The Vocal Fries
The monthly podcast about linguistic discrimination. Learn about how we judge other people's speech as a sneaky way to be racist, sexist, classist, etc. Carrie and Megan teach you how to stop being an accidental jerk. Support this podcast at www.patreon.com/vocalfriespod
Episodes
141 episodes
Demystifying Language
Megan and Carrie talk to Dr Ayala Fader, professor of anthropology at Fordham University, and Dr
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Episode 134
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41:05
Fear and Loathing in Politics and Academia
Carrie and Megan talk to Dr Leonard Cassuto, Professor of English at Fordham University, about his class called "Literature and Psychology of Disgust," which explores how language evokes emotional responses, p...
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Episode 133
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54:38
Performing the News
Carrie and Megan talk with Dr Elia Powers, Associate Professor of Journalism at Towson University, about his book Performing the News: Identity, Authority, and t...
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Episode 132
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50:20
How Schools Make Race
Megan and Carrie talk with Dr Laura C. Chávez-Moreno, assistant professor at UCLA in the Departments of Chicana/o and Central American Studies and Education, about her book
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Episode 131
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41:32
Dogwhistles and Other Fig Leaves
Carrie and Megan talk with Dr Robert Henderson, Professor of Linguistics at the University of Arizona, about his newest book (with Dr Elin Mccready),
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Episode 130
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43:56
Writing Beyond Writing
Megan and Carrie talk with Tim Brookes about his newest book, Writing Beyond Writing, what writing is...
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Episode 129
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53:12
Language City
Carrie and Megan talk with Dr Ross Perlin, co-director of the Manhattan-based non-profit Endangered Language Alliance, about his new book,
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Episode 128
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41:43
Uneffing the Binary
Megan and Carrie talk with Drs Kris Aric Knisley and Eric Louis Russell about their book
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Episode 127
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1:01:54
Gorsh! We All Have Accents
Carrie and Megan talk with Drs Rusty Barrett, Professor of Linguistics, Jennifer Cramer, Professor of Linguistics at the Unive...
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Episode 126
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53:07
The Funnest Episode
Megan and Carrie talk with Dr Anne Curzan about her book Says Who? A Kinder, Funner Usage Guide for Ever...
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Episode 125
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57:15
Braillians
Carrie and Megan talk with Dr Sheri Wells-Jensen, Associate Professor at Bowling Green State University, about her chapter Cognition, Sensory Input, and Linguistics : A Possible Language for Blind Aliens in the new book
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Episode 124
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47:01
Linguistic Discrimination against Uyghurs in China
Megan and Carrie talk with Dr Lee Moore about the linguistic situation in China, particularly the hostile environment towards Uyghurs.He is also the author of "
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Episode 123
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50:12
Werthwhile Language
Carrie and Megan talk with Dr Suzanne Wertheim about her book, The Inclusive Language Field Guide: 6 Simple Principles f...
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Episode 122
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54:23
Don't Drown the Cat
Megan and Carrie talk with Dr Rebecca Roache about her book, For F*ck's Sake: Why Swearing is...
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Episode 121
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58:55
We All Country
Carrie and Megan talk with Dr Bryce McCleary, Lecturer in Linguistics at Rice University, about his paper
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Episode 120
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1:00:31
Shuffling off This Mortal Coil
Megan and Carrie talk with Poppy Mardall, the founder and chair of Poppy’s, about the Dead Good Words campaign around dehumanizing and euphemistic language about death.
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Episode 119
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49:59
Talking Tamarra
Carrie and Megan talk with Dr Felicity Meakins, Professor of Linguistics at the University of Queensland, and Briony Barr, a visual-conceptual-teaching...
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Episode 118
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46:06
Mental Fries/Vocal Floss
Megan and Carrie talk to Erin McCarthy, Editor-in-Chief of Mental Floss, about her new book (with the Mental Floss team),
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Episode 117
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49:27
A Braille as Old as Time
Carrie and Megan talk with Dr Robert Englebretson, Associate Professor in Linguistics at Rice University, about all things braille. Sources:
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Episode 116
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54:31
Like, Literally, Dude
Megan and Carrie talk with Dr Valerie Fridland about her new book, Like, Literally, Dude: Arguing for the Good in Bad English, how to pronoun...
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Episode 115
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1:01:08
Figgy, Gills and Bobby
Dr. Bob Kennedy is back! Carrie and Megan pick his brain about all things language in sports. He shoots, he scores!Intro discussion:video <...
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Episode 114
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57:42
Don't be an *, be a 🐈
Megan and Carrie talk with Rachel E. Gross about her book, Vagina Obscura, and the language we use to describe pregnancy, vaginas, cervixes, etc....
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Episode 113
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57:45
The People's Tongue
Carrie and Megan talk to Dr Ilan Stavans about his new book, The People's Tongue: Americans and the English Language.
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Episode 112
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56:37