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Structured Visions

Linguist Jodie Clark explores creative ways of imagining social transformation.

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Episode 76 Quantum linguistics

Episode 76 Quantum linguistics

Where do you get your ideas? The question presumes instrumentality and exchange, as if you could take a trip to your fav... Read more

30 Jun 2022

58mins

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Episode 75 Accidentally born again

Episode 75 Accidentally born again

What’s your relationship to religion? This could be a tricky question, for lots of reasons. People may not understand yo... Read more

26 May 2022

58mins

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Episode 74 Create nothing

Episode 74 Create nothing

Is there anyone in your life who truly ‘gets’ you? What’s your favourite fairy tale? Have you ever received guidance fro... Read more

28 Apr 2022

53mins

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Episode 73 The structure of selfhood

Episode 73 The structure of selfhood

How is language like water? Both are all around us. Both are within us. Both have fascinating structuring mechanisms tha... Read more

31 Mar 2022

55mins

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Episode 72 Apocalypse fantasies

Episode 72 Apocalypse fantasies

Have you ever entertained an apocalypse fantasy? The one I invented relieves humanity of its language. Language produces... Read more

24 Feb 2022

54mins

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Episode 71 Good news and bad news

Episode 71 Good news and bad news

Ferdinand de Saussure likened language to a collective treasure that every member of the linguistic community can draw f... Read more

27 Jan 2022

48mins

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Episode 70 The meanings of life

Episode 70 The meanings of life

Happy New Year! The end of the year is a great time for reflection. Why not reflect upon the meaning of life? Or, even b... Read more

30 Dec 2021

35mins

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Episode 69 Our relationship with our world

Episode 69 Our relationship with our world

‘It’s easy to forget,’ said Sir David Attenborough in his address to COP26, ‘that ultimately the emergency climate come... Read more

25 Nov 2021

51mins

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Episode 68 Life, language and other mysteries

Episode 68 Life, language and other mysteries

In this episode we’re going to address three questions. What’s a word? What was did it feel like when life first emerged... Read more

28 Oct 2021

46mins

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Episode 67 Imperative blessings

Episode 67 Imperative blessings

When did you learn that the earth travels round the sun and not the other way round? And when you talk to yourself, whic... Read more

30 Sep 2021

50mins

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