You Talk Funny

Carrie Hardin
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A podcast for language-nerds, theatre-nerds, and plain old nerd-nerds. Dialect Coach Carrie Hardin helps actors with all kinds of things —whether it’s cramming to learn an accent before that audition, or just figuring out whatever the hell Shakespeare was talking about during this weird part of the play with a bear in it. The questions are always different, but there’s one answer that’s always the same —your voice is amazing.

  1. 07/13/2022

    AAE for the SLP

    I spoke to Mecca Lewis from AAE for the SLP, about her work as a speech language pathologist, an unintentional spokesperson for African American English, and why the way she talks definitely isn’t “slang.”

    23 min

  2. 05/04/2022

    Turn on, tune in, (the) Dropout

    Why do we care as much about Elizabeth Holmes’ voice as we do about all the fraud and deception? What is it about her voice, and the idea of “authenticity,” and exactly how does Amanda Seyfried manage to sound like her in the new Hulu series The Dropout?

    38 min

  3. 03/02/2022

    Inventing “Inventing Anna”

    In the new Shonda Rhimes/Netflix true crime melodrama: “Inventing Anna,” Julia Garner plays real life fraudster-cum-socialite Anna Sorokin, and attempts her hodgepodge of an accent. So, what IS this accent, exactly? Where did it come from, and did Garner manage to pull it off?

    35 min

  4. 02/02/2022

    Very British Villains

    Have you ever wondered why so many villains in American movies speak with British accents? Is it just a coincidence, or is there something more going on? If you have a dialect question you can write to me at carriehardintalksfunny@gmail.com

    36 min

  5. 01/05/2022

    Under Quarantine

    Where did we get the term “Quarantine?” Is that different from “Lockdown” or “isolation?” Will I ever be allowed to leave my house again?

    8 min

  6. 12/01/2021

    Folk Etymologies

    Everyone loves a good story, but it seems like all the best ones are made up. That’s where Folk Etymologies come in, or the fake stories of how these words didn’t actually originate.

    33 min

  7. 10/27/2021

    RE-RELEASE: I vant to suck your blaaaahd

    From movies to muppets, Dracula’s iconic accent is one of our favorite tropes. But where did this sometimes-spooky, sometimes-silly voice come from? And why do we associate it with vampires? In last year's Halloween special, Carrie explores the history of Dracula Voice.

    31 min

  8. 10/06/2021

    The “Other”

    Whether it’s a coming-of-age story or a monster movie, there are lots of reasons to want to create a sense of “otherness” in your character. Accents are one way to do this, and while making an Impossible Accent from Nowhere can be fun, using a real life language as a shorthand for “other” can perpetuate harmful stereotypes. So —how do we responsibly tell these stories about being “other?” Have a question? Send it to carriehardintalksfunny@gmail.com Find us at Patreon.com/youtalkfunny

    42 min
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A podcast for language-nerds, theatre-nerds, and plain old nerd-nerds. Dialect Coach Carrie Hardin helps actors with all kinds of things —whether it’s cramming to learn an accent before that audition, or just figuring out whatever the hell Shakespeare was talking about during this weird part of the play with a bear in it. The questions are always different, but there’s one answer that’s always the same —your voice is amazing.

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  • Creator
    Carrie Hardin
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2022
  • Episodes
    27
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Carrie Hardin