Listen on buzzsprout Send a text Carrie and Megan talk with Tim Brookes about his newest book, By Hand, about the importance of handwriting. NBER report Current Affairs WOTY: 6-7 rage bait parasocial vibe coding AI slop maple washing Support the show Contact us: Threads us @vocalfriespod Bluesky us @vocalfriespod.bsky.social Email us at vocalfriespod@gmail.com Thanks … Continue reading By Hand
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Scary Words for a Scary World
Listen on buzzsprout Send a text Carrie and Megan talk about random words that are scary or scary-adjacent. facsism eldritch ghost vampire 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 … Continue reading Scary Words for a Scary World
Peven Stinker
Listen on buzzsprout Send a text We have a few things to say about Pinker. Part of the War on Science The Language Instinct Pinker on Race Realism Co-authored paper on overregularization The Open Letter to the LSA The article that Carrie was interviewed for, but not named, about the Open Letter Our episode on … Continue reading Peven Stinker
Rare Tongues
[Listen on buzzsprout] We talk with Dr Lorna Gibb about her newest book, Rare Tongues: The Secret Stories of Hidden Languages. Steven Pinker: Harvard Derangement Syndrome vs. LSA Jews and IQ 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 … Continue reading Rare Tongues
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
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