What did CRT originally mean, and what does it mean now? What are children actually being taught? And why do some terms tend to become so thorny over time? Visit Lexicon Valley . A Booksmart Studios production. Episode 220: "The Morphing of Critical Race Theory." With John McWhorter. Produced and edited by Mike Vuolo. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Aug 24, 2021•30 min•Ep. 220
In the 7-part crime drama, Mare of Easttown, Kate Winslet plays a flannel-clad cop with a thirst for Rolling Rock, an appetite for hoagies and a tendency to pronounce water more like wooder. John McWhorter discusses his hometown’s enigmatic accent and Winslet’s courageous attempt at imitating those impossibly difficult vowels. Visit Lexicon Valley . A Booksmart Studios production. Episode 219: "Mare of Easttown and the Philly Accent...
Aug 10, 2021•35 min•Ep. 219
Not all languages lend themselves to spelling competitions. Plus: A special subscriber-only bonus segment — get them all by becoming a paying subscriber to Lexicon Valley. Visit Lexicon Valley . A Booksmart Studios production. Episode 218: "English Has a Bee in Its Bonnet." With John McWhorter. Produced and edited by Mike Vuolo. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Jul 28, 2021•41 min•Ep. 218
How the novel Anna Karenina sparked a quest to learn Tolstoy's native tongue. Visit Lexicon Valley . A Booksmart Studios production. Episode 217: "Russian Is My Mt. Everest." With John McWhorter. Produced and edited by Mike Vuolo. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Jul 06, 2021•38 min•Ep. 217
Berber, Somali and other fascinating languages of the region. Visit Lexicon Valley . A Booksmart Studios production. Episode 216: "Languages of Northern Africa." With John McWhorter. Produced and edited by Mike Vuolo. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Jun 22, 2021•43 min•Ep. 216
Linguistic inspiration from a television series about the Royal Family. Visit Lexicon Valley . A Booksmart Studios production. Episode 215: "You’re Gonna Hafta." With John McWhorter. Produced and edited by Mike Vuolo. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Jun 08, 2021•45 min•Ep. 215
Are Vietnamese, Thai and others of that region a lot like Mandarin? Visit Lexicon Valley . A Booksmart Studios production. Episode 214: "The Languages of Southeast Asia." With John McWhorter. Produced and edited by Mike Vuolo. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
May 25, 2021•38 min•Ep. 214
Some other words that perhaps should bother you but probably don't. Visit Lexicon Valley . A Booksmart Studios production. Episode 213: "Irregardless Make You Cringe?" With John McWhorter. Produced and edited by Mike Vuolo. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
May 11, 2021•39 min•Ep. 213
English in the gutter: then, now and forever. Visit Lexicon Valley . A Booksmart Studios production. Episode 212: "Nine Nasty Words." With John McWhorter. Produced and edited by Mike Vuolo. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 27, 2021•39 min•Ep. 212
Examining the nuances of translation through the single word "self." Visit Lexicon Valley . A Booksmart Studios production. Episode 247: "The Invisible Complexities of Translation." With John McWhorter. Produced and edited by Mike Vuolo. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Apr 13, 2021•43 min•Ep. 211
There's nothing run-of-the-mill about this language called English. Visit Lexicon Valley . A Booksmart Studios production. Episode 210: "English Is Plain Weird." With John McWhorter. Produced and edited by Mike Vuolo. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Mar 30, 2021•42 min•Ep. 210
Our way of putting together sentences is far from universal. Visit Lexicon Valley . A Booksmart Studios production. Episode 209: "Subject-Verb-Object, Right?" With John McWhorter. Produced and edited by Mike Vuolo. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Mar 16, 2021•41 min•Ep. 209
How did a word that literally means with bread come to sprout it corporate connotations? Visit Lexicon Valley . A Booksmart Studios production. Episode 208: "Parting Company." With John McWhorter. Produced and edited by Mike Vuolo. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Mar 02, 2021•36 min•Ep. 208
When a simple no will not suffice. Visit Lexicon Valley . A Booksmart Studios production. Episode 207: "Wallowing in Negativity." With John McWhorter. Produced and edited by Mike Vuolo. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 16, 2021•44 min•Ep. 207
Knowing where to dig is the key to uncovering our linguistic past. Visit Lexicon Valley . A Booksmart Studios production. Episode 206: "Fossil Hunting in English." With John McWhorter. Produced and edited by Mike Vuolo. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Feb 02, 2021•44 min•Ep. 206
Why do so many languages divvy up nouns into seemingly arbitrary categories? Visit Lexicon Valley . A Booksmart Studios production. Episode 205: "Why Do Languages Have Gender?" With John McWhorter. Produced and edited by Mike Vuolo. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Jan 19, 2021•54 min•Ep. 205
When the apple falls far from the tree. Visit Lexicon Valley . A Booksmart Studios production. Episode 204: "Forgetting Your Roots." With John McWhorter. Produced and edited by Mike Vuolo. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 05, 2021•58 min•Ep. 204
At what point will the language we speak now be incomprehensible to our progeny? Visit Lexicon Valley . A Booksmart Studios production. Episode 203: "Future English Speaker, Can You Read Me?" With John McWhorter. Produced and edited by Mike Vuolo. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Dec 22, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 203
The many subtle nuances of one of our most common verbs. Visit Lexicon Valley . A Booksmart Studios production. Episode 202: "Getting Got." With John McWhorter. Produced and edited by Mike Vuolo. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 08, 2020•43 min•Ep. 202
A fringe theory about English for which the evidence is intriguing. Visit Lexicon Valley . A Booksmart Studios production. Episode 201: "On the Origin of English." With John McWhorter. Produced and edited by Mike Vuolo. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 24, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 201
Is it appropriation for a white novelist to render Black speech? X: @lexiconvalley Facebook: facebook.com/LexiconValley Website: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 10, 2020•56 min•Ep. 200
The way that animals communicate is fascinating, yes, but a far cry from human speech. X: @lexiconvalley Facebook: facebook.com/LexiconValley Website: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 27, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 199
The peculiar language of our military ranks. X: @lexiconvalley Facebook: facebook.com/LexiconValley Website: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 13, 2020•40 min•Ep. 198
How come? What for? The many ways to ask why. X: @lexiconvalley Facebook: facebook.com/LexiconValley Website: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 29, 2020•38 min•Ep. 197
On codeswitching among family members and relations. X: @lexiconvalley Facebook: facebook.com/LexiconValley Website: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 15, 2020•44 min•Ep. 196
A creole language that boomeranged between two continents. X: @lexiconvalley Facebook: facebook.com/LexiconValley Website: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 01, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 195
On Black English and the verb to be . X: @lexiconvalley Facebook: facebook.com/LexiconValley Website: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 18, 2020•56 min•Ep. 194
Linguistic inspiration from historian Alan Mikhail’s new book God’s Shadow: Sultan Selim, His Ottoman Empire, and the Making of the Modern World. X: @lexiconvalley Facebook: facebook.com/LexiconValley Website: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 04, 2020•48 min•Ep. 193
Do languages even need a future tense, or can we get along just fine without it? X: @lexiconvalley Facebook: facebook.com/LexiconValley Website: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 21, 2020•43 min•Ep. 192
Social justice movements yield a trove of new catchphrases and words. X: @lexiconvalley Facebook: facebook.com/LexiconValley Website: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 07, 2020•43 min•Ep. 191
