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Host Mike Rogers and guest Michelle Napierski-Prancl, a sociologist and professor at Russell Sage College, explore how pop culture influences naming trends and dive into the more offbeat side of names – including some that have been deemed illegal, according to U.S. Birth Certificates.com – on “Something Offbeat” this week.

<p>Host Mike Rogers and <a href="https://www.sage.edu/news/book-by-michelle-napierski-prancl-mediates-the-mommy-wars/">guest Michelle Napierski-Prancl</a>, a sociologist and professor at Russell Sage College, explore how pop culture <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/44259598?mag=science-baby-names&amp;seq=5#metadata_info_tab_contents">influences</a> naming trends and dive into the more offbeat side of names – including some that have been deemed illegal, <a href="https://www.usbirthcertificates.com/articles/illegal-baby-names">according to</a> U.S. Birth Certificates.com – on “Something Offbeat” this week.</p>

What’s the deeper story behind that weird headline you forwarded to your friends or shared at the watercooler? We ask questions to gain grounded insight into the stranger news of the week.

<p>What&rsquo;s the deeper story behind that weird headline you forwarded to your friends or shared at the watercooler? We ask questions to gain grounded insight into the stranger news of the week.</p>

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