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The Vocal Fries

The monthly podcast about linguistic discrimination. Learn about how we judge other people’s speech as a sneaky way to be racist, sexist, classist, etc. Carrie and Megan teach you how to stop being an accidental jerk. Support this podcast at www.patreon.com/vocalfriespod

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The Funnest Episode Mar 12, 2024

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Megan and Carrie talk with Dr Anne Curzan about her book Says Who? A Kinder, Funner Usage Guide for Everyone Who Cares About Words.

Trump's brain

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Braillians Feb 12, 2024

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Carrie and Megan talk with Dr Sheri Wells-Jensen, Associate Professor at Bowling Green State University, about her chapter Cognition, Sensory Input, and Linguistics : A Possible Language for Blind Aliens in the new book Xenolinguistics: Towards a Science of Extraterrestrial Language, blind aliens, how languages can be, and her appreciation of the movie Arrival.

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Linguistic Discrimination against Uyghurs in China Jan 16, 2024

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Megan and Carrie talk with Dr Lee Moore about the linguistic situation in China, particularly the hostile environment towards Uyghurs.
He is also the author of "A dyslexic learning Chinese".

WOTY23

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Werthwhile Language Dec 11, 2023

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Carrie and Megan talk with Dr Suzanne Wertheim about her book, The Inclusive Language Field Guide: 6 Simple Principles for Avoiding Painful Mistakes and Communicating Respectfully.

pentl'atch named a living language

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Don't Drown the Cat Nov 20, 2023

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Megan and Carrie talk with Dr Rebecca Roache about her book, For F*ck's Sake: Why Swearing is Shocking, Rude, and Fun.

Great British Bake Off

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We All Country Oct 16, 2023

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Carrie and Megan talk with Dr Bryce McCleary, Lecturer in Linguistics at Rice University, about his paper “'We All Country': Region, Place, and Community Language among Oklahoma City Drag Performers".
Australia referendum

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Shuffling off This Mortal Coil Sep 11, 2023

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Megan and Carrie talk with Poppy Mardall, the founder and chair of Poppy’s, about the Dead Good Words campaign around dehumanizing and euphemistic language about death.

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Talking Tamarra Aug 03, 2023

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Carrie and Megan talk with Dr Felicity Meakins, Professor of Linguistics at the University of Queensland, and Briony Barr, a visual-conceptual-teaching artist and co-founder of the Scale Free Network, about their book Tamarra: A Story of Termites on Gurindji Territory, why termites are important to Gurindji people, and why they wanted to work on this project.

Ken knows how to f

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Mental Fries/Vocal Floss Jul 10, 2023

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Megan and Carrie talk to Erin McCarthy, Editor-in-Chief of Mental Floss, about her new book (with the Mental Floss team), Mental Floss Curious Compendium of Wonderful Words: A Miscellany of Obscure Terms, Bizarre Phrases & Surprising Etymologies

Silver Lining of pandemic

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A Braille as Old as Time Jun 20, 2023

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Carrie and Megan talk with Dr Robert Englebretson, Associate Professor in Linguistics at Rice University, about all things braille.
Sources:

https://www.doi.org/10.1017/S0142716423000061
http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~reng/ling327syllabus.pdf
https://news2.rice.edu/2019/07/23/rice-study-seeks-to-improve-braille-literacy-2/
Kleege, Georgina. 2006. "Visible braille/invisible blindness." Journal
of Visual Culture, 5 (2): 209-218. https://doi.org/10.1177/1470412906066909
https://pbs.jhu.edu/directory/marina-bedny/

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