Booksmart Studios

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Society & Culture

Society & Culture

Updated weekly
Society & Culture

Society & Culture

Updated weekly

11/12/2018

Why Language Can’t Be Tamed

A conversation with Lane Greene, author of Talk on the Wild Side. X: @lexiconvalleyFacebook: facebook.com/LexiconValleyWebsite: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

11/12/2018

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39 min
20/03/2018

Did the Founding Fathers Have a British Accent?

On the way early Americans may have spoken. X: @lexiconvalleyFacebook: facebook.com/LexiconValleyWebsite: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

20/03/2018

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38 min
15/09/2020

When Talking to Your Mother-in-Law Is a Minefield

On codeswitching among family members and relations. X: @lexiconvalleyFacebook: facebook.com/LexiconValleyWebsite: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

15/09/2020

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44 min
28/07/2014

LinguaFile I | Discombobulate

On the etymology of a bewildering word, featuring lexicographer Ben Zimmer. X: @lexiconvalleyFacebook: facebook.com/LexiconValleyWebsite: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

28/07/2014

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22 min
20 JAN

Derek Guy on the Language of Clothing

A prolific writer on men's fashion, Guy discusses the vocabulary of outerwear and why dress is a form of social language. ⁠Visit Lexicon Valley. A Booksmart Studios production. Episode 288: "Derek Guy on the Language of Clothing." With Derek Guy and Mike Vuolo. Edited by Mike Vuolo. Produced by Livia Bloom Ingram. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

20 Jan

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20 min
03/05/2016

The Blaccent

Linguist John McWhorter says the so-called blaccent is largely about vowel sounds. X: @lexiconvalleyFacebook: facebook.com/LexiconValleyWebsite: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

03/05/2016

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27 min
18/04/2017

The Euphemism Treadmill

Why euphemisms tend not to stick around very long. X: @lexiconvalleyFacebook: facebook.com/LexiconValleyWebsite: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

18/04/2017

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29 min
11/06/2012

Capturing the Past

“Lord Grantham, Don Draper’s on Hold”: The algorithm that finds anachronisms in Downton Abbey, Mad Men and Edith Wharton. X: @lexiconvalleyFacebook: facebook.com/LexiconValleyWebsite: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

11/06/2012

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40 min
16/10/2019

Let's Do Lunch

Come table-hopping as we discuss the linguistic quirks of mealtime terms. X: @lexiconvalleyFacebook: facebook.com/LexiconValleyWebsite: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

16/10/2019

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38 min
12/08/2014

The Manic Pixie and the Magical Negro

Journalists Nathan Rabin and Christopher John Farley on the pitfalls of coining a viral term. X: @lexiconvalleyFacebook: facebook.com/LexiconValleyWebsite: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

12/08/2014

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34 min

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

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SOCIETY & CULTURE

Exploring the power of language to inform and misinform. Podcast by Mike Vuolo, Bob Garfield and John McWhorter. If you haven’t yet, please consider a paid subscription to Lexicon Valley. Visit BooksmartStudios.com!

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Why Language Can’t Be Tamed

Did the Founding Fathers Have a British Accent?

When Talking to Your Mother-in-Law Is a Minefield

LinguaFile I | Discombobulate

Derek Guy on the Language of Clothing

The Blaccent

The Euphemism Treadmill

Capturing the Past

Let's Do Lunch

The Manic Pixie and the Magical Negro

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Occupy!

Sullen, Secure & Sober

From Grunts to Special Grunts

English Is Hard Enough Without Antiquated Distinctions

Ghost Town

Four Calling Birds? Not Exactly.

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23,000 Year Old Footprints Help Solve a Vexing Linguistic Riddle

In Language, Context Is King

I Got Beat

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