121 episodes
The Vocal Fries The Vocal Fries
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4.4 • 148 Ratings
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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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Like, Literally, Dude
Megan and Carrie talk with Dr Valerie Fridland about her new book, Like, Literally, Dude: Arguing for the Good in Bad English, how to pronounce Nevada, and all things language.
Charles Boberg's article on 'foreign (a)'Words with no English equivalents
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Figgy, Gills and Bobby
Dr. Bob Kennedy is back! Carrie and Megan pick his brain about all things language in sports.
He shoots, he scores!
Intro discussion:
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Don't be an *, be a 🐈
Megan and Carrie talk with Rachel E. Gross about her book, Vagina Obscura, and the language we use to describe pregnancy, vaginas, cervixes, etc.
Whale vocal fry:
nprwaponytimesBackground on phonic lips
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The People's Tongue
Carrie and Megan talk to Dr Ilan Stavans about his new book, The People's Tongue: Americans and the English Language.
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The Freeze Peach Paradox
Megan and Carrie talk to Dr. Dennis Baron, Emeritus Professor of English at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, about his newest book You Can't Always Say What You Want: The Paradox of Free Speech.
What do moos mean?
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Dr G Squared
Carrie and Megan talk with Dr Geneva Smitherman/Dr. G about her book My Soul Look Back In Wonder, narrative essays about her race, gender, class, and linguistic consciousness as a member of the Black Power Generation of the 1960s and 70s.
Quebec economic immigrants
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Customer Reviews
Keeps my Love of Language Alive!
I fell in love with linguistics in college in Inge Genee’s class at the University of Lethbridge (you should have her on the show!). I am now many years past college and that love has stuck with me and I get to keep learning thanks to Carrie and Megan. I love how accessible they make a very academic discipline and the way they force me to address my own biases and preconceptions.
Thank you, Carrie and Megan! Please never stop!
Makes my ears bleed
Moronic drivel.
Amazing podcast for language nerds who care!
This podcast is such a pleasure to listen to! I learn so much and Carrie and Megan’s personalities are so fun. 10/10 recommend I love them.