Lingthusiasm - A podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics

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A podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics by Gretchen McCulloch and Lauren Gawne. "A fascinating listen that will change the way you see everyday communications." –New York Times. "Joyously nerdy" –Buzzfeed. Weird and deep half-hour...

Episodes

118: Using tech to chat with bonobos, dogs, and whales

117: What makes for beautiful writing, scientifically speaking

116: Cross-cultural communication (in space!)

115: The long shadow of Daisy Bates with This Guy Sucked

114: Begonia, average coral, and sea pink - Defining colour terms with Kory Stamper

113: Why "it's a diglossia!" explains so many social dynamics

112: When language become-s(3SG) linguistic example-s(PL)

111: Whoa!! A surprise episode??? For me??!!

110: The history of the history of Indo-European - Interview with Danny Bate

109: On the nose - How the nose shapes language

108: Highs and lows of tone in Babanki - Interview with Pius Akumbu

107: Urban Multilingualism

106: Is a hotdog a sandwich? The problem with definitions

105: Linguistics of TikTok - Interview with Adam Aleksic aka EtymologyNerd

104: Reading and language play in Sámi - Interview with Hanna-Máret Outakoski

103: A hand-y guide to gesture

102: The science and fiction of Sapir-Whorf

101: Micro to macro - The levels of language

100: A hundred reasons to be enthusiastic about linguistics

99: A politeness episode, if you please