Algospeak

Listen on buzzsprout Send a text Carrie and Megan talk with Adam Aleksic about his new book, Algospeak: How Social Media is Transforming the Future of Language. Bromism and ChatGPT 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 … Continue reading Algospeak

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

Demystifying Language

Listen on buzzsprout Carrie Gillon: Hi, and welcome to the Vocal Fries Podcast, the podcast about linguistic discrimination. Megan Figueroa.: I'm Megan Figueroa. Carrie: And I'm Carrie Gillon. Megan: I almost thought you forgot your name there for a second. Carrie: Oh, there must be a lag. Megan: Oh, is there a lag? Carrie: There … Continue reading Demystifying Language

Fear and Loathing in Politics and Academia

Megan Figueroa: Hi. Welcome to the Vocal Fries podcast, the podcast about linguistic discrimination. Carrie Gillon: I'm Carrie Gillon. Megan: And I'm Megan Figueroa, and I'm upright at my computer. Carrie: Oh, boy. The worst has arrived. Again. Megan: Yeah. Again. I know. I remember when he was in office last time, people had commented … Continue reading Fear and Loathing in Politics and Academia

Dogwhistles and Other Fig Leaves

Carrie Gillon: Hi, and welcome to the Vocal Fries Podcast, the podcast about linguistic discrimination. Megan Figueroa: I'm Megan Figueroa. Carrie: And I'm Carrie Gillon. Megan: Hey, I'm glad to see that you're up and not sick anymore. Carrie: Yeah, I'm finally not sick. I finally stopped coughing a few days ago. Megan: That sounds … Continue reading Dogwhistles and Other Fig Leaves