The 3 Best The Vocal Fries Podcast Episodes
1) We're Ghana Talk English
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 abou...Show More
2) Uppity Women
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 ...Show More
3) Basque-ing in the European Sun
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.TranscriptWe&apos...Show More
4) Trapped in Makaton
Send us a text Carrie and Megan talk about Makaton, an artificial sign-based system, particularly Sara Novič's article about it. Support the show Contact us: Threads us @vocalfriespod Bluesky us ...Show More
5) Scary Words for a Scary World
Send us a text Carrie and Megan talk about random words that are scary or scary-adjacent. facsismeldritchghostvampireSupport the show Contact us: Threads us @vocalfriespod Bluesky us @vocalfriespod...Show More
6) Peven Stinker
Send us a text We have a few things to say about Pinker. Part of the War on ScienceThe Language InstinctPinker on Race RealismCo-authored paper on overregularizationThe Open Letter to the LSAThe artic...Show More
7) Algospeak
Send us a text Carrie and Megan talk with Adam Aleksic about his new book, Algospeak: How Social Media is Transforming the Future of Language. Bromism and ChatGPTSupport the show Contact us: Threads...Show More
8) A History of Like
Send us a text 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. Putin and RussianSupport the sh...Show More
9) Serving Language Ideologies
Send us a text 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”. ...Show More
10) Rare Tongues
Send us a text We talk with Dr Lorna Gibb about her newest book, Rare Tongues: The Secret Stories of Hidden Languages. Steven Pinker: Harvard Derangement Syndromevs. LSAJews and IQSupport the show Con...Show More