Julie Sedivy’s personal history of language
Apr 22, 2026•30 min
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Episode description
In this episode, a conversation with language writer Julie Sedivy. Her memoir, Linguaphile: A Life of Language Love is a kind of natural history of language, told through some of Julie’s most meaningful linguistic encounters: at home, in school, in love and in death.
Check out Julie's website for more of her writing. And listen to this Subtitle episode about her efforts to reclaim her native Czech, most of which she forgot after moving to Canada as a child.
Music in this episode by Par, Medité, Brightarm Orchestra, Laura Platt, Ookean, and Trabant 33. The photo shows Julie Sedivy and her daughter in the Czech Republic.
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