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The Vocal Fries
Hosted by The Vocal Fries · EN
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
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Why We Talk Funny
4w ago01:12:06Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailCarrie and Megan talk with Dr Valerie Fridland about her newest book, Why We Talk Funny: The Real Story Behind Our Accents.Maine Monitor interview with PlatnerPlatner's apologySupport the showContact us:Threads us @vocalfriespodBluesky us @vocalfriespod.bsky.socialEmail us at vocalfriespod@gmail.comThanks for listening and keep calm and fry on
Transcribe →Language and Health in Action
Apr 2001:04:55Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailCarrie and Megan talk with Drs Lynnette Arnold and Anna I. Corwin about their new co-edited book (with Jennifer R Guzmán and Emily Avera), Language and Health in Action (ebook), along with two authors in the same volume, Drs Stephanie Keeney Parks and Abby Mack about their chapters "Autism Diagnostics as White Public Space in US Clinics" and "In the Spirit, in the Flesh: Performative Language, Embodiment, and Sustaining Recovery in Appalachia".Code Switch episode on Trump's culty languageSupport the showContact us:Threads us @vocalfriespodBluesky us @vocalfriespod.bsky.socialEmail us at vocalfriespod@gmail.comThanks for listening and keep calm and fry on
Transcribe →I see your True Color(s)
Mar 3001:06:57Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailCarrie and Megan talk with Kory Stamper, about her newest book, True Color: The Strange and Spectacular Quest to Define Color from Azure to Zinc Pink. Out March 31, 2026!Chatbots and biasSupport the showContact us:Threads us @vocalfriespodBluesky us @vocalfriespod.bsky.socialEmail us at vocalfriespod@gmail.comThanks for listening and keep calm and fry on
Transcribe →Stop Protecting Chomsky
Feb 2700:55:04Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailCarrie and Megan talk about the Epstein emails and Chomsky's correspondence with him. Carrie swears more than usual.Support Tim Brookes KickstarterSupport the showContact us:Threads us @vocalfriespodBluesky us @vocalfriespod.bsky.socialEmail us at vocalfriespod@gmail.comThanks for listening and keep calm and fry on
Transcribe →WOTY2025
Jan 1900:35:33Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailCarrie and Megan talk about the American Dialect Society's Word of the Year.TACOSupport the showContact us:Threads us @vocalfriespodBluesky us @vocalfriespod.bsky.socialEmail us at vocalfriespod@gmail.comThanks for listening and keep calm and fry on
Transcribe →By Hand
Dec 1501:08:12Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailCarrie and Megan talk with Tim Brookes about his newest book, By Hand, about the importance of handwriting.NBER reportCurrent AffairsWOTY: 6-7 rage baitparasocialvibe codingAI slopmaple washingSupport the showContact us:Threads us @vocalfriespodBluesky us @vocalfriespod.bsky.socialEmail us at vocalfriespod@gmail.comThanks for listening and keep calm and fry on
Transcribe →Trapped in Makaton
Nov 2800:36:58Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailCarrie and Megan talk about Makaton, an artificial sign-based system, particularly Sara Novič's article about it.Support the showContact us:Threads us @vocalfriespodBluesky us @vocalfriespod.bsky.socialEmail us at vocalfriespod@gmail.comThanks for listening and keep calm and fry on
Transcribe →Scary Words for a Scary World
Oct 3100:30:21Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailCarrie and Megan talk about random words that are scary or scary-adjacent.facsismeldritchghostvampireSupport the showContact us:Threads us @vocalfriespodBluesky us @vocalfriespod.bsky.socialEmail us at vocalfriespod@gmail.comThanks for listening and keep calm and fry on
Transcribe →Peven Stinker
Sep 2900:47:21Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailWe have a few things to say about Pinker.Part of the War on ScienceThe Language InstinctPinker on Race RealismCo-authored paper on overregularizationThe Open Letter to the LSAThe article that Carrie was interviewed for, but not named, about the Open LetterOur episode on dogwhistlingThe Harper's LetterGuardian on his appearance on AporiaSupport the showContact us:Threads us @vocalfriespodBluesky us @vocalfriespod.bsky.socialEmail us at vocalfriespod@gmail.comThanks for listening and keep calm and fry on
Transcribe →Algospeak
Aug 1100:52:29Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailCarrie and Megan talk with Adam Aleksic about his new book, Algospeak: How Social Media is Transforming the Future of Language.Bromism and ChatGPTSupport the showContact us:Threads us @vocalfriespodBluesky us @vocalfriespod.bsky.socialEmail us at vocalfriespod@gmail.comThanks for listening and keep calm and fry on
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