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The Fries are 9!

Carrie and Megan talk with Erik Singer, dialect coach to the stars, to celebrate 9 years of the Fries!

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The Fries are 9!

Carrie and Megan talk with Erik Singer, dialect coach to the stars, to celebrate 9 years of the Fries!

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]]> The Vocal Fries Buzzsprout-19483820 Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0700 3052 154 full true Canuck is a Slur Canuck is a Slur Send us Fan Mail

Carrie and Megan talk with Kelly Gaumont, host of the podcast Canuck is a Slur, about his podcast, French Canadians in Alberta, and all things language in Canada.

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Carrie and Megan talk with Kelly Gaumont, host of the podcast Canuck is a Slur, about his podcast, French Canadians in Alberta, and all things language in Canada.

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Carrie and Megan talk with Dr Chad M Topaz, professor of complex systems at Williams College and cofounder of the QSIDE Institute, about his book Unlocking Justice: The Power of Data to Confront Inequity and Create Change.

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Carrie and Megan talk with Dr Chad M Topaz, professor of complex systems at Williams College and cofounder of the QSIDE Institute, about his book Unlocking Justice: The Power of Data to Confront Inequity and Create Change.

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Carrie and Megan talk with Dr Valerie Fridland about her newest book, Why We Talk Funny: The Real Story Behind Our Accents.

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Carrie and Megan talk with Dr Valerie Fridland about her newest book, Why We Talk Funny: The Real Story Behind Our Accents.

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]]> The Vocal Fries Buzzsprout-19078768 Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0700 4326 151 full true Language and Health in Action Language and Health in Action Send us Fan Mail

Carrie and Megan talk with Drs Lynnette Arnold and Anna I. Corwin about their new co-edited book (with Jennifer R Guzmán and Emily Avera), Language and Health in Action (ebook), along with two authors in the same volume, Drs Stephanie Keeney Parks and Abby Mack about their chapters "Autism Diagnostics as White Public Space in US Clinics" and "In the Spirit, in the Flesh: Performative Language, Embodiment, and Sustaining Recovery in Appalachia".

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Carrie and Megan talk with Drs Lynnette Arnold and Anna I. Corwin about their new co-edited book (with Jennifer R Guzmán and Emily Avera), Language and Health in Action (ebook), along with two authors in the same volume, Drs Stephanie Keeney Parks and Abby Mack about their chapters "Autism Diagnostics as White Public Space in US Clinics" and "In the Spirit, in the Flesh: Performative Language, Embodiment, and Sustaining Recovery in Appalachia".

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Carrie and Megan talk with Kory Stamper, about her newest book, True Color: The Strange and Spectacular Quest to Define Color from Azure to Zinc Pink. Out March 31, 2026!

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Carrie and Megan talk with Kory Stamper, about her newest book, True Color: The Strange and Spectacular Quest to Define Color from Azure to Zinc Pink. Out March 31, 2026!

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]]> The Vocal Fries Buzzsprout-18926818 Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0700 4017 color, colour, language, lexicography 149 full true Kory Stamper Carrie Gillon Megan Figueroa Stop Protecting Chomsky Stop Protecting Chomsky Send us Fan Mail

Carrie and Megan talk about the Epstein emails and Chomsky's correspondence with him. Carrie swears more than usual.

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Carrie and Megan talk about the Epstein emails and Chomsky's correspondence with him. Carrie swears more than usual.

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Carrie and Megan talk about the American Dialect Society's Word of the Year.



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Carrie and Megan talk about the American Dialect Society's Word of the Year.



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Carrie and Megan talk with Tim Brookes about his newest book, By Hand, about the importance of handwriting.

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Carrie and Megan talk with Tim Brookes about his newest book, By Hand, about the importance of handwriting.

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]]> The Vocal Fries Buzzsprout-18353147 Mon, 15 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0800 4092 handwriting, writing, AI, education, language 146 full true Trapped in Makaton Trapped in Makaton Send us Fan Mail

Carrie and Megan talk about Makaton, an artificial sign-based system, particularly Sara Novič's article about it.


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Carrie and Megan talk about Makaton, an artificial sign-based system, particularly Sara Novič's article about it.


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]]> The Vocal Fries Buzzsprout-18268575 Fri, 28 Nov 2025 15:00:00 -0800 2218 145 full false Scary Words for a Scary World Scary Words for a Scary World Send us Fan Mail

Carrie and Megan talk about random words that are scary or scary-adjacent.

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Carrie and Megan talk about random words that are scary or scary-adjacent.

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]]> The Vocal Fries Buzzsprout-18108755 Thu, 30 Oct 2025 19:00:00 -0700 1821 144 full true Peven Stinker Peven Stinker Send us Fan Mail

We have a few things to say about Pinker.

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]]> The Vocal Fries Buzzsprout-17927252 Mon, 29 Sep 2025 13:00:00 -0700 2841 143 full true A History of Like A History of Like Send us Fan Mail

Carrie and Megan talk with Megan C. Reynolds, Dwell magazine editor, about her  book, Like: A History of the World's Most Hated (and Misunderstood) Word.

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Carrie and Megan talk with Megan C. Reynolds, Dwell magazine editor, about her  book, Like: A History of the World's Most Hated (and Misunderstood) Word.

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Carrie and Megan talk with Paulette van der Voet and Martina Terrazzano, PhD students at the University of Umea, about their class called “Linguistics and the Eurovision Song Contest”.



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Carrie and Megan talk with Paulette van der Voet and Martina Terrazzano, PhD students at the University of Umea, about their class called “Linguistics and the Eurovision Song Contest”.



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]]> The Vocal Fries Buzzsprout-17378183 Mon, 23 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0700 3070 full false Rare Tongues Rare Tongues Send us Fan Mail

We talk with Dr Lorna Gibb about her newest book, Rare Tongues: The Secret Stories of Hidden Languages.

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We talk with Dr Lorna Gibb about her newest book, Rare Tongues: The Secret Stories of Hidden Languages.

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]]> The Vocal Fries Buzzsprout-17224102 Mon, 26 May 2025 00:00:00 -0700 2386 140 full true The AI Con The AI Con Send us Fan Mail

Carrie and Megan talk with Drs Emily M. Bender, Professor of Linguistics at the University of Washington, and Alex Hanna, Director of Research at the Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR), about their new book, The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want, out May 13, 2025.

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Carrie and Megan talk with Drs Emily M. Bender, Professor of Linguistics at the University of Washington, and Alex Hanna, Director of Research at the Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR), about their new book, The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want, out May 13, 2025.

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]]> The Vocal Fries Buzzsprout-17096375 Mon, 05 May 2025 00:00:00 -0700 3321 139 full true Enough is Enuf Enough is Enuf Send us Fan Mail

Carrie and Megan talk with Gabe Henry about his new book, Enough is enuf: Our failed attempts to make English eezier to spell.

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Carrie and Megan talk with Gabe Henry about his new book, Enough is enuf: Our failed attempts to make English eezier to spell.

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]]> The Vocal Fries Buzzsprout-16970321 Mon, 14 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0700 3725 138 full true Language Oppression in Tibet Language Oppression in Tibet Send us Fan Mail

Carrie and Megan talk with Dr Gerald Roche, Lecturer in the Department of Languages and Cultures at La Trobe University, about his new book, The Politics of Language Oppression in Tibet, language oppression, solidarity, China and Tibet. 

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Carrie and Megan talk with Dr Gerald Roche, Lecturer in the Department of Languages and Cultures at La Trobe University, about his new book, The Politics of Language Oppression in Tibet, language oppression, solidarity, China and Tibet. 

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]]> The Vocal Fries Buzzsprout-16813467 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0700 3506 137 full true The Italian N-Word The Italian N-Word Send us Fan Mail

Megan and Carrie talk with Massimiliano Canzanella about the Neapolitan language and how it is perceived in Italy.

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Megan and Carrie talk with Massimiliano Canzanella about the Neapolitan language and how it is perceived in Italy.

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]]> The Vocal Fries Buzzsprout-16634404 Mon, 17 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0800 2754 136 full true matkunsh 7mar matkunsh 7mar Send us Fan Mail

Carrie and Megan talk with Dr Adam Benkato, Associate Professor in the Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures at the University of California, Berkeley, about Arabic.

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Carrie and Megan talk with Dr Adam Benkato, Associate Professor in the Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures at the University of California, Berkeley, about Arabic.

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]]> The Vocal Fries Buzzsprout-16481525 Wed, 22 Jan 2025 08:00:00 -0800 3500 135 full true Demystifying Language Demystifying Language Send us Fan Mail

Megan and Carrie talk to Dr Ayala Fader, professor of anthropology at Fordham University, and Dr Mike Mena, Assistant Professor at Brooklyn College, CUNY, about their new project, the Demystifying Language Project, where academics and high school students work together to rewrite linguistic articles into more accessible versions.

