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Words, Words, Words w/ Ben Zimmer
Ben Zimmer, a language columnist for the Wall Street Journal, is a self-described "linguist, lexicographer, and all-around word nut," but I think this episode proves him to be a paragon of linguistic…
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
Sociolinguistic Labor and Linguistic Oppression w/ Dr. Kelly Elizabeth Wright
People often talk about language as "a window" into many things. Language can teach us about the mind, the brain, history, etc. But language is also a medium for discrimination, ridicule, oppression,…
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
Stochastic Parrots and the Information Ecosystem with Emily M. Bender
There’s a lot that I can say about Emily M. Bender, but I think that a philosophy professor of mine said it best when he described her as the “cutting edge of technology and AI and linguistics and et…
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
Historical Linguistics with Brian Joseph
To study language is to study something uniquely human. To study language throughout time and history is to study the evolution of something uniquely human, to determine the variables and constants w…
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
Live from NYC: Favorite Linguistics Facts
Picture this: it's early January, 2024, and hundreds upon hundreds of linguists have gathered for the Linguistic Society of America (LSA)'s annual meeting in New York City. With so many language nerd…
Published on 1 year, 8 months ago
Steven Pinker: Language and its Revelations
Steven Pinker, the Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology at Harvard University, has studied the mind through a myriad of lenses, including language. Throughout Steve's career, he’s published books…
Published on 1 year, 9 months ago
Computational and Neurological Questions of Language w/ Cory Shain
Although Cory Shain (currently at MIT, soon to be at Stanford) studies language, therefore making him a “linguist,” his research could easily be classified as belonging to a number of other disciplin…
Published on 1 year, 11 months ago
Linguistics and Literature with Joseph Rager
I've heard it said that the best way to concretize a friendship is to interview your friend on a podcast. So that's what this episode is: a conversation between myself and my brilliant friend, Joseph…
Published on 1 year, 11 months ago
Language and Race with Professor Nicole Holliday
It’s rare to meet your academic inspiration incarnate, and even rarer to take a class with them, so I was enthralled, overjoyed, and sweating my pores out when I got the chance to take Professor Nico…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
Bilingual Cognition with Professor Megan Zirnstein
What can the bilingual brain accomplish more efficiently than the monolingual brain? Megan Zirnstein, a cognitive science professor at Pomona College, researches bilingual cognition, a topic of parti…
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago