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) 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
5) 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
6) 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
7) 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
8) The AI Con
Send us a text 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 (...Show More
9) Enough is Enuf
Send us a text Carrie and Megan talk with Gabe Henry about his new book, Enough is enuf: Our failed attempts to make English eezier to spell. Puerto Rico and English as an Official LanguageSupport the...Show More
10) Language Oppression in Tibet
Send us a text Carrie and Megan talk with Dr Gerald Roach, Lecturer in the Department of Languages and Cultures at La Trobe University, about his new book, The Politics of Language Oppression in Tibet...Show More