First article: Speech or Silence

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Megan and Carrie talk to Dr Ayala Fader, professor of anthropology at Fordham University, and Dr Mike Mena, Assistant Professor at Brooklyn College, CUNY, about their new project, the Demystifying Language Project, where academics and high school students work together to rewrite linguistic articles into more accessible versions.

First article: Speech or Silence

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]]> The Vocal Fries Buzzsprout-16282865 Mon, 16 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0800 2465 134 full true Fear and Loathing in Politics and Academia Fear and Loathing in Politics and Academia Send us Fan Mail

Carrie and Megan talk to Dr Leonard Cassuto, Professor of English at Fordham University, about his class called "Literature and Psychology of Disgust," which explores how language evokes emotional responses, particularly disgust, and his book Academic Writing as if Readers Matter, which was released in September. 


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Carrie and Megan talk to Dr Leonard Cassuto, Professor of English at Fordham University, about his class called "Literature and Psychology of Disgust," which explores how language evokes emotional responses, particularly disgust, and his book Academic Writing as if Readers Matter, which was released in September. 


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]]> Buzzsprout-16088038 Tue, 12 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0800 3278 133 full true Performing the News Performing the News Send us Fan Mail

 Carrie and Megan talk with Dr Elia Powers, Associate Professor of Journalism at Towson University, about his book Performing the News: Identity, Authority, and the Myth of Neutrality.

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 Carrie and Megan talk with Dr Elia Powers, Associate Professor of Journalism at Towson University, about his book Performing the News: Identity, Authority, and the Myth of Neutrality.

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]]> The Vocal Fries Buzzsprout-15918558 Mon, 14 Oct 2024 14:00:00 -0700 3020 132 full true How Schools Make Race How Schools Make Race Send us Fan Mail

Megan and Carrie talk with Dr Laura C. Chávez-Moreno, assistant professor at UCLA in the Departments of Chicana/o and Central American Studies and Education, about her book How Schools Make Race: Teaching Latinx Racialization in America, coming out October 1.

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Megan and Carrie talk with Dr Laura C. Chávez-Moreno, assistant professor at UCLA in the Departments of Chicana/o and Central American Studies and Education, about her book How Schools Make Race: Teaching Latinx Racialization in America, coming out October 1.

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]]> The Vocal Fries Buzzsprout-15795686 Mon, 23 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0700 2492 131 full true Dogwhistles and Other Fig Leaves Dogwhistles and Other Fig Leaves Send us Fan Mail

Carrie and Megan talk with Dr Robert Henderson, Professor of Linguistics at the University of Arizona, about his newest book (with Dr Elin Mccready), Signaling without Saying: The Semantics and Pragmatics of Dogwhistles.

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Carrie and Megan talk with Dr Robert Henderson, Professor of Linguistics at the University of Arizona, about his newest book (with Dr Elin Mccready), Signaling without Saying: The Semantics and Pragmatics of Dogwhistles.

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]]> The Vocal Fries Buzzsprout-15631304 Fri, 23 Aug 2024 12:00:00 -0700 2636 130 full true Writing Beyond Writing Writing Beyond Writing Send us Fan Mail

Megan and Carrie talk with Tim Brookes about his newest book, Writing Beyond Writing, what writing is, his journey to caring about Endangered Alphabets and his favourite scripts.

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Megan and Carrie talk with Tim Brookes about his newest book, Writing Beyond Writing, what writing is, his journey to caring about Endangered Alphabets and his favourite scripts.

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Carrie and Megan talk with Dr Ross Perlin,  co-director of the Manhattan-based non-profit Endangered Language Alliance, about his new book, Language City: The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues in New York.

 

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Carrie and Megan talk with Dr Ross Perlin,  co-director of the Manhattan-based non-profit Endangered Language Alliance, about his new book, Language City: The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues in New York.

 

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]]> The Vocal Fries Buzzsprout-15298360 Mon, 24 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0700 2503 128 full true Uneffing the Binary Uneffing the Binary Send us Fan Mail

Megan and Carrie talk with Drs Kris Aric Knisley and Eric Louis Russell about their book Redoing linguistic worlds: Unmaking gender binaries, remaking gender pluralities, gender, critical linguistics, trans linguistics, and uneffing all things.

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Megan and Carrie talk with Drs Kris Aric Knisley and Eric Louis Russell about their book Redoing linguistic worlds: Unmaking gender binaries, remaking gender pluralities, gender, critical linguistics, trans linguistics, and uneffing all things.

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]]> The Vocal Fries Buzzsprout-15063018 Tue, 14 May 2024 00:00:00 -0700 3714 127 full true Gorsh! We All Have Accents Gorsh! We All Have Accents Send us Fan Mail

Carrie and Megan talk with Drs Rusty Barrett, Professor of Linguistics, Jennifer Cramer, Professor of Linguistics at the University of Kentucky, and Kevin B. McGowan, Associate Professor of Linguistics and Director of the University of Kentucky Phonetics Lab (all at at the University of Kentucky), about their book English with an Accent: Language, Ideology, and Discrimination in the United States. 

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Carrie and Megan talk with Drs Rusty Barrett, Professor of Linguistics, Jennifer Cramer, Professor of Linguistics at the University of Kentucky, and Kevin B. McGowan, Associate Professor of Linguistics and Director of the University of Kentucky Phonetics Lab (all at at the University of Kentucky), about their book English with an Accent: Language, Ideology, and Discrimination in the United States. 

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]]> The Vocal Fries Buzzsprout-14886469 Mon, 15 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0700 3187 126 full true The Funnest Episode The Funnest Episode Send us Fan Mail

Megan and Carrie talk with Dr Anne Curzan about her book Says Who? A Kinder, Funner Usage Guide for Everyone Who Cares About Words.

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Megan and Carrie talk with Dr Anne Curzan about her book Says Who? A Kinder, Funner Usage Guide for Everyone Who Cares About Words.

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]]> Buzzsprout-14677685 Tue, 12 Mar 2024 10:00:00 -0700 3435 125 full true Braillians Braillians Send us Fan Mail

Carrie and Megan talk with Dr Sheri Wells-Jensen,  Associate Professor at Bowling Green State University, about her chapter Cognition, Sensory Input, and Linguistics : A Possible Language for Blind Aliens in the new book Xenolinguistics: Towards a Science of Extraterrestrial Language, blind aliens, how languages can be, and her appreciation of the movie Arrival.

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Carrie and Megan talk with Dr Sheri Wells-Jensen,  Associate Professor at Bowling Green State University, about her chapter Cognition, Sensory Input, and Linguistics : A Possible Language for Blind Aliens in the new book Xenolinguistics: Towards a Science of Extraterrestrial Language, blind aliens, how languages can be, and her appreciation of the movie Arrival.

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Megan and Carrie talk with Dr Lee Moore about the linguistic situation in China, particularly the hostile environment towards Uyghurs.

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Megan and Carrie talk with Dr Lee Moore about the linguistic situation in China, particularly the hostile environment towards Uyghurs.

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]]> The Vocal Fries Buzzsprout-14321328 Tue, 16 Jan 2024 12:00:00 -0800 3011 123 full true Werthwhile Language Werthwhile Language Send us Fan Mail

Carrie and Megan talk with Dr Suzanne Wertheim about her book, The Inclusive Language Field Guide: 6 Simple Principles for Avoiding Painful Mistakes and Communicating Respectfully.

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Carrie and Megan talk with Dr Suzanne Wertheim about her book, The Inclusive Language Field Guide: 6 Simple Principles for Avoiding Painful Mistakes and Communicating Respectfully.

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]]> The Vocal Fries Buzzsprout-14122723 Mon, 11 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0800 3263 122 full true Don't Drown the Cat Don't Drown the Cat Send us Fan Mail

Megan and Carrie talk with Dr Rebecca Roache about her book, For F*ck's Sake: Why Swearing is Shocking, Rude, and Fun. 

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Megan and Carrie talk with Dr Rebecca Roache about her book, For F*ck's Sake: Why Swearing is Shocking, Rude, and Fun. 

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Carrie and Megan talk with Dr Bryce McCleary, Lecturer in Linguistics at Rice University, about his paper “'We All Country': Region, Place, and Community Language among Oklahoma City Drag Performers".

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Carrie and Megan talk with Dr Bryce McCleary, Lecturer in Linguistics at Rice University, about his paper “'We All Country': Region, Place, and Community Language among Oklahoma City Drag Performers".

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]]> The Vocal Fries Buzzsprout-13777820 Mon, 16 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0700 3631 120 full true Shuffling off This Mortal Coil Shuffling off This Mortal Coil Send us Fan Mail

Megan and Carrie talk with Poppy Mardall, the founder and chair of Poppy’s, about the Dead Good Words campaign around dehumanizing and euphemistic language about death.

