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!

Me: cool another linguistics podcast, I love those! Them: (a few episodes in) Schadenfreude is mean but ok if it’s “about a white dude” Me: oh right, it’s a podcast about linguistic discrimination! Byeeeeeee!

I’ve tried to listen to several episodes but couldn’t bear the consistently uninformed views that betray the hosts’ meager knowledge of history (just one example, in an episode about dialects, one of the hosts speculated that, since the founding of the U.S. was contemporaneous with the French Revolution, perhaps the “English only” movement in the U.S. was modeled after France’s insistence on a single uniform national language). I never managed to finish an episode and I can’t believe they’ve lasted long enough to make over 100 episodes of tiresome dreck. I’m sure they mean well but these are not serious people, despite their academic credentials.

Moronic drivel.

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.

Many of the concepts are very basic intro linguistics concepts, but I don’t feel like they explain them thoroughly enough for someone who is unfamiliar with linguistics to understand. On the other hand, anyone who is already familiar with these concepts won’t find much groundbreaking material here. The first episode I listened to was about prescriptivism vs descriptivism. The hosts spent a long time covering how non-standard grammar was not “wrong” per se, but just different, from a different cultural perspective. Then, not ten minutes later, they talk about how annoying it is when people use “whom” wrong. Isn’t the concept of “wrong” here the prescriptivism they just made a point of poo-pooing? I feel they also did not really cover the idea that standardized grammar DOES have a purpose, which is to find common clarity. Whether or not it is always successful is perhaps another story, but they don’t seem to address that having a codified grammar model has ANY benefits at all, which it most certainly does. Sure, it’s not helpful in all situations at all times, but having standardized grammar does have many benefits. I might give this podcast a few more episodes to see if they found their groove any more in later episodes, but the start was pretty rocky.

I learn so much from Carrie, Megan, and their guests. Vocal fries is one of my fave podcasts ever 😻!

If you enjoy listening to two Uber-left white apologists who have no concept of what language is, look no further! I suspect if you came looking for this drivel without a sense of irony you probably will agree with these dolts and you will probably love it. Just know that the majority of people who speak any language at all think that you, and these sub-normals are the dregs of society as we know it.

Even after one episode I’m hooked by this informative and assured show, which has helped me examine my own assumptions and prejudices about how people speak. Also gotta love how the reviewers who hate this podcast are flying their bigoted colors (as well as flaunting their amazing grammar skills). So glad I found you guys!

Excellent and informative podcast.