3:19 / Opposites part 2 / Enhancements series

“I always lie.” There’s a conundrum for you. If we tell people that we’re lying—are we lying or telling the truth? Yes? No? Difficult to tell, isn’t it?

The opposites in this week’s episode offers 3 types that can quickly entangle us. If you’ve ever been mixed up about paradox, irony, or satire, this episode can help.

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• 1:08 opening
• 2:09 Paradox with explanation and examples
• 5:31 paradox that fills “Counting Stars”
• 10:13 Irony with explanation and examples
• 12:13 Frost and Dickens
• 14:19 3 Forms of Irony
• 16:05 Cosmic Irony
• 17:13 Satire with explanation and examples (including lampoon and farce)
• 19:17 Geoffrey Chaucer and Jane Austen
• 21:52 the American master Mark Twain with modern examples
• 25:03 Next Week
• 25:18 Inspiration / Roy Blount Jr.

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