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Episode 106
John McWhorter talks to linguist Neal Whitman about the mash-up of hey and yo.
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9 years ago
Heyo, Let's Talk About Hamilton
Episode 106
A conversation with linguist Neal Whitman.
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9 years ago
How Did Americans Talk a Hundred Years Ago?
Episode 105
More profane, parochial and provincial: John McWhorter time travels to 1930 and eavesdrops on American English.
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9 years ago
How Did Americans Talk a Hundred Years Ago?
Episode 105
John McWhorter time travels to 1930 to eavesdrop on American English.
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9 years ago
Like, Why Do We Use Like So Much?
Episode 104
John McWhorter talks to sociolinguist Alexandra D'Arcy about the spike in our use of like.
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9 years, 2 months ago
Like, Why Do We Use Like So Much?
Episode 104
A conversation with sociolinguist Alexandra D’Arcy
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9 years, 2 months ago
What Had Happened Was Storytelling
Episode 103
John McWhorter discusses the subject of his new book, Talking Back, Talking Black: Truths About America's Lingua Franca.
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9 years, 2 months ago
What Had Happened Was Storytelling
Episode 103
John McWhorter discusses his new book, Talking Back, Talking Black.
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9 years, 2 months ago
Why We Stopped Teaching Children How to Read
Episode 102
Mark Seidenberg, author of Language at the Speed of Sight: How We Read, Why So Many Can’t, and What Can Be Done About It, discusses the fallout from …
9 years, 2 months ago
Why We Stopped Teaching Children How to Read
Episode 102
A conversation with Mark Seidenberg, author of Language at the Speed of Sight.
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9 years, 2 months ago