The Wrong Words Podcast

🎧 PART 2 — FAILURE | The Wrong Words Podcast Oxford, origins, and a tough question: is “failure” a final verdict or a redirection disguised as pain? Oliver and Luon pick up Part 2 and push deeper — pulling apart definitions, digging into Middle English/Latin/Hebrew/Greek roots, and arguing that most “failures” are stumbles that teach, redirect, or demand accountability — not death sentences. 🧠 I...

🎧 PART 1 — FAILURE | The Wrong Words Podcast Failure — a final verdict or just a label we slap on unfinished work? Oliver and Luon kick off a multi-part look at this loaded word. In Part 1 they push back on the idea that failure is final, argue that many “failures” are iterations or missing puzzle pieces, and call out how ego, memory, and social measuring-sticks twist the story we tell ourselves....

🎧 PART 3 (FINAL) — PROCESS | The Wrong Words Podcast Refinement, growth, transformation — are they parts of a process or the proof of an agreement kept? In the final installment Oliver and Luon close the Process series by digging into what it takes to go from rough stone to diamond: the fires, the friction, the choices to stay the course (or toss the agreement). They call out where we overcomplic...

🎧 PART 2 — PROCESS | The Wrong Words Podcast Tie your shoes or choose your end? In Part 2 Oliver and Luon push deeper into whether a process is the visible series of actions we do — or the agreement that makes those actions real. They debate “process” vs. habit, unpack how memory and conditioning hijack progress, and trace the word back to its Latin roots (processus = going forward). Expect sharp...

🎧 PART 1 — PROCESS | The Wrong Words Podcast Process — is it a plan, a promise, a procedure, or the excuse we hide behind? Oliver and Luon kick off a multi-part dive into this deceptively simple word. In Part 1 they wrestle with whether a process only exists when people agree to an end, how systems vs. memory shape our steps, and when “I’m in process” is progress — or a dodge. 🧠 In this episode...

🎧 PART 3 (FINAL) — COMPANION | The Wrong Words Podcast Companion isn’t just company — it’s sacrifice, service, shelter, and sometimes the thorn that taught you how to grow. In this final part Oliver Marcelle and Luon Dungee close the trilogy by naming types of companions (human, professional, animal, honorary, digital) and asking the big question: what does real companionship demand of the human...

🎧 PART 2 — COMPANION | The Wrong Words Podcast Companion: more than a date-night sidekick — it’s bread, breath, burden, and benchmark. In Part 2, Oliver Marcelle and Luon Dungee dig into the origin words (Latin, Old French, Hebrew, Greek, Aramaic) and push the conversation past cute definitions into the hard questions: What does it mean to share your bread with another? When does companionship be...

🎧 PART 1 — COMPANION | The Wrong Words Podcast Companion: do you picture a champion in your corner, a quiet co-traveler, or the thing that quietly keeps you stuck? In this first part of the Companion series, Oliver Marcelle and Luon Dungee unpack what “companion” really means — and why the word gets twisted into everything from a prized comrade to an excuse for staying partnered with pain, ego, o...

🎧 PART 3 (Final Part) — HEAL: Stop, Restore, Repeat? | The Wrong Words Podcast Jeremiah 30:17 says it plainly: “I will restore health to you and your wounds I will heal.” In this final installment of the Heal series, Oliver Marcelle and Luon Dungee close the loop on a conversation that’s part theology, part psychology, and all practical. They push back on the idea that healing is always a long, d...

🎧 PART 2 — HEAL: Healed, Remembered, or Rehearsed? | The Wrong Words Podcast What if “healed” isn’t something you get to someday but a decision you make the moment the injury happens — and what if most of us are already healed and just choose to remember to remember? In Part 2 of our Heal series, Oliver Marcelle and Luon Dungee push into the controversial corner of healing: trauma, memory, consci...

🎧 PART 1 — HEAL: Stop, Start & the Dangerous Comfort of “Healing” | The Wrong Words Podcast What does “heal” actually mean — a destination, a process, or the moment everything has to stop so something new can begin? In Part 1 of our Heal series, Oliver Marcelle and Luon Dungee take an unflinching look at the word that gets used to justify growth, stall progress, or excuse stuckness. From the...

🎧 PART 2 — RESPECT: Reverence, Recognition & the Real Work | The Wrong Words Podcast What if respect is less about what people do to you and more about what you carry inside you ? In Part 2 of our Respect two-parter, Oliver Marcelle and Luvon Dungee dig into the roots—Hebrew, Greek, Aramaic—and push the conversation from “disrespect” dramas to something deeper: reverence, recognition, and the...

🎧 PART 1 — RESPECT: Who’s Responsible for the Feeling? | The Wrong Words Podcast Is respect something you receive or something you carry ? In Part 1 of our Respect two-parter, Oliver Marcelle and Luvon Dungee pry open one of the most used—and most misunderstood—words in everyday life. From relationship battles to parenting, money and culture, they challenge the habit of treating respect as an ext...

