Trapped in Makaton

Listen on buzzsprout Send a text Carrie and Megan talk about Makaton, an artificial sign-based system, particularly Sara Novič's article about it. Support the show Contact us: Threads us @vocalfriespod Bluesky us @vocalfriespod.bsky.social Email us at vocalfriespod@gmail.com Thanks for listening and keep calm and fry on Transcript Carrie Gillon: Hi and welcome to the Vocal Fries … Continue reading Trapped in Makaton

The AI Con

[Listen on buzzsprout] Carrie and Megan talk with Drs Emily M. Bender, Professor of Linguistics at the University of Washington, and Alex Hanna, Director of Research at the Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR), about their new book, The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want, out May 13, … Continue reading The AI Con

The (In)Visibility of Disability Transcript

Megan Figueroa: Hi, and welcome to the Vocal Fries podcast. The podcast about linguistic discrimination. Carrie: I’m Carrie Gillon. Megan: And I’m Megan Figueroa. Carrie, you’re about to get on a plane. Well, soon. Very soon. Carrie: Yeah soon, pretty soon. Yeah, Tuesday night, taking the red-eye, which I hate, but there wasn’t really a … Continue reading The (In)Visibility of Disability Transcript