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Last episode, I mentioned that in London, Ontario, in 2019 a 9-year-old named Lyla Wheeler had launched a petition to... more

Over the past few years, numerous products and places with the word 'plantation' in their names have rebranded. As for... more

Erwin Schrödinger is one of the "fathers of quantum mechanics". He also sexually abused children. Trinity College Dublin recently denamed... more

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“I don't think that anyone should come away from this conversation not wanting to use the name Fiona. I think... more

A lot of people assume that Fiona is a very old Scottish name, but the first known Scottish Fiona is... more

When is a war not a war? When the British Empire called it an 'emergency' so they didn't have to... more