🎧 EGO: Finding the Balance Between Self and Soul | The Wrong Words Podcast What does “ego” really mean—and is it always the villain we make it out to be? In this episode, Oliver Marcelle and Luvon Dungee pull back the curtain on our most misunderstood “self,” exploring how past experiences, cultural conditioning, and even spiritual teachings have skewed our view of ego. From its dictionary defini...

🎧 PRIDE: Are We Being Taught It All Wrong? (Part 2) | The Wrong Words Podcast "Humility is not thinking less of yourself—it’s thinking of yourself less." But… what if what we were taught as humility was actually self-erasure ? In Part 2 of our deep-dive into the word Pride , hosts Oliver Marcelle and Luvon Dungee continue dismantling the assumptions, scriptures, definitions, and cultural limitati...

🎧 PRIDE: Are We Using This Word All Wrong? (Part 1) | The Wrong Words Podcast “This word might be more external than we think…” In this episode of The Wrong Words Podcast , hosts Oliver Marcelle and Luvon Dungee crack open the complex and often controversial word: Pride . Is it confidence… or arrogance? Honor… or ego? Is pride something we carry from within—or something that’s built by others and...

🎧 CONTROL: Are We Misusing This Word? (Part 2) | The Wrong Words Podcast “Nothing can control you… unless you can’t control you.” In Part 2 of this thought-provoking episode, hosts Oliver Marcelle and Luvon Dungee delve even deeper into the layered complexity of the word  'Control, '   examining how it manifests in our relationships, emotions, movements, faith, and personal growth. This i...

🎧 CONTROL: Are We Misusing This Word? (Part 1) | The Wrong Words Podcast “Are we really in control… or just afraid to surrender?” In Part 1 of this deeply layered episode, hosts Oliver Marcelle and Luvon Dungee crack open one of the most misunderstood—and most misapplied—words in our vocabulary: Control. It’s a word that shows up in arguments, in relationships, at work, in faith, and even in how...

🎧 FAMILY: When Labels Lie (Part 2) | The Wrong Words Podcast “We’re not telling you what to think — we just want you to think.” In Part 2 of our conversation on family , Oliver Marcelle and Luvon Dungee pick up right where they left off — not with answers, but with honest questions about what this word really means. This isn’t a recap — this is a richer, deeper unraveling . What started as a brea...

🎧 FAMILY: Is It Just a Label? (Part 1) | The Wrong Words Podcast “When I hear the word family , the first thing I think is broken .” In this deeply personal and provocative conversation, Oliver Marcelle and Luvon Dungee crack open the word Family — and what pours out is a raw mix of tradition, trauma, truth, and tenderness. Part 1 of this episode goes beyond the dictionary definitions and dives i...

🎧 BOUNDARIES: Protection or Prison? (Part 2) | The Wrong Words Podcast “Every boundary we've built is steeped in memory.” In Part 2 of this eye-opening convo, hosts Oliver Marcelle and Luvon Dungee dive even deeper into the word Boundaries —challenging everything we’ve been taught about protection, control, limitation, and love. From Proverbs 22:28 to personal stories about religion, parentin...

🎧 BOUNDARIES: Are We Creating Protection or Prison? (Part 1) | The Wrong Words Podcast “Don’t go over there.” That’s how many of us were introduced to boundaries. But… what if we’ve been thinking about them all wrong? In this first part of a bold two-part conversation, hosts Oliver Marcelle and Luvon Dungee explore one of the most frequently used and misunderstood words in modern relationships: B...

🎧 TRUTH: Is There a Freedom Result? (Part 2) | The Wrong Words Podcast “Then you will know the truth—and the truth will set you free.” In Part 2 of this provocative conversation, hosts Oliver Marcelle and Luvon Dungee go deeper into the word truth , pulling apart its origins, spiritual implications, and real-world consequences. We’re not just talking about what feels true—we’re asking the hard qu...

🎧 TRUTH: Are We Living by Facts… or Just Our Feelings? (Part 1) | The Wrong Words Podcast “Even if something is true… that doesn’t make it the truth.” In Part 1 of this powerfully introspective episode of The Wrong Words Podcast , hosts Oliver Marcelle and Luvon Dungee challenge the way we define and defend one of the most powerful—and most misused—words in our language: Truth . We’ve all heard p...

🎧 HOPE (Part 2): Are You Hoping... or Just Wishing? | The Wrong Words Podcast “I hope everything works out.” But is that really hope … or just a glorified wish ? In Part 2 of this soul-stirring exploration of hope , Oliver Marcelle and Luvon Dungee push even deeper into one of the most misunderstood , overused , and under-examined words we cling to—especially when life gets uncertain. The revelat...