Political correctness and progressive language
Subject in Society & Culture
Political correctness and progressive language has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Pod Save America. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Jon LovettCo-host of Pod Save America; diarization split of the same speaker during the economics segment
Lovett argues that ever-lengthening LGBTQ acronyms are aesthetically unpleasing and unpersuasive.
“It is stupid to go around saying so many letters in a row and to keep adding new letters to it”
Pod Save America: David Sedaris is Mostly Bark, Some Bite (Jun 14, 2026) · Listen from 39:48
Lovett argues that a political movement that is dishonest about how people actually feel will fail and push voters toward bad answers.
“is not honest about how people actually feel. It's doomed to fail, right?”
Pod Save America: David Sedaris is Mostly Bark, Some Bite (Jun 14, 2026) · Listen from 24:59
David SedarisAmerican humorist, essayist and diarist
Sedaris says he will not write about prostitutes for The New Yorker because the magazine requires the term sex worker.
“So I will never write about a prostitute and the New Yorker because I don't want to use the word sex worker”
Pod Save America: David Sedaris is Mostly Bark, Some Bite (Jun 14, 2026) · Listen from 33:53
Sedaris argues that people avoided sympathizing with him over a dog bite because the owners were drug users, fearing being seen as Republican.
“since when did allowing dogs to bite people become a Democrat point of principle? I just don't understand that”
Pod Save America: David Sedaris is Mostly Bark, Some Bite (Jun 14, 2026) · Listen from 20:29
Podcasts
- Pod Save America · 1 episode
Episodes
David Sedaris is Mostly Bark, Some BitePod Save America · Jun 14, 2026 · 1 h 8 min
Jon Lovett talks with humorist David Sedaris about his essay collection The Land and Its People, his Trump-supporting father, progressive language, a dog bite, marriage and aging.