A podcast about linguistics, the science of language.
For decades, forensic linguists have been pushing back on harmful language ideologies, and fighting
How do we make the discipline of linguistics — and our world — a more just, diverse, and equitable p
Why does everyone say OOO! when they see someone fall down? Why do we say YUM when we feed a baby? A
How can you tell if a news story is intended to deceive? In one well-known case of journalistic dece
We're going deep into our Mailbag, and we're going to answer all your questions. Why do we say "her
When language was innovated, what happened next? How did it change our abilities — and our responsib
Here’s an entire show, curated by one of our most prolific contributors — newly minted speechie Phar
For this special live LingFest23 episode, we’ll again be voting on tricky language issues, and our v
We all have freedom of expression, but what are its limits — social and legal? And how have governme
The American Dialect Society Word of the Year has been chosen — and it’s a wonderful and terrible pi
In what was meant to be a casual chat, cognitive scientist Dr Mark Ellison answers galaxy-brain-leve
We're counting down our Words of the Year, as voted by you! We're joined by our friends and patrons,
ChatGPT has just landed. It can generate text that seems fluid, plausible, and (surprisingly) not to
Many expressions we use come from the nautical domain. But are they nautical? Are they really? We’ve
A chat with Dr Kelly Wright, who’s been working on… well, really a lot. Kelly is at the juncture of
Just two words, but they do so much. But what exactly? Here to answer that question is Dr Isabelle B
Yes, linguistics is all through the world of sci-fi, but science fiction has had a surprising impact
It’s Ben, Hedvig, and Daniel all together in the same place for the first time. We’re talking about
Language isn’t just for communication — it’s fun. For over a hundred years, crosswords have served a
In which we get together for a chat, talk about stuff we like, and — oh, yeah — answers a few questi