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Megan and Carrie talk with Poppy Mardall, the founder and chair of Poppy’s, about the Dead Good Words campaign around dehumanizing and euphemistic language about death.

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]]> Buzzsprout-13553391 Mon, 11 Sep 2023 00:00:00 -0700 2999 119 full true Talking Tamarra Talking Tamarra Send us Fan Mail

Carrie and Megan talk with Dr Felicity Meakins, Professor of Linguistics at the University of Queensland, and Briony Barr, a visual-conceptual-teaching artist and co-founder of the Scale Free Network, about their book Tamarra: A Story of Termites on Gurindji Territory, why termites are important to Gurindji people, and why they wanted to work on this project.


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Carrie and Megan talk with Dr Felicity Meakins, Professor of Linguistics at the University of Queensland, and Briony Barr, a visual-conceptual-teaching artist and co-founder of the Scale Free Network, about their book Tamarra: A Story of Termites on Gurindji Territory, why termites are important to Gurindji people, and why they wanted to work on this project.


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Megan and Carrie talk to Erin McCarthy,  Editor-in-Chief of Mental Floss, about her new book (with the Mental Floss team), Mental Floss Curious Compendium of Wonderful Words: A Miscellany of Obscure Terms, Bizarre Phrases & Surprising Etymologies

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Megan and Carrie talk to Erin McCarthy,  Editor-in-Chief of Mental Floss, about her new book (with the Mental Floss team), Mental Floss Curious Compendium of Wonderful Words: A Miscellany of Obscure Terms, Bizarre Phrases & Surprising Etymologies

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]]> The Vocal Fries Buzzsprout-13191091 Mon, 10 Jul 2023 00:00:00 -0700 2966 117 full true A Braille as Old as Time A Braille as Old as Time Send us Fan Mail

Carrie and Megan talk with Dr Robert Englebretson, Associate Professor in Linguistics at Rice University, about all things braille. 

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Carrie and Megan talk with Dr Robert Englebretson, Associate Professor in Linguistics at Rice University, about all things braille. 

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Megan and Carrie talk with Dr Valerie Fridland about her new book, Like, Literally, Dude: Arguing for the Good in Bad English, how to pronounce Nevada, and all things language.


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Megan and Carrie talk with Dr Valerie Fridland about her new book, Like, Literally, Dude: Arguing for the Good in Bad English, how to pronounce Nevada, and all things language.


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]]> The Vocal Fries Buzzsprout-12843148 Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 -0700 3668 115 full true Figgy, Gills and Bobby Figgy, Gills and Bobby Send us Fan Mail

Dr. Bob Kennedy is back! Carrie and Megan pick his brain about all things language in sports. 

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Dr. Bob Kennedy is back! Carrie and Megan pick his brain about all things language in sports. 

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Megan and Carrie talk with Rachel E. Gross about her book, Vagina Obscura, and the language we use to describe pregnancy, vaginas, cervixes, etc.

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Megan and Carrie talk with Rachel E. Gross about her book, Vagina Obscura, and the language we use to describe pregnancy, vaginas, cervixes, etc.

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Carrie and Megan talk to Dr Ilan Stavans about his new book, The People's Tongue: Americans and the English Language.

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Carrie and Megan talk to Dr Ilan Stavans about his new book, The People's Tongue: Americans and the English Language.

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Megan and Carrie talk to Dr. Dennis Baron, Emeritus Professor of English at  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, about his newest book You Can't Always Say What You Want: The Paradox of Free Speech.

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Megan and Carrie talk to Dr. Dennis Baron, Emeritus Professor of English at  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, about his newest book You Can't Always Say What You Want: The Paradox of Free Speech.

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Carrie and Megan talk with Dr Geneva Smitherman/Dr. G about her book My Soul Look Back In Wonder, narrative essays about her race, gender, class, and linguistic consciousness as a member of the Black Power Generation of the 1960s and 70s.

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Carrie and Megan talk with Dr Geneva Smitherman/Dr. G about her book My Soul Look Back In Wonder, narrative essays about her race, gender, class, and linguistic consciousness as a member of the Black Power Generation of the 1960s and 70s.

Quebec economic immigrants

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Megan and Carrie talk with Jonathan "radbwa faroush" Myers and Adrien  Guillory-Chatman, members of the first Wikitongues cohort, about Kouri-Vini, aka Louisiana Creole, a French Creole spoken mainly in Louisiana.   

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Megan and Carrie talk with Jonathan "radbwa faroush" Myers and Adrien  Guillory-Chatman, members of the first Wikitongues cohort, about Kouri-Vini, aka Louisiana Creole, a French Creole spoken mainly in Louisiana.   

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Carrie and Megan talk with Maureen Kosse, linguistics PhD student at University of Colorado Boulder, about her paper "Ted Cruz Cucks Again",  the origins and meaning of "cuck",  white supremacy, antisemitism, and the alt-right.

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Carrie and Megan talk with Maureen Kosse, linguistics PhD student at University of Colorado Boulder, about her paper "Ted Cruz Cucks Again",  the origins and meaning of "cuck",  white supremacy, antisemitism, and the alt-right.

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Megan and Carrie talk with Dr JPB Gerald, host of Unstandardized English, a podcast about language teaching, race, and whiteness,  about his new book Antisocial Language Teaching: English and the Pervasive Pathology of Whiteness.
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Megan and Carrie talk with Dr JPB Gerald, host of Unstandardized English, a podcast about language teaching, race, and whiteness,  about his new book Antisocial Language Teaching: English and the Pervasive Pathology of Whiteness.
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Megan and Carrie talk with Kory Stamper, lexicographer extraordinaire, about the history and use of the word "bullsh*t".

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Megan and Carrie talk with Kory Stamper, lexicographer extraordinaire, about the history and use of the word "bullsh*t".

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Carrie and Megan talk with Dr. John Rickford, emeritus professor at Stanford, about his memoir, Speaking my Soul: Race, Life and Language, growing up in Guyana, moving to the United States, and his love of linguistics and Black Talk.

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Carrie and Megan talk with Dr. John Rickford, emeritus professor at Stanford, about his memoir, Speaking my Soul: Race, Life and Language, growing up in Guyana, moving to the United States, and his love of linguistics and Black Talk.

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Megan and Carrie talk with Drs Andreea Calude and Laurie Bauer about their new textbook Mysteries of English Grammar: A Guide to Complexities of the English Language and their edited volume Questions about Language: What Everybody Should Know about Language in the 21st Century.

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Megan and Carrie talk with Drs Andreea Calude and Laurie Bauer about their new textbook Mysteries of English Grammar: A Guide to Complexities of the English Language and their edited volume Questions about Language: What Everybody Should Know about Language in the 21st Century.

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Carrie and Megan talk with the Working Pentlatch Revitalization team (Mathew Andreatta, Jessie Recalma, Chief Michael Recalma, and Dr Su Urbanczyk) about their work on reawakening Pentlatch, a Coast Salish language on Vancouver Island.

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Carrie and Megan talk with the Working Pentlatch Revitalization team (Mathew Andreatta, Jessie Recalma, Chief Michael Recalma, and Dr Su Urbanczyk) about their work on reawakening Pentlatch, a Coast Salish language on Vancouver Island.

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Megan and Carrie talk with Dr Hadas Kotek, a linguist at Apple, about two of her papers: Gender bias in linguistics textbooks: Has anything changed since Macaulay & Brice 1997? and Gender bias and stereotypes in linguistic example sentences.

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Megan and Carrie talk with Dr Hadas Kotek, a linguist at Apple, about two of her papers: Gender bias in linguistics textbooks: Has anything changed since Macaulay & Brice 1997? and Gender bias and stereotypes in linguistic example sentences.

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Carrie and Megan talk with two of the editors of Tongues: On Longing and Belonging Through Language, Eufemia Fantetti, Professor of English at Humber College, and Ayelet Tsabari, who teaches creative writing  at the MFA Program in Creative Writing at the University of Guelph and University of King’s College, about their new book, writing in English as a second language, Molisan, Hebrew, and Yemeni Arabic.

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Carrie and Megan talk with two of the editors of Tongues: On Longing and Belonging Through Language, Eufemia Fantetti, Professor of English at Humber College, and Ayelet Tsabari, who teaches creative writing  at the MFA Program in Creative Writing at the University of Guelph and University of King’s College, about their new book, writing in English as a second language, Molisan, Hebrew, and Yemeni Arabic.

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Megan and Carrie talk with Dr. Noah Nelson, trustee of FindingFive. FindingFive is a tech nonprofit that enables academic researchers to create and run online behavioral research studies in the cloud!  

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Megan and Carrie talk with Dr. Noah Nelson, trustee of FindingFive. FindingFive is a tech nonprofit that enables academic researchers to create and run online behavioral research studies in the cloud!  

