Megan Figueroa Hi and welcome to the Vocal Fries podcast, the podcast about linguistic discrimination. Carrie Gillon I'm Carrie Gillon. Megan Figueroa And I'm Megan Figueroa. I'm laughing at you because you were counting down to our recording session but you counted up. Carrie Gillon Of course. I don't count up. Megan Figueroa I know. … Continue reading Black Lives Matter Transcript
Putting the Antics in SemAntics Transcript
Megan Figueroa: Hi, and welcome to the "Vocal Fries" podcast, the podcast about linguistic discrimination. Carrie Gillon: I'm Carrie Gillon. Megan: I'm Megan Figueroa. We got to see each other this weekend. Carrie: Yes, we did. Megan: Yeah, it's really cool because that's not normally how it goes. Carrie: No. Megan: We don't see each … Continue reading Putting the Antics in SemAntics Transcript
Bilingualism Isn’t Just for White Kids Transcript
Thanks to Dr. Lina Hou for paying for this transcript and giving it to us! https://radiopublic.com/the-vocal-fries-GOoXdO/s1!7eef3 Megan Figueroa: Welcome to the Vocal Fries Podcast, a podcast about linguistic discrimination. Carrie Gillon: I'm Carrie Gillon. Megan Figueroa: And I'm Megan Figueroa. I have some behind-the-scenes info we, or at least I, always forget our intro. [Laughter] … Continue reading Bilingualism Isn’t Just for White Kids Transcript
Don’t Mind the Gap Transcript
Thanks to Dr. Lina Hou for paying for this transcript and giving it to us! https://radiopublic.com/the-vocal-fries-GOoXdO/s1!ce6cf Megan Figueroa: Hi, and welcome to the Vocal Fries Podcast, the podcast about linguistic discrimination. Carrie Gillon: I'm Carrie Gillon. Megan Figueroa: And I'm Megan Figueroa. And we have an exciting episode, today. Carrie Gillon: Yeah. Megan Figueroa: Yeah. … Continue reading Don’t Mind the Gap Transcript
Transcript
We have a transcript available for Don't Mind the Gap: https://radiopublic.com/the-vocal-fries-GOoXdO/s1!ce6cf (but we aren't sure if we're allowed to post it yet). Email us (vocalfriespod at gmail) if you'd like to have a copy!
The Rhetoric of Xenophobia Addendum
Here are the Ben Zimmer articles mentioned in our latest episode: https://radiopublic.com/the-vocal-fries-GOoXdO/ep/s1!fa194 Where Does Trump’s ‘Invasion’ Rhetoric Come From? Why Trump Uses Mock Spanish Why Donald Trump’s Racist Language Isn’t Debatable What Trump Talks About When He Talks About Infestations The frightening political history of the word “infest.”
Everybody Hertz
https://radiopublic.com/the-vocal-fries-GOoXdO/ep/s1!3459d We talk to Dr Lisa Davidson, Professor of Linguistics at New York University, about the terms used by journalists to describe language and accents (and why they are so often problematic).
