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The Vocal Fries

The monthly podcast about linguistic discrimination. Learn about how we judge other people's speech as a sneaky way to be racist, sexist, classist, etc. Carrie and Megan teach you how to stop being an... Read more

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How Millennials are Destroying the Philly Accent

How Millennials are Destroying the Philly Accent

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

26 Nov 2018

1hr 3mins

Ranked #2

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Grammar Not-zi

Grammar Not-zi

Carrie and Megan talk about prescriptive grammar, grammar peeving, and how most of the rules you were taught about Engli... Read more

18 Sep 2017

42mins

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Don't Mind the Gap

Don't Mind the Gap

Megan and Carrie talk with Dr. Nelson Flores, newly minted Associate Professor of Educational Linguistics at the Univers... Read more

2 Jul 2018

56mins

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Word Slut

Word Slut

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

17 Jun 2019

1hr 1min

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The Rhetoric of Xenophobia

The Rhetoric of Xenophobia

Carrie and Megan talk to Ben Zimmer about the rhetoric of "infestation" and "invasion" and the history of their use.We'r... Read more

23 Sep 2019

57mins

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Ope, Just Gonna Sneak Right Past Ya and Grab the Ranch

Ope, Just Gonna Sneak Right Past Ya and Grab the Ranch

Carrie and Megan talk with Amanda and Lucy from the Wine and Crime podcast about all things Minnesota.TranscriptWe're an... Read more

16 Jul 2018

53mins

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Black Lives Matter

Black Lives Matter

Carrie and Megan talk with Dr. Ersula Ore from Arizona State University about rhetoric, respectability politics, and her... Read more

12 Mar 2018

1hr 18mins

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Beyoncé, Hoodies and Obama Linguistics

Beyoncé, Hoodies and Obama Linguistics

Carrie and Megan talk with Dr. Nicole Holliday, Assistant Professor of Linguistics and Cognitive Science at Pomona Colle... Read more

11 Feb 2019

1hr 6mins

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Practice Makes Easier

Practice Makes Easier

Megan and Carrie talk with Dr Melissa Baese-Berk, Associate Professor at the University of Oregon, about native and non-... Read more

13 Jan 2020

52mins

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Your Language Sounds like it has a Drawbridge

Your Language Sounds like it has a Drawbridge

Carrie and Megan talk to Dr Sadie Ryan, host of the Accentricity podcast, the podcast that examines the eccentricities o... Read more

26 Aug 2019

1hr 5mins

Ranked #11

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A Sirious Problem

A Sirious Problem

Do Siri or Alexa have problems understanding you? Learn why, with Carrie and Megan. They talk to Dr. Rachael Tatman abou... Read more

16 Oct 2017

40mins

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Down in the Holler

Down in the Holler

Carrie and Megan talk with Dr. Paul Reed, Assistant Professor in the Department of Communicative Disorders at the Univer... Read more

11 Dec 2017

49mins

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Wikitongues

Wikitongues

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

3 Feb 2020

57mins

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The (In)Visibility of Disability

The (In)Visibility of Disability

Megan and Carrie talk to Alice Wong, the founder and Project Coordinator of the Disability Visibility Project, and Nina ... Read more

7 Oct 2019

1hr 15mins

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On the Basis of Voice

On the Basis of Voice

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

25 Feb 2019

50mins

Ranked #16

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Don't Be An Accenthole

Don't Be An Accenthole

Carrie and Megan talk with Ethan Kutlu, PhD student at the University of Florida about foreign accented speech (FAS), wh... Read more

9 Apr 2018

47mins

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Between Iraq and a Hard Place

Between Iraq and a Hard Place

Carrie and Megan talk to Dr Zachary Jaggers, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Oregon, about differences... Read more

25 Nov 2019

58mins

Ranked #18

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Borderlands/La frontera

Borderlands/La frontera

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

13 Nov 2017

1hr 21mins

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Learning to Love Like

Learning to Love Like

Megan and Carrie talk with Dr. Alexandra D'Arcy, Associate Professor at the University of Victoria, Director of the Soci... Read more

21 May 2018

1hr 9mins

Ranked #20

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ChicaNO? ChicanYES!

ChicaNO? ChicanYES!

Megan and Carrie talk with Dr. Carmen Fought about Chicano English, why it matters, and why it isn't the same as Spangli... Read more

27 Nov 2017

40mins

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