What is a woman? Or a man? Or a chair, or a sandwich? Or anything, really? “Gender critical” people are making language into a vector…
We’ve got mail, and linguistic MVP Dr Nicole Holliday is here to help us sort some things out around here. And we chat about the…
Who wrote the Oxford English Dictionary? Sure, James Murray had a very important role as editor, but a small army of volunteers submitted hundreds of…
What’s happening with signed language in Argentina? How are terms for gender changing in the Spanish language? And are Zoomers making work language more casual?…
Our accents are great! They represent our origins, our languages, our community, and our identity. But too many of us feel like we can’t speak…
Our patrons are joining us live to give us their news, words, and stories. That’s right, it’s a Potluck episode! What’s a “girl dinner”? What’s…
Women’s bodies, women’s occupations, women’s experiences. So often in history, the discourse about women has been by men, about women. And that means that women’s…
Listeners have once again sent us some great questions, and we have answers! Plus our favourite game, Related or Not! Listen to this episode Download…
We’re hosing down the hype surrounding AI, and frankly, we’re going to need a bigger hose. Large language models like ChatGPT have landed in a…
For decades, forensic linguists have been pushing back on harmful language ideologies, and fighting for better representation for linguistic minorities in the legal domain. We’re…