22: Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction (with Jesse Sheidlower)
What’s a corpsicle? How old is the word hyperspace? Who was the first writer to use the term warp...
01:39:34
22: Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction (with Jesse Sheidlower)
What’s a corpsicle? How old is the word hyperspace? Who was the first writer to use the term warp...
01:39:34
There's so much news and research coming out, we can hardly address it all! But we're giving it a...
01:20:18
20: Madam VP (with Nicole Holliday and Caroline Kilov)
Kamala Harris is the first woman — and woman of colour — to be Vice President of the United...
01:28:15
More great questions from our Mailbag! How did we get from SUSS (suspect) to SUSS OUT (find...
01:33:41
18: Swearin' Time (with Kory Stamper)
There's a new show on Netflix, and it's The History of Swearing, featuring Nicolas Cage. Backing...
01:28:44
12: Mailbag: Will Ben Get It Right?
The questions keep coming! Let’s answer them. Why is “Live Laugh Love” in that order? Why do...
01:10:45
17: Words of the Week of the Year 2020
On this momentous episode, we look back on all the words that made our year. Like, all of them....
01:49:23
These cute critters, once part of a pioneering study in child language acquisition, have become...
01:12:31
Our Mailbag is at capacity! Time to get to these questions. We have pronouns and proverbs. So...
01:14:13
15: Xenolanguage (with Kathryn Hymes)
If you love language, and you also love role-playing games with a sci-fi flair, then you're going...
01:12:58
14: Word Jail (with Ian Cushing)
Schools are banning words and policing language. It may be a well-meaning attempt to encourage...
01:14:10
13: White Supremacy (with Kelly Wright)
The definition of white supremacy: is it expanding, or are we just getting better at recognising...
01:25:47
11: Aboriginal English: Yarning (with Glenys Collard and Celeste Rodriguez Louro)
Aboriginal English has been around a long while, but linguists have not taken the opportunity to...
01:05:37
OzCLO is the Australian Computational and Linguistics Olympiad, where Australian high school...
01:41:25
8: How Translatable Are Languages? (with Gary Lupyan)
Blog post: http://becauselanguage.com/8-how-translatable-are-languages/ Patreon:...
01:06:32
7: Mailbag of One Wrong Answer
Our ever-popular Mailbag is bursting with questions, so let’s get to them! How do you...
01:09:18
6: Decolonising Linguistics: Grammars (with Hannah Gibson)
Linguistics as a discipline has some work to do when it comes to examining and eliminating the...
01:23:33
An open letter to the LSA has ignited a furious debate among linguists and the wider public about...
01:09:26
4: Bilingual Advantages (with Iryna Khodos)
We’ve heard a lot about the cognitive benefits of bilingualism. But then we’ve also seen a lot of...
01:18:41
3: Let's Talk (with David Crystal)
Show notes: http://becauselanguage.com/3-lets-talk/ Subscribe:...
01:13:33