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]]> The Vocal Fries Buzzsprout-10369855 Mon, 04 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0700 2862 full false Hyper Specific Genres We Love Hyper Specific Genres We Love Send us Fan Mail

Renee and Natalia are back with a conversation about some of the books they love that fall into super niche genres. For example, Natalia has an entire bookshelf dedicated to books about bananas and Renee will never say no to a thriller with an unlikeable 20-something woman protagonist who works in a startup. Tune in to hear all the weird things they’re both into.

Books Mentioned: 

Four Treasures of the Sky by Jenny Tinghui Zhang

How Much of These Hills is Gold by C. Pam Zhang

Diamond Head by Cecily Wong (interview here)

Siren Queen by Nghi Vo

Black Sun & Fevered Star by Rebecca Roanhorse (interview here)

The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang 

Lobizona & Cazadora by Romina Garber (interview here)

Binti by Nnedi Okorafor

She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

Where the Wild Ladies Are by Aoka Matsuda

Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow

Bad Blood by John Carreyrou

We Keep the Dead Close by Becky Cooper

She Said by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey

My Friend Anna by Rachel DeLoache Williams

Self-Care by Leigh Stein

The Assistants by Camille Perri

The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris

Smile and Look Pretty by Amanda Pellegrino

A Special Place for Women by Laura Hankin (interview here)

Hooked: How Crafting Saved My Life by Sutton Foster

The Power of Knitting by Loretta Napoleoni (review here)

Bananas, Beaches and Bases by Cynthia Enloe

Skin: A Natural History by Nina G. Jablonski

The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal about Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power by Deirdre Mask

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Renee and Natalia are back with a conversation about some of the books they love that fall into super niche genres. For example, Natalia has an entire bookshelf dedicated to books about bananas and Renee will never say no to a thriller with an unlikeable 20-something woman protagonist who works in a startup. Tune in to hear all the weird things they’re both into.

Books Mentioned: 

Four Treasures of the Sky by Jenny Tinghui Zhang

How Much of These Hills is Gold by C. Pam Zhang

Diamond Head by Cecily Wong (interview here)

Siren Queen by Nghi Vo

Black Sun & Fevered Star by Rebecca Roanhorse (interview here)

The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang 

Lobizona & Cazadora by Romina Garber (interview here)

Binti by Nnedi Okorafor

She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

Where the Wild Ladies Are by Aoka Matsuda

Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow

Bad Blood by John Carreyrou

We Keep the Dead Close by Becky Cooper

She Said by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey

My Friend Anna by Rachel DeLoache Williams

Self-Care by Leigh Stein

The Assistants by Camille Perri

The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris

Smile and Look Pretty by Amanda Pellegrino

A Special Place for Women by Laura Hankin (interview here)

Hooked: How Crafting Saved My Life by Sutton Foster

The Power of Knitting by Loretta Napoleoni (review here)

Bananas, Beaches and Bases by Cynthia Enloe

Skin: A Natural History by Nina G. Jablonski

The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal about Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power by Deirdre Mask

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Carrie and Megan talk with Dr Jessica Hernandez, a transnational Indigenous scholar, scientist, and community advocate based in the Pacific Northwest, about her new book Fresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes through Indigenous Science.

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Carrie and Megan talk with Dr Jessica Hernandez, a transnational Indigenous scholar, scientist, and community advocate based in the Pacific Northwest, about her new book Fresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes through Indigenous Science.

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Megan and Carrie talk with Katie Craig about Myanmar/Burma, the languages spoken there and her organization Myanmar Indigenous Community Partners, which works with local communities to develop and celebrate these languages – and the people who speak them – in developing quality, locally relevant education in order to preserve languages and ways of life as well as to promote equality and social cohesion.
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Megan and Carrie talk with Katie Craig about Myanmar/Burma, the languages spoken there and her organization Myanmar Indigenous Community Partners, which works with local communities to develop and celebrate these languages – and the people who speak them – in developing quality, locally relevant education in order to preserve languages and ways of life as well as to promote equality and social cohesion.
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In this special (kind of bonus) episode, Dr Anna Marie Trester and Sophie Henry talk about Anna Marie's new book Employing Linguistics: Thinking and Talking about Careers for Linguists.

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In this special (kind of bonus) episode, Dr Anna Marie Trester and Sophie Henry talk about Anna Marie's new book Employing Linguistics: Thinking and Talking about Careers for Linguists.

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Carrie and Megan talk with Dr Jessi Grieser about her new book, The Black Side of the River, DC, Tennessee and the way Black residents of Anacostia talk about their neighborhood and themselves.

Galician songs here and here

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Carrie and Megan talk with Dr Jessi Grieser about her new book, The Black Side of the River, DC, Tennessee and the way Black residents of Anacostia talk about their neighborhood and themselves.

Galician songs here and here

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Megan and Carrie talk with Dr Enrico Torre about Galician and other languages spoken in Spain and why they matter.

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Megan and Carrie talk with Dr Enrico Torre about Galician and other languages spoken in Spain and why they matter.

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]]> Enrico Torre 2d8e1487-d91f-4a72-a4bd-f109746f55f9 Mon, 10 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0800 2629 Galician, Spain, Spanish, Catalan, Basque, Europe, language 96 full true Mara Effin Wilson Mara Effin Wilson Send us Fan Mail

Carrie and Megan talk with Mara Wilson about her voice, her neurodivergence, and the IPA.

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Carrie and Megan talk with Mara Wilson about her voice, her neurodivergence, and the IPA.

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Megan and Carrie talk to Dr Sylvia Sierra about her new book, Millennials Talking Media: Creating Intertextual Identities in Everyday Conversation, intertextuality, memes, and the tropes embedded in internet memes.

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Megan and Carrie talk to Dr Sylvia Sierra about her new book, Millennials Talking Media: Creating Intertextual Identities in Everyday Conversation, intertextuality, memes, and the tropes embedded in internet memes.

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Carrie and Megan talk to Jeff Zentner, author of The Serpent King (among others), about his YA books set in Appalachia, why he doesn't use eye-dialect, and why representation matters.

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Carrie and Megan talk to Jeff Zentner, author of The Serpent King (among others), about his YA books set in Appalachia, why he doesn't use eye-dialect, and why representation matters.

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Carrie and Megan talk with Dr Joyhanna Yoo Garza, postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Anthropology at Harvard, about K-Pop, semiotics, cultural appropriation, and Ali Wong. (Buy her book here.)

We also discuss International Week of Deaf People 2021 and The genocide of signed languages: protecting the linguistic rights of Africa’s deaf children.

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Carrie and Megan talk with Dr Joyhanna Yoo Garza, postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Anthropology at Harvard, about K-Pop, semiotics, cultural appropriation, and Ali Wong. (Buy her book here.)

We also discuss International Week of Deaf People 2021 and The genocide of signed languages: protecting the linguistic rights of Africa’s deaf children.

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Megan and Carrie talk with Natalyn Daniels, Clery Liaison at the University of California, Berkeley, and Dr. Rose Wilkerson, lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley, about growing up on the Navajo Nation, transferring to Berkeley from community college, sociolinguistics, academic English, standard language ideology and the language of love. 

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Megan and Carrie talk with Natalyn Daniels, Clery Liaison at the University of California, Berkeley, and Dr. Rose Wilkerson, lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley, about growing up on the Navajo Nation, transferring to Berkeley from community college, sociolinguistics, academic English, standard language ideology and the language of love. 

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Carrie and Megan talk with Dr. Emily M. Bender, Professor of Linguistics at University of Washington, about her paper "On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots: Can Language Models Be Too Big? 🦜", Google firing Drs. Timnit Gebru and Margaret Mitchell, two of the co-authors, and the dangers of large language models and NLP.

We also briefly discuss Lord Digby Jones and his classism and Alex Scott's amazing comeback.

Deborah Raji's MIT Technology Review paper.

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Carrie and Megan talk with Dr. Emily M. Bender, Professor of Linguistics at University of Washington, about her paper "On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots: Can Language Models Be Too Big? 🦜", Google firing Drs. Timnit Gebru and Margaret Mitchell, two of the co-authors, and the dangers of large language models and NLP.

We also briefly discuss Lord Digby Jones and his classism and Alex Scott's amazing comeback.

Deborah Raji's MIT Technology Review paper.

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Megan and Carrie talk with the cohosts of Maintenance Phase, Michael Hobbes and Aubrey Gordon, about wellness, diet culture, fatness and how not to be an asshole to fat people.

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Megan and Carrie talk with the cohosts of Maintenance Phase, Michael Hobbes and Aubrey Gordon, about wellness, diet culture, fatness and how not to be an asshole to fat people.

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Carrie and Megan talk with Deion Broxton about his Baltimore accent, his career and speech therapy, and going viral.

