Podcast Episodes

Undocumented Illegals

Episode 21

The heated debate over language at the heart of U.S. immigration policy.

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13 years, 4 months ago

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Undocumented Illegals

Episode 21

Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss the debate over "illegal" versus "undocumented" at the heart of U.S. immigration policy.

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13 years, 4 months ago

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Death to Potatoes

Episode 20

On the all-important role that language translation — and mistranslation — plays in our lives, with Nataly Kelly and Jost Zetzsche.

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13 years, 5 months ago

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Death to Potatoes

Episode 20

Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo speak with Nataly Kelly, coauthor of "Found in Translation: How Language Shapes Our Lives and Transforms the World."

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13 years, 5 months ago

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Here's to You Mrs. Malaprop

Episode 19

What misspeaking might reveal about the way our mental dictionary is organized.

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13 years, 5 months ago

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Here's to You Mrs. Malaprop

Episode 19

Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss what malapropisms might reveal about the way we organize our mental dictionary.

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13 years, 5 months ago

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The Rate of Exchange

Episode 18

On the widespread belief that other languages are spoken more rapidly than your own.

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13 years, 6 months ago

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The Rate of Exchange

Episode 18

Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss the commonly held belief that some languages are spoken faster than others.

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13 years, 6 months ago

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Ascent of the A-Word

Episode 17

Linguist Geoffrey Nunberg on his book Ascent of the A-Word: A**holism, the First Sixty Years.

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13 years, 6 months ago

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Ascent of the A-Word

Episode 17

Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo talk to linguist Geoffrey Nunberg about his book, "Ascent of the A-Word: A**holism, the First Sixty Years."

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13 years, 6 months ago

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