Lingcast - The English language and Linguistics podcast

Blake Reed
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Lingcast - The English language and Linguistics podcast

lingcast is a new linguistics podcast where the host, Blake Reed, will discuss the amazing quirks and interesting facts hidden within the English language. There are so many weird and wonderful explanations for the ways in which we communicate that could answer a lot of our problems. Join us and listen close, you might just learn something.

Episodes

  1. What goes on in our head when we talk? S3:E1

    01/12/2021

    What goes on in our head when we talk? S3:E1

    Welcome back and Happy New Year! Join me on this episode as I discuss what actually goes on in our brains when we decide we want to talk to someone. The Human Communication Cycle.

    9 min
  2. Weird Things we Say and Why

    12/15/2020

    Weird Things we Say and Why

    Welcome back to lingcast S2:E3! Join me this week as I discuss 5 of my favourite strange sayings and idioms we use on a daily basis and explain what on earth they mean.

    9 min
  3. Covid-19, Words of an Unprecedented Year S2:E2

    12/01/2020

    Covid-19, Words of an Unprecedented Year S2:E2

    Join me this week as I discuss the effects of Covid-19 on our language, and how Oxford broke it's one word rule for such an unprecedented year.

    10 min
  4. Can Linguistics Solve Real World Problems? S2:Special

    11/27/2020

    Can Linguistics Solve Real World Problems? S2:Special

    This episode of lincast covers how linguistic knowledge can be applied to real world settings in order to resolve our language-based issues. This special mid-week episode is for a University assessment and so is much faster and more jam packed than the usual lingcast style. Feel free to listen and think yourself about real world problems that could be resolved through the application of linguistic knowledge.

    12 min
  5. The Importance of Asking Questions S2:E1

    11/24/2020

    The Importance of Asking Questions S2:E1

    Welcome back to lingcast for the start of season 2! This week I discuss the importance of questions and just why asking questions could lead to life changing events.

    11 min
  6. What does your body language say about you? S1:E5

    11/10/2020

    What does your body language say about you? S1:E5

    Do you tell people more about yourself from the way you talk or the way you act? What does your body language say about you? And is it possible to hide your body language to prevent revealing your true emotions? Join me this week on lingcast as I discuss how an FBI agent could analyse your body language to determine if you are a spy, talk about how we may behave more like animals than we initially thought, and question if we can fake it until we make it.  If you want to keep up to date with the latest lingcast related topics, follow on instagram @_lingcast! lingcast: S1:E5 - Body Language

    17 min
  7. Language Acquisition S1:E4

    11/03/2020

    Language Acquisition S1:E4

    Join me in this episode and think about what learning a second or other language really means, is there a difference between learning your first language and learning others later in life, Why does language learning become harder with age, and question who would make a better English teacher; a native English speaker or a non-native English speaker?

    11 min
  8. Accommodation Theory S1:E3

    10/26/2020

    Accommodation Theory S1:E3

    This episode of lingcast is dedicated to the University College London and their request of an episode about accommodation theory.  Have you ever been asked if you kiss your mother with that mouth, or told to wash your mouth out with soap? Join me and think about what causes our voice to change when we are with our friends compared to when we're with our family, and ask yourself the all important question of how would you speak to the Queen.

    9 min
  9. Why is standard English standard?

    10/19/2020

    Why is standard English standard?

    Join me in season 1 episode 2 as I discuss the history of standard English and think about whether it needs a reboot in 2020.

    12 min

  10. 10/12/2020

    Why do people take things the wrong way? S1:E1

    What actually happens when someone takes something the wrong way? Was it what you said, or how you said it?

    11 min
  11. A short introduction to lingcast.

    10/09/2020

    A short introduction to lingcast.

    Welcome to lingcast, the new linguistics podcast brought to you by Blake Reed. This episode is a small taster of things to come, it should give you an idea of the types of things that are going to be talked about within lingcast. Each week a new episode will be published all about something interesting within the English language that often gets overlooked. Join us each week and listen close, you might just learn something.

    2 min
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lingcast is a new linguistics podcast where the host, Blake Reed, will discuss the amazing quirks and interesting facts hidden within the English language. There are so many weird and wonderful explanations for the ways in which we communicate that could answer a lot of our problems. Join us and listen close, you might just learn something.

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