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Carrie and Megan talk with Deion Broxton about his Baltimore accent, his career and speech therapy, and going viral.

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Megan and Carrie talk with Amanda Montell about her newest book Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism, out June 15, 2021, how cults use language to entice and keep followers and why cults fascinate us.

Check out her podcast Sounds Like a Cult.

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Megan and Carrie talk with Amanda Montell about her newest book Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism, out June 15, 2021, how cults use language to entice and keep followers and why cults fascinate us.

Check out her podcast Sounds Like a Cult.

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Carrie and Megan talk with Erik Singer, dialect coach to the stars, about what dialect coaches do, how to become one, and his strategies for teaching different accents to actors.

Check out some of his Wired videos (featuring Megan!) here, here, and here.

Megan in the NYT.

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Carrie and Megan talk with Erik Singer, dialect coach to the stars, about what dialect coaches do, how to become one, and his strategies for teaching different accents to actors.

Check out some of his Wired videos (featuring Megan!) here, here, and here.

Megan in the NYT.

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Megan and Carrie talk with Dr. Elena Costello Tzintzun, a newly-minted PhD, about the importance of using heritage language learners as healthcare interpreters and healthcare accessibility.

Philly episode

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Megan and Carrie talk with Dr. Elena Costello Tzintzun, a newly-minted PhD, about the importance of using heritage language learners as healthcare interpreters and healthcare accessibility.

Philly episode

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Carrie and Megan talk with Jaya Saxena, Staff Writer at Eater about her piece The Limits of the Lunchbox Moment and the way we talk about food and why it matters.

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Carrie and Megan talk with Jaya Saxena, Staff Writer at Eater about her piece The Limits of the Lunchbox Moment and the way we talk about food and why it matters.

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Megan and Carrie talk with Jamaal Muwwakkil, PhD candidate in Linguistics at the University of Santa Barbara about African American English and racial justice in university and community college.

#lingcomm21

#lingfest

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Megan and Carrie talk with Jamaal Muwwakkil, PhD candidate in Linguistics at the University of Santa Barbara about African American English and racial justice in university and community college.

#lingcomm21

#lingfest

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April Fools!  But it's the good kind of prank.  Today we're participating in Operation Switcheroo, where podcasts hosts share their feed with a similar show to help grow our audiences by introducing people to shows they might not have heard of.

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Megan and Carrie talk with Drs Gaillynn Clements, Visiting Assistant Professor in Linguistics at Duke University, and Marnie Jo Petray, Associate Professor in TESOL at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, about their new edited volume, Linguistic Discrimination in US Higher Education Power, Prejudice, Impacts, and Remedies.

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Megan and Carrie talk with Drs Gaillynn Clements, Visiting Assistant Professor in Linguistics at Duke University, and Marnie Jo Petray, Associate Professor in TESOL at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, about their new edited volume, Linguistic Discrimination in US Higher Education Power, Prejudice, Impacts, and Remedies.

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Carrie and Megan talk with Ártemis López about queer and trans translation and interpretation, indirect and direct non-binary language and Spanish non-binary morphemes.

On the word wet market

Ártemis's Medium article on accessibility

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Carrie and Megan talk with Ártemis López about queer and trans translation and interpretation, indirect and direct non-binary language and Spanish non-binary morphemes.

On the word wet market

Ártemis's Medium article on accessibility

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Megan and Carrie talk with Kory Stamper, lexicographer extraordinaire, about lexicography, her experience on the History of Swear Words, and her favourite swear word.

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Megan and Carrie talk with Kory Stamper, lexicographer extraordinaire, about lexicography, her experience on the History of Swear Words, and her favourite swear word.

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Carrie and Megan discuss the nominations and winners of the American Dialect Society's Word of the Year for 2020.

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Carrie and Megan discuss the nominations and winners of the American Dialect Society's Word of the Year for 2020.

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Carrie and Megan discuss Yamiche Alcindor's "ungrammatical sentences" and Latinx/Latine supposedly ruining Dem's electoral chances.

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Carrie and Megan discuss Yamiche Alcindor's "ungrammatical sentences" and Latinx/Latine supposedly ruining Dem's electoral chances.

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Carrie and Megan talk with Dr Norma Mendoza-Denton Professor of Anthropology at UCLA, about her new edited book, Language in the Trump Era.

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Carrie and Megan talk with Dr Norma Mendoza-Denton Professor of Anthropology at UCLA, about her new edited book, Language in the Trump Era.

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Megan and Carrie talk with JPB Gerald, host of Unstandardized English, a podcast about language teaching, race, and whiteness, EdD student and adult educator about whiteness in language education. 

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Megan and Carrie talk with JPB Gerald, host of Unstandardized English, a podcast about language teaching, race, and whiteness, EdD student and adult educator about whiteness in language education. 

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Carrie and Megan talk with Dr Katherine D. Kinzler, Professor of Psychology at the University of Chicago, about her new book How You Say It: Why You Talk the Way You Do—And What It Says About You.

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Carrie and Megan talk with Dr Katherine D. Kinzler, Professor of Psychology at the University of Chicago, about her new book How You Say It: Why You Talk the Way You Do—And What It Says About You.

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Megan and Carrie talk with Dr Anne Charity Hudley, Professor of Linguistics at the University of California, Santa Barbara, about how to dismantle white supremacy in linguistics.

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Megan and Carrie talk with Dr Anne Charity Hudley, Professor of Linguistics at the University of California, Santa Barbara, about how to dismantle white supremacy in linguistics.

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It's the Fries' 3 year anniversary! Carrie and Megan respond to listener voicemails about linguistic discrimination. 

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It's the Fries' 3 year anniversary! Carrie and Megan respond to listener voicemails about linguistic discrimination. 

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Megan and Carrie discuss the letter to the LSA and then talk with Dr. Marie-Eve Monette, founder of Creating Puentes, about the importance of translation and interpretation services and her life as a French speaker living in the US.

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https://remezcla.com/culture/coronavirus-resource-kit-ayuda-en-espanol/

https://www.wired.com/story/covid-language-translation-problem/?fbclid=IwAR1wWOhsOe0a6TO-a1-0sQpf5PwqSoL1CUrWoryAR2kkbO6Xhx2b2DHbuuQ

https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/2020/07/amid-lincoln-county-covid-outbreak-community-partners-work-to-reach-indigenous-guatemalan-community.html

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Megan and Carrie discuss the letter to the LSA and then talk with Dr. Marie-Eve Monette, founder of Creating Puentes, about the importance of translation and interpretation services and her life as a French speaker living in the US.

Links:

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https://remezcla.com/culture/coronavirus-resource-kit-ayuda-en-espanol/

https://www.wired.com/story/covid-language-translation-problem/?fbclid=IwAR1wWOhsOe0a6TO-a1-0sQpf5PwqSoL1CUrWoryAR2kkbO6Xhx2b2DHbuuQ

https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/2020/07/amid-lincoln-county-covid-outbreak-community-partners-work-to-reach-indigenous-guatemalan-community.html

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Carrie and Megan talk with Dr Marianne Mason, newly minted Associate Professor of Spanish at James Madison University, about police interviews, the Reid technique, and linguistics and the law.

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Carrie and Megan talk with Dr Marianne Mason, newly minted Associate Professor of Spanish at James Madison University, about police interviews, the Reid technique, and linguistics and the law.

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Carrie and Megan talk with Dr. Linet Mera, co-founder of the Unconscious Bias Project, and Lucretia Iruela, consultant to the UBP, about unconscious bias and the Project.

You can help the UBP here (fundraiser on May 14)

New COVID online resources 

On May 23rd, you can join their Shelter in Space Dance Party & Benefit - a Community party for #TogetherAgainstBias series

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Carrie and Megan talk with Dr. Linet Mera, co-founder of the Unconscious Bias Project, and Lucretia Iruela, consultant to the UBP, about unconscious bias and the Project.

You can help the UBP here (fundraiser on May 14)

New COVID online resources 

On May 23rd, you can join their Shelter in Space Dance Party & Benefit - a Community party for #TogetherAgainstBias series

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Megan and Carrie talk with David Bowles, a Mexican-American author from south Texas who teaches at the University of Texas Río Grande Valley, about Classical Nahuatl and the culture of the people who spoke it.

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Megan and Carrie talk with David Bowles, a Mexican-American author from south Texas who teaches at the University of Texas Río Grande Valley, about Classical Nahuatl and the culture of the people who spoke it.

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Carrie and Megan talk with Kendra Calhoun, graduate student at the University of California, Santa Barbara, about anti-hegemonic racial humor on Vine.

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Carrie and Megan talk with Kendra Calhoun, graduate student at the University of California, Santa Barbara, about anti-hegemonic racial humor on Vine.

