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Lingthusiasm - A podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics
by Gretchen McCulloch and Lauren Gawne
Today: #200 in Science on our combined chart.
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| Date | Combined Rank | Apple Podcasts |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 5 | #200 | #186 |
About the show
A podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics by Gretchen McCulloch and Lauren Gawne. "A fascinating listen that will change the way you see everyday communications." –New York Times. "Joyously nerdy" –Buzzfeed.
Weird and deep half-hour conversations about language on the third Thursday of the month.
Listened to all the episodes here and wish there were more? Want to talk with other people who are enthusiastic about linguistics? Get bonus episodes and access to our Discord community at www.patreon.com/lingthusiasm
Shownotes and transcripts: www.lingthusiasm.com
Latest episodes
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120: How (not) to kill a language - Interview with Sophia Smith Galer
September 18, 2026 · 41 minNarratives about smaller languages often focus on the death and endangerment sides of the story. There's generally less on the social and political reasons why some languages are favoured at the expense of others, and how community members…
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119: Irregularity is all over the place
August 21, 2026 · 46 minTalk, talked. Walk, walked. Go...went? In this episode, your hosts Gretchen McCulloch and Lauren Gawne get enthusiastic about the many ways that languages are irregular in their patterns! We talk about sound and spelling irregularity…
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118: Using tech to chat with bonobos, dogs, and whales
July 17, 2026 · 46 minCan we teach dogs to express their needs better by pressing buttons? What about the studies trying to teach bonobos and other primates to communicate through buttons or signs? What have we learned about whale communication from the…
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117: What makes for beautiful writing, scientifically speaking - Interview with Julie Sedivy
June 19, 2026 · 49 minSometimes, a phrase seems to leap off the page and lodge into your mind, crisp and shining like a precious jewel. Other times, you're reading something and it just won't stick, your eyes wandering away no matter how hard you try. In this…
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116: Cross-cultural communication (in space!)
May 22, 2026 · 32 minSometimes, you're talking with someone and you just seem to click. Other times, you just can't seem to get comfortable: they're standing too close or too far away for comfort, making too much or too little eye contact, touching or not…
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115: The long shadow of Daisy Bates with This Guy Sucked
April 17, 2026 · 1 hr 1 minWhat do you do when the only records that remain of a language were made by someone who had absolutely horrendous views of the people who spoke it? In this episode, your host Lauren Gawne gets enthusiastic about a crossover episode with…
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114: Begonia, average coral, and sea pink - Defining colour terms with Kory Stamper
March 20, 2026 · 54 minbegonia: a deep pink that is bluer, lighter, and stronger than average coral (see ‘coral’ 3B), bluer than fiesta, and bluer and stronger than sweet William, called also ‘gaiety’. In this episode, your hosts Gretchen McCulloch and Lauren…
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113: Why "it's a diglossia!" explains so many social dynamics
February 20, 2026 · 49 minIn some communities, everyone regularly uses two languages or varieties according to the social situation, with one of them being more prestigious (and more likely to be written down) than the other. This particular kind of multilingualism…