness week! In celebration of the upcoming one-year anniversary of the podcast this Friday (and the 50th episode!), we're releasing something every day this week, so make sure to come back tomorrow!
In the midst of AP exam season, the participants of this episode debate on which they'd rather take...
"Razzmatazz" by IDKhow is the theme music for Language In The World Today.
"Clusterhug" by IDKhow is the usual transition music for Would You Rather Change It?.
In this episode, the contestants of the podcast debate on things that have to do with one of the primordial emotions ever... anger.
"Razzmatazz" by IDKhow is the theme music for Language In The World Today.
"Clusterhug" by IDKhow is the usual transition music for Would You Rather Change It?.
Get a view into how the marvelous story of Jonathan, Homelander, Shrek, and the ensuing international conflict was made.
"Razzmatazz" by IDKhow is the theme music for Language In The World Today.
"Sugar Pills" by IDKhow is the usual transition music for Storytime With AP English.
"Choke" by IDKhow is Ry's chosen transition music.
"Super Mario Bros. 2 - Overworld Theme" by Koji Kondo is Luigi's chosen transition music.
"Circus Hop (Instrumental)" by YonKaGor is AP English's chosen background music for Luigi's segment.
"Cupid (Instrumental)" by FIFTY FIFTY is Reyna's chosen transition music.
"Look At Us Now (Honeycomb)" by Daisy Jones & The Six is Wren's chosen transition music.
"Karkalicious" by Broadway Karkat is a parody of "Fergalicious" by Fergie and is Alec's chosen transition music.
Any other featured song is sourced from Pixabay music.
Any sound effects are sourced from a mix of Pixabay sound effects and YouTube.
In what will likely be the final storytime this school year (and the first of the calendar year), the participants escalate a seemingly simple conflict to a worldwide drama that stemmed from a simple dance battle between a man named Jonathan and a clown in the sewer.
In this Senior Skip Day special, AP English takes the podcast far from home to ask those in the midst of wearing fancy outfits at prom: Is the dress code really necessary?
Hot off the tail of last episode, AP English finds himself on the run trying to take Tallow for himself.
The participants weigh different options regarding the stealing from one's worst enemy.
In the spirit of Easter, the participants debate on whether or not mystery is worth passing up stable fortune.
In this episode, the participants ponder and toil at the hands at this shocking prompt...
With slight pressure from AP English, the participants of this episode debate about whether they'd fight for what's right or throw it all away just for slight financial gain.
The participants are left in the dark about this unpleasant prompt answering where they would vacation with their greatest enemy to.
In this episode, the participants must ditch cooperation and use their critical thinking skills in order to construct a person!
From mental to physical to academic, the participants debate over which form of torture they'd be willing to be subjected to!
From games all about Bonecrunch to ones that are inherently paradoxical in nature, the participants debate over video game-related prompts!
For the Valentine's season, the participants talk about the second-most important thing about the day: good traits for friends/partners! (The first is chocolate, nom nom nom...)
In the first episode of suggestion box, where anyone can suggestion an episode idea to be on the podcast, the participants struggle against the mafia in order to continue living in their town...
From maidens to Ryan Reynolds, the participants of the podcast debate what would be best in excess.
For the tenth episode of the longest-running series on the podcast, AP English switches things up for the would you rather format!
From tasting colors to hearing frequencies never before perceived by man, the participants weigh several dilemmas posed relating to the human senses.
New year, new you, new goals, and new season! In the first episode of 2023, the participants debate what, objectively, is the greatest new year's resolution to have.
To close off the year, AP English brings back the format of debate that started the entire thing to declare, once and for all, if reality TV is really all that great.
Seriously though, anyone reading this, I'm eternally grateful for your listening and, if applicable, your participation in the podcast. At the beginning of the year (heck, even up to the last couple of weeks of this summer), I never would have imagined myself having an entire podcast with 25 episodes under my belt by now, but I'm really glad to have been able to do this. I'm looking forward to the next year and whatever may happen in the podcast in the future. Thanks for putting up with my hijinks, and enjoy the final episode of 2022.
For this bonus episode of the podcast, the participants discuss what Christmas present would be the best if money were in unlimited quantity.
Enjoy this look behind the melting Sun, the tiny rodents, and the blatant copyright violations behind the second storytime of the podcast!
Watch the world dissolve into madness as the participants once again set off to create a story... one sentence at a time!
From height to genetic makeup, the participants of the podcast make tough choices about what transformation that they would go through.
Piggybacking off of national podcast-wide Tardigrade appreciation day, the participants and, more importantly, their prompts bounce between tardigrades, dogs, and bioluminescence as AP English desperately tries to get them to stick to one theme per episode whist grappling with short-term memory loss.
Take a look into the past alongside your thanksgiving dinner in this special look into the entire recorded process of the original three episodes! (Also there are ad reads so pls don't pass this episode up they're at 16:17 & 28:07)
With Thanksgiving fast approaching, AP English puts a twist on a fundamental holiday question: What are you thankful for?
The podcast turns back to tradition as AP English asks the participants: what animal would do the best as president?
In this episode, it is encouraged that you take a step back and ponder the moral implications of the host swaying the prompt while still claiming authenticity. Though, mainly, appreciate tardigrades. It is a requirement. Or else.
With Halloween near-approaching, the participants in this not-spooky-in-the-slightest installment of Language in The World Today discuss what classic literary characters would wear for Halloween!
After miraculously gaining instant and total freedom after having kidnapped Bonecrunch, AP English takes the audience through a flurry of prompts filled with ecological destruction, "natural" disasters, and McDonald's.
In this episode, AP English becomes (slightly) mad with power after his brush with full custody of Bonecrunch, and decides to take matters into his own hands.
With AP English too sick to host this episode, Clark introduces a whole new array of voices and hot takes about movies!
Bonecrunch's prompt finally translated, the participants pit different streaming services against each other.
In the longest episode of the podcast to-date, the curtains are lifted behind last week's marvelous tale to see how the contestants came to create such a masterfully written story in just three day's time!
In this special episode of Language In The World Today, the participants build an epic saga one sentence at a time.
The question on choices continues to mutate into a twisted comedy of body horror in the continuation of "Would You Rather Change It?"!
From movies to ice cream to 30-year-old men, the interviewees in this new installment of Language in The World Today take part in an ever-evolving would you rather.
In this special episode of Language in The World Today, AP English takes a simple question and turns it into a school-wide debate: would you rather have a dog or a cat as a pet?
In this episode, Logan, Clark, and Billy virtually debate whether homeschooling is better than public schooling. Listen to Gadzooks by Lemon Demon of Spotify and YouTube.
https://open.spotify.com/track/64xjKP101QWC93cZ3mdmVu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVLXhashbeE
Back from an extended hospital stay after the aftermath of the Frogs debate, AP English, Billy, and Clark virtually discuss the age old question: are there more doors or more wheels in the world?
AP English states a simple opinion that erupts into a heated debate between him and the moms. Will they be able to settle their differences? Will Tallow's presence be enough to quell the arguing? Find out now in the grand finale of the AP English vs Moms Against AP English trilogy!
The Moms catch AP English ignoring him and, instead, staring at his phone. In response, they evolve this dispute into a discussion about how changing this widespread habit is important and how it should be done.
AP English and The Moms Against AP English introduce themselves and debate whether argumentative and rhetorical knowledge is important in today's society.