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]]> Kendra Calhoun 8badc8c8-8fb1-4717-b781-2ca3b0102342 Mon, 13 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0700 3198 anti-hegemonic racial humor, racial humor, humor, Vine 68 full true Bilingualism is. It just is. Bilingualism is. It just is. Send us Fan Mail

Megan talks with Dr. Nelson Flores, Associate Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, and Dr. Jonathan Rosa, Associate Professor at Stanford, about the bilingual brain, semilingualism, and why people keep confusing them for the other.

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Megan talks with Dr. Nelson Flores, Associate Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, and Dr. Jonathan Rosa, Associate Professor at Stanford, about the bilingual brain, semilingualism, and why people keep confusing them for the other.

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Megan and Carrie talk with Dr Sharese King, postdoctoral fellow at the University of Chicago, about Rachel Jeantel and her treatment by the justice system and the media during the George Zimmerman trial.

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Megan and Carrie talk with Dr Sharese King, postdoctoral fellow at the University of Chicago, about Rachel Jeantel and her treatment by the justice system and the media during the George Zimmerman trial.

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Carrie and Megan talk to Dr. Laurel MacKenzie, Assistant Professor at NYU, about all things names.

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Carrie and Megan talk to Dr. Laurel MacKenzie, Assistant Professor at NYU, about all things names.

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Megan and Carrie chat with Dr Anna Marie Trester, founder of Career Linguist, about the importance of linguistics to the workplace. (Employers: you need us!)

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Megan and Carrie chat with Dr Anna Marie Trester, founder of Career Linguist, about the importance of linguistics to the workplace. (Employers: you need us!)

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Carrie and Megan talk with Daniel Bogre Udell, cofounder of Wikitongues, about language documentation and revitalization.

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Carrie and Megan talk with Daniel Bogre Udell, cofounder of Wikitongues, about language documentation and revitalization.

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Megan and Carrie talk with Dr Melissa Baese-Berk, Associate Professor at the University of Oregon, about native and non-native English and the different levels of effort required to understand each.

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Megan and Carrie talk with Dr Melissa Baese-Berk, Associate Professor at the University of Oregon, about native and non-native English and the different levels of effort required to understand each.

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Carrie and Megan talk with Gearoidin McEvoy, PhD Candidate in Minority Language Rights Law at Dublin City University and cohost of Motherfoclóir, about Irish and the law.

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Carrie and Megan talk with Gearoidin McEvoy, PhD Candidate in Minority Language Rights Law at Dublin City University and cohost of Motherfoclóir, about Irish and the law.

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Megan and Carrie talk to Ebony Joachim, at Living Languages, who runs professional development courses for Indigenous communities in Australia, about her work, language revitalization and documentation, and the languages of Australia.

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Megan and Carrie talk to Ebony Joachim, at Living Languages, who runs professional development courses for Indigenous communities in Australia, about her work, language revitalization and documentation, and the languages of Australia.

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Carrie and Megan talk to Dr Zachary Jaggers, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Oregon, about differences in pronunciation of borrowings and what they tell us (or don't tell us) about people's political leanings.

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Carrie and Megan talk to Dr Zachary Jaggers, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Oregon, about differences in pronunciation of borrowings and what they tell us (or don't tell us) about people's political leanings.

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Megan and Carrie talk to Dr Andrew McKenzie, Associate Professor at the University of Kansas, about Kiowa (Cauijoga), language documentation and the importance of semantic documentation.

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Megan and Carrie talk to Dr Andrew McKenzie, Associate Professor at the University of Kansas, about Kiowa (Cauijoga), language documentation and the importance of semantic documentation.

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Carrie and Megan talk to Dr. Ake Nicholas, Lecturer at Massey University,  about Cook Islands Maori, language documentation and the importance of teachers in language revitalization.

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Carrie and Megan talk to Dr. Ake Nicholas, Lecturer at Massey University,  about Cook Islands Maori, language documentation and the importance of teachers in language revitalization.

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Megan and Carrie talk to Alice Wong, the founder and Project Coordinator of the Disability Visibility Project, and Nina G, comedian, professional speaker, storyteller, writer and educator, about their disabilities and why the voices of disabled people belong in podcasts.

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Megan and Carrie talk to Alice Wong, the founder and Project Coordinator of the Disability Visibility Project, and Nina G, comedian, professional speaker, storyteller, writer and educator, about their disabilities and why the voices of disabled people belong in podcasts.

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Carrie and Megan talk to Ben Zimmer about the rhetoric of "infestation" and "invasion" and the history of their use.

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Carrie and Megan talk to Ben Zimmer about the rhetoric of "infestation" and "invasion" and the history of their use.

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Megan and Carrie talk to Dr Lisa Davidson, Professor of Linguistics at New York University, about the terms used by journalists to describe language and accents (and why they are so often problematic).

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Megan and Carrie talk to Dr Lisa Davidson, Professor of Linguistics at New York University, about the terms used by journalists to describe language and accents (and why they are so often problematic).

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Carrie and Megan talk to Dr Sadie Ryan, host of the Accentricity podcast, the podcast that examines the eccentricities of language and identity and how the way we talk connects to who we are.

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Carrie and Megan talk to Dr Sadie Ryan, host of the Accentricity podcast, the podcast that examines the eccentricities of language and identity and how the way we talk connects to who we are.

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Megan and Carrie talk to Duane Daniels, actor, acting coach, director and producer, aka Principal Van Clemmons on Veronica Mars, about acting, singing and his new book You are Not Really Hamlet: And Everybody Knows It.

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Megan and Carrie talk to Duane Daniels, actor, acting coach, director and producer, aka Principal Van Clemmons on Veronica Mars, about acting, singing and his new book You are Not Really Hamlet: And Everybody Knows It.

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Megan and Carrie talk to Dr Megan Strom, Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, about the importance of interpretation services in the United States.

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Megan and Carrie talk to Dr Megan Strom, Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, about the importance of interpretation services in the United States.

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Megan and Carrie talk to Dr Lal Zimman, Assistant Professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, about trans voices and vocal fry.

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Megan and Carrie talk to Dr Lal Zimman, Assistant Professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, about trans voices and vocal fry.

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Carrie and Megan talk to Dr Jeffrey Punske, Assistant Professor at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, and Dr Andrew McKenzie, Associate Professor at the University of Kansas, about their project on language change in space with the European Space Agency.

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Carrie and Megan talk to Dr Jeffrey Punske, Assistant Professor at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, and Dr Andrew McKenzie, Associate Professor at the University of Kansas, about their project on language change in space with the European Space Agency.

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Megan and Carrie talk with Amanda Montell about her new book wordslut: a feminist guide to taking back the english language.

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Megan and Carrie talk with Amanda Montell about her new book wordslut: a feminist guide to taking back the english language.

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Carrie and Megan talk with Mary-Caitlyn Valentinsson, PhD student at the University of Arizona, about the language around reproductive rights, reproductive justice and abortion.

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Carrie and Megan talk with Mary-Caitlyn Valentinsson, PhD student at the University of Arizona, about the language around reproductive rights, reproductive justice and abortion.

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Carrie and Megan talk with Keisha Wiel, PhD student at Temple University, about Papiamentu, a creole spoken in the Caribbean.

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Carrie and Megan talk with Keisha Wiel, PhD student at Temple University, about Papiamentu, a creole spoken in the Caribbean.

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Megan and Carrie talk with Dr. Jamie Thomas, Assistant Professor of Linguistics at Swarthmore, about zombies, Swahili, and her book "Zombies Speak Swahili".

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Megan and Carrie talk with Dr. Jamie Thomas, Assistant Professor of Linguistics at Swarthmore, about zombies, Swahili, and her book "Zombies Speak Swahili".

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Megan and Carrie talk with Dr. Hilaria Cruz, Assistant Professor at the University of Louisville in the Department of Comparative Humanities, about Chatino languages and Chatino conceptions of death.

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Megan and Carrie talk with Dr. Hilaria Cruz, Assistant Professor at the University of Louisville in the Department of Comparative Humanities, about Chatino languages and Chatino conceptions of death.

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Carrie and Megan talk with Jane Solomon about her upcoming book The Dictionary of Difficult Words.

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Carrie and Megan talk with Jane Solomon about her upcoming book The Dictionary of Difficult Words.

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In this special episode of the Vocal Fries, we present an episode of Turn Of Phrases, a podcast about turning phrases inside out.

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In this special episode of the Vocal Fries, we present an episode of Turn Of Phrases, a podcast about turning phrases inside out.

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Megan and Carrie talk with Dr. Tony McMahon from RMIT about all things bogan and Australia.

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Megan and Carrie talk with Dr. Tony McMahon from RMIT about all things bogan and Australia.

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Carrie and Megan talk with Nicole Horseherder, Diné from Arizona, about Diné Bizaad (aka Navajo).

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Carrie and Megan talk with Nicole Horseherder, Diné from Arizona, about Diné Bizaad (aka Navajo).

