The Boiling Frog
The Boiling Frog
Seth Rosenblatt and Mark Olbert
A Frog by Any Other Name
40 minutes Posted Aug 5, 2022 at 4:28 pm.
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It seems like every public facility – whether it be a building, bridge, airport, school, or park – is named after someone. Naming public things is so common, so accepted as a practice, that we don’t even think about why we do it, let alone debate whether we should or how we should do it. But is it as simple and straightforward a thing to do as we all seem to think? Or are there consequences which should be considered? In this podcast Seth and Mark debate the pros and cons of naming.