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    Lexicon Valley

    A podcast about language, with hosts Mike Vuolo, Bob Garfield and John McWhorter.

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    Word Sex Aug 23, 2016
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    Where do new words come from? Often old words.

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    Should Shakespeare Get a Modern English Makeover? Aug 08, 2016
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    A conversation with Jack Lynch, author of Becoming Shakespeare: The Unlikely Afterlife That Turned a Provincial Playwright into the Bard.

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    Are Emoji a Language? Jul 26, 2016
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    A conversation with Gretchen McCulloch on the big meaning behind our favorite little pictograms.

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    Finding Life in a Dead Language Jul 12, 2016
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    A conversation with Ann Patty, author of Living With a Dead Language, about her transformative experience learning Latin.

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    Rules Are Made to Be Spoken Jun 29, 2016
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    A conversation with Sali Tagliamonte, author of Making Waves: The Story of Variationist Sociolinguistics.

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    Should We Make English Spelling Easier? Jun 14, 2016
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    A conversation with etymologist Anatoly Liberman, author of Word Origins and How We Know Them.

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    Your Brain on Profanity May 31, 2016
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    Benjamin K. Bergen, author of What the F: What Swearing Reveals About Our Language, Our Brains, and Ourselves, discusses the science of cursing.

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    LinguaFile XXIV | Roshambo May 17, 2016
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    Why some people call rock-paper-scissors roshambo, with lexicographer Ben Zimmer.

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    The Blaccent May 03, 2016
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    Linguist John McWhorter says the so-called blaccent is largely about vowel sounds.

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    LinguaFile XXIII | Red Herring Apr 19, 2016
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    How Clupea harengus — a.k.a. Atlantic herring — came to signify a diversionary tactic, with lexicographer Ben Zimmer.

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