Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.

Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård

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A podcast about linguistics, the science of language.

Episodes (101)

134: True Colour (with Kory Stamper)

Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.

Mar 13, 20262:21:18failed

133: Why We Talk Funny (with Valerie Fridland)

Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.

Feb 26, 20262:27:31pending

132: WotY 2025, the Final Word (with Kelly Wright)

Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.

Feb 17, 20261:29:40pending

131: Words of the Week of the Year 2025 (live with friends)

Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.

Dec 20, 20251:31:55pending

Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.

Episodes (101)

134: True Colour (with Kory Stamper)

133: Why We Talk Funny (with Valerie Fridland)

132: WotY 2025, the Final Word (with Kelly Wright)

131: Words of the Week of the Year 2025 (live with friends)

130: Back to the FTR (with Séan Roberts, Cole Robertson, and Annemarie Verkerk)

129: They Started It: Children and Language Evolution (with Madeleine Beekman)

128: Across the Universe (with Natan Last)

127: Oh (with Maia Chao, Kelly Wright, and Caitlin Green)

125: Friends With Words (live with Martha Barnette and friends)

124: Algospeak (with Adam Aleksic)

123: Conscious Language (with Karen Yin)

122: The Interaction Engine (with Stephen Levinson)

121: Learning from LLMs (with Adele Goldberg)

120: Gesture! ✨👐✨ (with Lauren Gawne)

119: Eurovision Goes to Uni (with Paulette van der Voet and Solveig Bollig)

118: The A.I. Con (with Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna)

117: Sometimes It Feels Like I'm the Only One Trying to Fix English Around Here...

116: Enough Is Enuf (with Gabe Henry)

114: Bye Bye I Love You (with Michael Erard)

113: "Official" English (with Carmen Fought)

112: WotY 2024: The Last Word

111: Words of the Week of the Year 2024 (live with Mignon Fogarty and friends)

110: Diego's Dossier (with Diego Diaz)

109: Language Oppression in Tibet (with Gerald Roche and Sasha Wilmoth)

108: Mailbag of Etymology (with Douglas Harper)

107: Linguaphile (with Julie Sedivy and Matt Spike)

106: What One Thing? (with Mark Ellison)

105 or 500 (live with Kelly Wright and friends)

104: Dogwhistles (with Elin McCready, Lizzy Hanks, Jesse Egbert, and Rikker Dock...

103: Unequal Englishes (with Ruanni Tupas and Nicole Holliday)

102: Signed Language Mailbag (with Adam Schembri, Christy Filipich, and Mark Ell...

101: Talkin' Chomsky (with Katie Martin and Abduweli Ayup)

100: Spicy Mailbag

99: Gender in Germany (with Rob Tegethoff and Ciarán from Corner Späti)

98: Origin Uncertain (with Anatoly Liberman)

97: The Dictionary of Fine Distinctions (with Eli Burnstein)

96: Language City (with Ross Perlin)

95: Why the Far-Right Demagogues Language (with Caitlin Green and Maureen Kosse)

94: Mailbag of Sextillion and Three

93: Stop! Grammar Time (live with Ellen Jovin and friends)

92: In the First 600 Milliseconds (with Rachel Nordlinger)

91: Linguistic Time Machine, part 2: Prehistory

90: Enpoopification (with Grant Barrett and Tim Brookes)

89: Words of the Week of the Year 2023 (with Cory Doctorow and friends)

88: Linguistic Time Machine, part 1: History

87: Trans-Inclusive (with Andrew Perfors)

86: Mailbag of Dog Sushi (with Nicole Holliday)

85: The Dictionary People (with Sarah Ogilvie)

84: Diego's Discourse (with Diego Diaz)

83: You're All Talk (with Rob Drummond and Robbie Love)