48: The Black Side of the River (with Jessi Grieser)
Anacostia is a rapidly gentrifying suburb in Washington DC, and as Anacostia changes, so does the language. How do the original Black residents use language to establish their cred? What about the lan...
4 Mar 20221h 32min
47: We Need to Talk About Grice (with Rikker Dockum)
Every Linguistics 101 student knows about HP Grice and his famous Maxims. They state that dialogue is usually cooperative — and when it doesn't appear to be, they explain how we manage to work out mea...
20 Feb 20221h 13min
46: Just Words (with Rebecca Shapiro)
Can dictionaries create a more fair world? One language observer sees that dictionaries, far from being a neutral chronicle of language, are capable of promoting social justice. Daniel speaks with Dr ...
10 Feb 20221h 35min
45: Mailbag of Words
The Words of the Year are out! And we're talking about 'em. We're answering all the questions in our voluminous Mailbag. We have here, there, and where. We also have that and what. Was there ever a h...
29 Jan 20221h 19min
44: Words of the Week of the Year 2021 (with Lauren Gawne)
Our listeners have voted, and here are all the words! Which were our top Words of the Week? Which were the worst? And what did all the dictionary people pick? We're joined by our very special guest (a...
22 Des 20211h 23min
43: Journal Club: Zoomies on Zoom (with Hadas Kotek and friends)
Our friends and listeners bring us lots of great stories, questions, and words. So for this episode, we've invited them to present them themselves! All patrons have been invited to join us for this li...
17 Des 20211h 22min
42: Replicability Crisis (with Martine Grice and Bodo Winter)
The sciences are facing a replicability crisis. Some landmark studies were once considered settled, but then failed when they were retested. So have any linguistic experiments been toppled? And how do...
1 Des 20211h 34min
41: Mailbag of Caitlin University (with Caitlin Green)
Here to help us answer our voluminous Mailbag is the tireless Dr Caitlin Green, Vice Cancellor of Caitlin University. Among our questions: NON-BINARY or NONBINARY? What's behind coffee names? Why is ...
16 Nov 20211h 14min
