linguistic discrimination – The Vocal Fries Pod

Snap, Crackle, K-Pop

Posted on October 4, 2021 by vocalfriespod

https://radiopublic.com/the-vocal-fries-GOoXdO/s1!98d4a Carrie and Megan talk with Dr. Joyhanna Yoo Garza, postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Anthropology at Harvard, about KPop, semiotics, cultural appropriation, and Ali Wong. (Buy her book here.) We also discuss International Week of Deaf People 2021 and The genocide of signed languages: protecting the linguistic rights of Africa’s deaf children. One of … Continue reading Snap, Crackle, K-Pop →

Me Myself and AI

Posted on August 3, 2021 by vocalfriespod

https://radiopublic.com/the-vocal-fries-GOoXdO/s1!739bc Carrie and Megan talk with Dr. Emily M. Bender, Professor of Linguistics at University of Washington, about her paper "On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots: Can Language Models Be Too Big? 🦜", Google firing Drs. Timnit Gebru and Margaret Mitchell, two of the co-authors, and the dangers of large language models and NLP. We … Continue reading Me Myself and AI →

Chaos and Order Transcript

Posted on May 10, 2020August 9, 2021 by vocalfriespod

https://radiopublic.com/the-vocal-fries-GOoXdO/s1!13ff8 Megan Figueroa: Hi, and welcome to the Vocal Fries podcast, the podcast about linguistic discrimination. Carrie Gillon: I’m Carrie Gillon. Megan Figueroa: I’m Megan Figueroa. Carrie, you look like you’re glowing with good health. Carrie Gillon: So do you! [Laughter] I know it’s more relevant for me, but we both look pretty good today. … Continue reading Chaos and Order Transcript →

Linguistic Injustice Transcript

Posted on March 22, 2020August 9, 2021 by vocalfriespod

https://radiopublic.com/the-vocal-fries-GOoXdO/s1!313a0 Carrie Gillon: Hi, and welcome to the Vocal Fries podcast, the podcast about linguistic discrimination. Megan Figueroa: I’m Megan Figueroa. Carrie Gillon: I’m Carrie Gillon. We went to a grocery store yesterday and I have never, ever been that anxious before in my entire life – and I used to be pretty constantly anxious. … Continue reading Linguistic Injustice Transcript →

Neaux French Left Behind

Posted on September 19, 2018July 14, 2019 by vocalfriespod

Carrie and Megan talk with Dr. Nathalie Dajko, Assistant Professor at Tulane University, about varieties of French in Louisiana and the history of French and revitalization efforts in the region. https://radiopublic.com/the-vocal-fries-GOoXdO/ep/s1!ca0d9