These Magic Words Are Real!

Words have been imbued with magical powers ever since we invented language. Spells, incantations, and magic words are all used for storytelling, religion, and a lot of entertainment. The fact that we have words to communicate with is fairly astonishing in itself, so it's no wonder that words can be thought of as supernatural, because after all, they do affect reality. Words can inspire, charm, or hurt people, and they can't be taken back.  Words make up vows, testimony, propaganda, education, laws, and history, and all those are pretty important. Dr. Erica Brozovsky of Other Words goes through the history of magic words, and then explains how words are still used for their power to change reality.