Down in the Holler
Send us Fan Mail Carrie and Megan talk with Dr. Paul Reed, Assistant Professor in the Department of Communicative Disorders at the University of Alabama. They discuss Appalachian English (and how it's...
11 Joulu 201749min
ChicaNO? ChicanYES!
Send us Fan Mail Megan and Carrie talk with Dr. Carmen Fought about Chicano English, why it matters, and why it isn't the same as Spanglish. Carmen Fought is a Professor of Linguistics at Pitzer Colle...
27 Marras 201740min
Borderlands/La frontera
Send us Fan Mail Carrie and Megan chat with award-winning Chicano Poet Alberto Álvaro Ríos about living on the border between the US and Mexico and between English and Spanish. Transcript We're an ind...
13 Marras 20171h 21min
Freaky Fryday
Send us Fan Mail Megan and Carrie chat about superstitions, special numbers and the real meaning of 'witch hunt', all while (mis?)pronouncing triskaidekaphobia. It's the spookiest episode yet! Transcr...
30 Loka 201735min
A Sirious Problem
Send us Fan Mail Do Siri or Alexa have problems understanding you? Learn why, with Carrie and Megan. They talk to Dr. Rachael Tatman about Automatic Speech Recognition (the technology responsible for ...
16 Loka 201740min
On the Rez
Send us Fan Mail Megan and Carrie interview Dr. Peter Jacobs, Assistant Professor of Linguistics at Simon Fraser University, where he works on language revitalization. They talk about Rez English(es) ...
2 Loka 201743min
Grammar Not-zi
Send us Fan Mail Carrie and Megan talk about prescriptive grammar, grammar peeving, and how most of the rules you were taught about English were made up by a few white dudes way back when. Turns out, ...
18 Syys 201742min
Southern Fried
Send us Fan Mail Megan and Carrie talk to Beth Troutman about what it's like to be a Southerner in politics and TV, discuss some Southern American English features, and why it's uncool to judge region...
5 Syys 201739min