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Megan and Carrie talk with Kelly Wright, PhD student at the University of Michigan, about housing discrimination via dialect discrimination.

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Megan and Carrie talk with Kelly Wright, PhD student at the University of Michigan, about housing discrimination via dialect discrimination.

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Carrie and Megan talk with Dr. Nicole Holliday, Assistant Professor of Linguistics and Cognitive Science at Pomona College about Black English, biracial language, vocal fry, intonation, and the field of Obama linguistics.

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Carrie and Megan talk with Dr. Nicole Holliday, Assistant Professor of Linguistics and Cognitive Science at Pomona College about Black English, biracial language, vocal fry, intonation, and the field of Obama linguistics.

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Carrie interviews Megan about child language acquisition and why correcting kids' "mistakes" is not worth your time. 

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Carrie interviews Megan about child language acquisition and why correcting kids' "mistakes" is not worth your time. 

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Megan and Carrie talk with Dr. Jonathan Rosa, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Linguistics at Stanford University, about his forthcoming book Looking Like a Language, Sounding Like a Race.

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Megan and Carrie talk with Dr. Jonathan Rosa, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Linguistics at Stanford University, about his forthcoming book Looking Like a Language, Sounding Like a Race.

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Megan and Carrie talk with Dr. Abby Bajuniemi about heritage languages and heritage language speakers.

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Megan and Carrie talk with Dr. Abby Bajuniemi about heritage languages and heritage language speakers.

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Carrie and Megan talk with Dr. Matthew Garley, Assistant Professor at CUNY, York College, about the use of Spanish and Spanglish in rap.

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Carrie and Megan talk with Dr. Matthew Garley, Assistant Professor at CUNY, York College, about the use of Spanish and Spanglish in rap.

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Megan and Carrie talk with Dr. Betsy Sneller, Postdoc at Georgetown University about all things Philadelphia English. 

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Megan and Carrie talk with Dr. Betsy Sneller, Postdoc at Georgetown University about all things Philadelphia English. 

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Carrie and Megan talk with Tracy O'Brien, literature PhD student at the University of Toronto, about all things Newfoundland. Yes b'y.

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Carrie and Megan talk with Tracy O'Brien, literature PhD student at the University of Toronto, about all things Newfoundland. Yes b'y.

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Megan and Carrie answer your questions about jerk linguists, the alt right and vocal fry.

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Megan and Carrie answer your questions about jerk linguists, the alt right and vocal fry.

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It's another Halloween episode! Megan and Carrie talk about bats, wolves and ... prairie dogs?

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It's another Halloween episode! Megan and Carrie talk about bats, wolves and ... prairie dogs?

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Carrie and Megan talk with Dr. Santiago Kalinowski, Director of the the Linguistics Department at the Argentinian Academy of Letters, about lenguaje inclusivo/inclusive language in Spanish.

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Carrie and Megan talk with Dr. Santiago Kalinowski, Director of the the Linguistics Department at the Argentinian Academy of Letters, about lenguaje inclusivo/inclusive language in Spanish.

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Carrie and Megan talk with Dr. Nathalie Dajko, Assistant Professor at Tulane University, about varieties of French in Louisiana and the history of French and revitalization efforts in the region.

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Carrie and Megan talk with Dr. Nathalie Dajko, Assistant Professor at Tulane University, about varieties of French in Louisiana and the history of French and revitalization efforts in the region.

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Megan and Carrie talk with Lisa Sprowls, PhD student at Tulane University about New Orleans English(es), especially Yat and the Garden District dialects, and speakers perception of New Orleans dialects. 

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Megan and Carrie talk with Lisa Sprowls, PhD student at Tulane University about New Orleans English(es), especially Yat and the Garden District dialects, and speakers perception of New Orleans dialects. 

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Carrie and Megan talk with Lou Capetta of the Lou Capetta Show with Jay Burke about all things New Jersey, including the Sopranos, the Jersey Shore and water ice.

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Carrie and Megan talk with Lou Capetta of the Lou Capetta Show with Jay Burke about all things New Jersey, including the Sopranos, the Jersey Shore and water ice.

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Megan and Carrie discuss their first year of podcasting, what they've learned from the experience, and how vocal fry will haunt them forever.

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Megan and Carrie discuss their first year of podcasting, what they've learned from the experience, and how vocal fry will haunt them forever.

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Carrie and Megan talk with Amanda and Lucy from the Wine and Crime podcast about all things Minnesota.

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Carrie and Megan talk with Amanda and Lucy from the Wine and Crime podcast about all things Minnesota.

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Megan and Carrie talk with Dr. Nelson Flores, newly minted Associate Professor of Educational Linguistics at the University of Pennsylvania, about the so-called 30 million word gap, why it is problematic, and how better to think about the language children hear around them.

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Megan and Carrie talk with Dr. Nelson Flores, newly minted Associate Professor of Educational Linguistics at the University of Pennsylvania, about the so-called 30 million word gap, why it is problematic, and how better to think about the language children hear around them.

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In this special bonus episode, Carrie and Megan talk about Koko the gorilla, Love Island and donuts. 

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In this special bonus episode, Carrie and Megan talk about Koko the gorilla, Love Island and donuts. 

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Megan and Carrie talk with Dr. Bob Kennedy of the University of California, Santa Barbara about accents in song, including which accents are associated with which genres, appropriation of those accents, and r's.

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Megan and Carrie talk with Dr. Bob Kennedy of the University of California, Santa Barbara about accents in song, including which accents are associated with which genres, appropriation of those accents, and r's.

We're an indie podcast with limited resources, so we could really use your support. You can set up a monthly recurring donation at patreon.com/vocalfriespod. The $5 a month level gives you access to our monthly bonus episode, as well as a Vocal Fries sticker and a shout out on the podcast! But you can contribute as little as $1 a month and have our undying gratitude!

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]]> https://vocalfriespod.com/2018/09/06/episode-23-rock-n-rhotic-playlist/ Bob Kennedy 8339d8cb-e799-4fa9-a00b-458664698f3b Sun, 17 Jun 2018 20:00:00 -0700 4046 singing, accents, r's, rhoticity, music 23 full false There Is No Try, There Is Only Du...olingo There Is No Try, There Is Only Du...olingo Send us Fan Mail

Carrie and Megan talk with Joan Palmiter Bajorek, PhD candidate at the University of Arizona, about the issues around learning a second language via educational technology.

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Carrie and Megan talk with Joan Palmiter Bajorek, PhD candidate at the University of Arizona, about the issues around learning a second language via educational technology.

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Megan and Carrie talk with Dr. Alexandra D'Arcy, Associate Professor at the University of Victoria, Director of the Sociolinguistics Research Lab and author of "Discourse-Pragmatic Variation in Context: Eight Hundred Years of like" about the many guises of "like". Learn why "like" is useful and older than you think it is.

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Megan and Carrie talk with Dr. Alexandra D'Arcy, Associate Professor at the University of Victoria, Director of the Sociolinguistics Research Lab and author of "Discourse-Pragmatic Variation in Context: Eight Hundred Years of like" about the many guises of "like". Learn why "like" is useful and older than you think it is.

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Carrie and Megan talk with Issa Wurie, cohost of the Young Free and Coupled podcast, about South London dialects and slang.

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Carrie and Megan talk with Issa Wurie, cohost of the Young Free and Coupled podcast, about South London dialects and slang.

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Megan and Carrie talk with Alexander Drechsel, Alexander Gansmeier and Jonathan Downie of the Troublesome Terps in this special crossover episode.

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Megan and Carrie talk with Alexander Drechsel, Alexander Gansmeier and Jonathan Downie of the Troublesome Terps in this special crossover episode.

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Carrie and Megan talk with Ethan Kutlu, PhD student at the University of Florida about foreign accented speech (FAS), which foreign accents are judged more harshly, and why we should stop judging FAS.

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Carrie and Megan talk with Ethan Kutlu, PhD student at the University of Florida about foreign accented speech (FAS), which foreign accents are judged more harshly, and why we should stop judging FAS.

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Megan and Carrie discuss Time's/The Muse's list of "bad" words. HEAVY SIGH.

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Megan and Carrie discuss Time's/The Muse's list of "bad" words. HEAVY SIGH.

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Carrie and Megan talk with Dr. Ersula Ore from Arizona State University about rhetoric, respectability politics, and her arrest near campus back in 2014. Her story intersects with the larger conversation about black life in America, including the story of Sandra Bland. Content note: this conversation includes mentions of rape, lynching and police brutality.

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Carrie and Megan talk with Dr. Ersula Ore from Arizona State University about rhetoric, respectability politics, and her arrest near campus back in 2014. Her story intersects with the larger conversation about black life in America, including the story of Sandra Bland. Content note: this conversation includes mentions of rape, lynching and police brutality.

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Megan and Carrie talk with Dr. Itxaso Rodríguez-Ordóñez from Southern Illinois University Carbondale about Basque and the discrimination Basque speakers deal with in Spain and France.

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Megan and Carrie talk with Dr. Itxaso Rodríguez-Ordóñez from Southern Illinois University Carbondale about Basque and the discrimination Basque speakers deal with in Spain and France.

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Carrie and Megan talk with Kirby Conrod, doctoral student at University of Washington, about trans language, including pronoun usage and singular they.

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Carrie and Megan talk with Kirby Conrod, doctoral student at University of Washington, about trans language, including pronoun usage and singular they.

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Megan and Carrie talk with Selikem Gotah, Masters student at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, about Ghanaian English, Ghanaian Pidgin English, and other languages of Ghana. Learn a little about the history of Ghana and the status of English, Pidgin and other languages in Ghana.

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Megan and Carrie talk with Selikem Gotah, Masters student at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, about Ghanaian English, Ghanaian Pidgin English, and other languages of Ghana. Learn a little about the history of Ghana and the status of English, Pidgin and other languages in Ghana.

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In this special episode of the Vocal Fries, Carrie and Megan chat with Gretchen McCulloch and Lauren Gawne of Lingthusiasm about Australian and Canadian English while at the Linguistics Society of America's annual conference.

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In this special episode of the Vocal Fries, Carrie and Megan chat with Gretchen McCulloch and Lauren Gawne of Lingthusiasm about Australian and Canadian English while at the Linguistics Society of America's annual conference.

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Megan and Carrie talk with Dr. Nicole Rosen, Canada Research Chair in Language Interactions at the University of Manitoba about Canadian French, including Laurentian, Acadian and Métis French. We discuss the politics, history and features of Canadian French, including the distinct features of the variety spoken in Winnipeg (where Nicole is from).

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Megan and Carrie talk with Dr. Nicole Rosen, Canada Research Chair in Language Interactions at the University of Manitoba about Canadian French, including Laurentian, Acadian and Métis French. We discuss the politics, history and features of Canadian French, including the distinct features of the variety spoken in Winnipeg (where Nicole is from).

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Carrie and Megan talk with Dr. Paul Reed, Assistant Professor in the Department of Communicative Disorders at the University of Alabama. They discuss Appalachian English (and how it's the Southerniest of Southern), hollers, and Jack tales.

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Carrie and Megan talk with Dr. Paul Reed, Assistant Professor in the Department of Communicative Disorders at the University of Alabama. They discuss Appalachian English (and how it's the Southerniest of Southern), hollers, and Jack tales.

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Megan and Carrie talk with Dr. Carmen Fought about Chicano English, why it matters, and why it isn't the same as Spanglish. Carmen Fought is a Professor of Linguistics at Pitzer College.

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Megan and Carrie talk with Dr. Carmen Fought about Chicano English, why it matters, and why it isn't the same as Spanglish. Carmen Fought is a Professor of Linguistics at Pitzer College.

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Carrie and Megan chat with award-winning Chicano Poet Alberto Álvaro Ríos about living on the border between the US and Mexico and between English and Spanish.

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Carrie and Megan chat with award-winning Chicano Poet Alberto Álvaro Ríos about living on the border between the US and Mexico and between English and Spanish.

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Megan and Carrie chat about superstitions, special numbers and the real meaning of 'witch hunt', all while (mis?)pronouncing triskaidekaphobia. It's the spookiest episode yet!

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Megan and Carrie chat about superstitions, special numbers and the real meaning of 'witch hunt', all while (mis?)pronouncing triskaidekaphobia. It's the spookiest episode yet!

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]]> The Vocal Fries 598a9263-ed62-4081-bc6a-a0c3a95c5a73 Sun, 29 Oct 2017 18:00:00 -0700 2154 halloween, superstitions 7 full true A Sirious Problem A Sirious Problem Send us Fan Mail

Do Siri or Alexa have problems understanding you? Learn why, with Carrie and Megan. They talk to Dr. Rachael Tatman about Automatic Speech Recognition (the technology responsible for Siri and Alexa) and why it might be as biased as humans are.

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Do Siri or Alexa have problems understanding you? Learn why, with Carrie and Megan. They talk to Dr. Rachael Tatman about Automatic Speech Recognition (the technology responsible for Siri and Alexa) and why it might be as biased as humans are.

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]]> https://vocalfriespod.com/2018/08/21/episode-6-a-sirious-problem-addendum/ Racheal Tatman f106485a-b94d-4ddb-9964-196290dd3843 Sun, 15 Oct 2017 20:00:00 -0700 2444 AI, ASR, automatic speech recognition, Siri, Alexa 6 full true On the Rez On the Rez Send us Fan Mail

Megan and Carrie interview Dr. Peter Jacobs, Assistant Professor of Linguistics at Simon Fraser University, where he works on language revitalization. They talk about Rez English(es) (the varieties of English spoken on reserves/reservations), indigenous languages of the United States and Canada, and language revitalization.

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Megan and Carrie interview Dr. Peter Jacobs, Assistant Professor of Linguistics at Simon Fraser University, where he works on language revitalization. They talk about Rez English(es) (the varieties of English spoken on reserves/reservations), indigenous languages of the United States and Canada, and language revitalization.

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]]> https://vocalfriespod.com/2018/08/20/episode-5-on-the-rez-addendum/ Peter Jacobs 576d5c50-7851-4623-acab-e9ddb2de074a Sun, 01 Oct 2017 21:00:00 -0700 2595 reservations, rez English, First Nations, Native Americans, Indigenous languages 5 full true Grammar Not-zi Grammar Not-zi Send us Fan Mail

Carrie and Megan talk about prescriptive grammar, grammar peeving, and how most of the rules you were taught about English were made up by a few white dudes way back when. Turns out, prescriptivism is racist, classist, and ableist, and enforcing these rules kinda make you a jerk. They also discuss how they had been trained in high school to be prescriptivists, and how linguistics helped them become less biased.

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Carrie and Megan talk about prescriptive grammar, grammar peeving, and how most of the rules you were taught about English were made up by a few white dudes way back when. Turns out, prescriptivism is racist, classist, and ableist, and enforcing these rules kinda make you a jerk. They also discuss how they had been trained in high school to be prescriptivists, and how linguistics helped them become less biased.

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]]> The Vocal Fries cf90de8d-7f03-4cc8-9e66-ed48aeb950c8 Sun, 17 Sep 2017 18:00:00 -0700 2551 grammar, prescriptivism, descriptive linguistics 4 full true Southern Fried Southern Fried Send us Fan Mail

Megan and Carrie talk to Beth Troutman about what it's like to be a Southerner in politics and TV, discuss some Southern American English features, and why it's uncool to judge regional accents.

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Megan and Carrie talk to Beth Troutman about what it's like to be a Southerner in politics and TV, discuss some Southern American English features, and why it's uncool to judge regional accents.

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]]> https://vocalfriespod.com/2018/08/17/episode-3-southern-fried-addendum/ Beth Troutman 01bc5a4f-5dfe-476d-b445-40e39723e16a Mon, 04 Sep 2017 17:00:00 -0700 2394 Southern American English, Southern, English 3 full true Foul-Mouthed Women Foul-Mouthed Women Send us Fan Mail

Have you ever wondered why swearing feels so good? Carrie and Megan explain what counts as swearing and why it's so fun to swear. They also discuss what types of words become profane over time and how swearing varies across languages and cultures. Also, they swear a lot. gasp

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Have you ever wondered why swearing feels so good? Carrie and Megan explain what counts as swearing and why it's so fun to swear. They also discuss what types of words become profane over time and how swearing varies across languages and cultures. Also, they swear a lot. gasp

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]]> https://vocalfriespod.com/2018/08/15/episode-2-foul-mouthed-women-addendum/ The Vocal Fries 38228479-eba5-4007-b6fd-f9961359a2ff Mon, 31 Jul 2017 19:00:00 -0700 2643 sexism, swearing 2 full true Uppity Women Uppity Women Send us Fan Mail

In this episode we discuss the dreaded vocal fry. We explain what vocal fry actually is, who uses it (cough everyone cough), and why we judge only women for using it. Carrie and Megan ask you to stop judging women for using vocal fry - it's a proxy for sexism and anyway, it's everywhere.

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In this episode we discuss the dreaded vocal fry. We explain what vocal fry actually is, who uses it (cough everyone cough), and why we judge only women for using it. Carrie and Megan ask you to stop judging women for using vocal fry - it's a proxy for sexism and anyway, it's everywhere.

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]]> https://vocalfriespod.com/2018/08/15/episode-1-uppity-women-addendum/ The Vocal Fries 20820841-d524-46a7-9bcc-2d284f2f7f82 Sat, 15 Jul 2017 10:00:00 -0700 1957 sexism, vocal fry, discrimination 1 full true