Send us a text Megan and Carrie talk with Dr. Elena Costello Tzintzun , a newly-minted PhD, about the importance of using heritage language learners as healthcare interpreters and healthcare accessibility. Philly episode Transcript We're an indie podcast with limited resources, so we could really use your support. You can set up a monthly recurring donation at Patreon . We have mugs now at the $15/mo level! The $5/mo level gives you access to our monthly bonus episode, as well as a Vocal Fries s...
May 17, 2021•53 min•Ep. 85
Send us a text Carrie and Megan talk with Jaya Saxena , Staff Writer at Eater about her piece The Limits of the Lunchbox Moment and the way we talk about food and why it matters. Transcript We're an indie podcast with limited resources, so we could really use your support. You can set up a monthly recurring donation at Patreon . We have mugs now at the $15/mo level! The $5/mo level gives you access to our monthly bonus episode, as well as a Vocal Fries sticker and a shout out on the podcast! But...
Apr 28, 2021•59 min•Ep. 84
Send us a text Megan and Carrie talk with Jamaal Muwwakkil , PhD candidate in Linguistics at the University of Santa Barbara about African American English and racial justice in university and community college. #lingcomm21 #lingfest Transcript We're an indie podcast with limited resources, so we could really use your support. You can set up a monthly recurring donation at Patreon . We have mugs now at the $15/mo level! The $5/mo level gives you access to our monthly bonus episode, as well as a ...
Apr 12, 2021•53 min•Ep. 83
Send us a text April Fools! But it's the good kind of prank. Today we're participating in Operation Switcheroo, where podcasts hosts share their feed with a similar show to help grow our audiences by introducing people to shows they might not have heard of. We're an indie podcast with limited resources, so we could really use your support. You can set up a monthly recurring donation at patreon.com/vocalfriespod. The $5 a month level gives you access to our monthly bonus episode, as well as a Voc...
Apr 01, 2021•33 min
Send us a text Megan and Carrie talk with Drs Gaillynn Clements, Visiting Assistant Professor in Linguistics at Duke University, and Marnie Jo Petray, Associate Professor in TESOL at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, about their new edited volume, Linguistic Discrimination in US Higher Education Power, Prejudice, Impacts, and Remedies . Transcript We're an indie podcast with limited resources, so we could really use your support. You can set up a monthly recurring donation at Patreon . W...
Mar 29, 2021•57 min•Ep. 82
Send us a text Carrie and Megan talk with Ártemis López about queer and trans translation and interpretation , indirect and direct non-binary language and Spanish non-binary morphemes. On the word wet market Ártemis's Medium article on accessibility Transcript We're an indie podcast with limited resources, so we could really use your support. You can set up a monthly recurring donation at Patreon . We have mugs now at the $15/mo level! The $5/mo level gives you access to our monthly bonus episod...
Feb 28, 2021•58 min•Ep. 81
Send us a text Megan and Carrie talk with Kory Stamper , lexicographer extraordinaire, about lexicography, her experience on the History of Swear Words , and her favourite swear word. Transcript We're an indie podcast with limited resources, so we could really use your support. You can set up a monthly recurring donation at Patreon . We have mugs now at the $15/mo level! The $5/mo level gives you access to our monthly bonus episode, as well as a Vocal Fries sticker and a shout out on the podcast...
Jan 31, 2021•59 min•Ep. 80
Send us a text Carrie and Megan discuss the nominations and winners of the American Dialect Society 's Word of the Year for 2020. Transcript We're an indie podcast with limited resources, so we could really use your support. You can set up a monthly recurring donation at Patreon . We have mugs now at the $15/mo level! The $5/mo level gives you access to our monthly bonus episode, as well as a Vocal Fries sticker and a shout out on the podcast! But you can contribute as little as $2/mo and have o...
Dec 28, 2020•44 min•Ep. 79
Send us a text Carrie and Megan discuss Yamiche Alcindor 's " ungrammatical sentences " and Latinx /Latine supposedly ruining Dem's electoral chances . Transcript We're an indie podcast with limited resources, so we could really use your support. You can set up a monthly recurring donation at Patreon . We have mugs now at the $15/mo level! The $5/mo level gives you access to our monthly bonus episode, as well as a Vocal Fries sticker and a shout out on the podcast! But you can contribute as litt...
Nov 30, 2020•29 min•Ep. 78
Send us a text Carrie and Megan talk with Dr Norma Mendoza-Denton Professor of Anthropology at UCLA , about her new edited book, Language in the Trump Era . Transcript We're an indie podcast with limited resources, so we could really use your support. You can set up a monthly recurring donation at Patreon . We have mugs now at the $15/mo level! The $5/mo level gives you access to our monthly bonus episode, as well as a Vocal Fries sticker and a shout out on the podcast! But you can contribute as...
Oct 27, 2020•58 min•Ep. 77
Send us a text Megan and Carrie talk with JPB Gerald , host of Unstandardized English , a podcast about language teaching, race, and whiteness, EdD student and adult educator about whiteness in language education. Transcript We're an indie podcast with limited resources, so we could really use your support. You can set up a monthly recurring donation at Patreon . We have mugs now at the $15/mo level! The $5/mo level gives you access to our monthly bonus episode, as well as a Vocal Fries sticker ...
Sep 28, 2020•58 min•Ep. 76
Send us a text Carrie and Megan talk with Dr Katherine D. Kinzler , Professor of Psychology at the University of Chicago, about her new book How You Say It: Why You Talk the Way You Do—And What It Says About You . Transcript We're an indie podcast with limited resources, so we could really use your support. You can set up a monthly recurring donation at Patreon . We have mugs now at the $15/mo level! The $5/mo level gives you access to our monthly bonus episode, as well as a Vocal Fries sticker ...
Sep 03, 2020•48 min•Ep. 75
Send us a text Megan and Carrie talk with Dr Anne Charity Hudley , Professor of Linguistics at the University of California, Santa Barbara, about how to dismantle white supremacy in linguistics. Transcript We're an indie podcast with limited resources, so we could really use your support. You can set up a monthly recurring donation at Patreon . We have mugs now at the $15/mo level! The $5/mo level gives you access to our monthly bonus episode, as well as a Vocal Fries sticker and a shout out on ...
Aug 17, 2020•54 min•Ep. 74
Send us a text It's the Fries' 3 year anniversary! Carrie and Megan respond to listener voicemails about linguistic discrimination. Transcript We're an indie podcast with limited resources, so we could really use your support. You can set up a monthly recurring donation at Patreon . We have mugs now at the $15/mo level! The $5/mo level gives you access to our monthly bonus episode, as well as a Vocal Fries sticker and a shout out on the podcast! But you can contribute as little as $2/mo and have...
Aug 03, 2020•41 min•Ep. 73
Send us a text Megan and Carrie discuss the letter to the LSA and then talk with Dr. Marie-Eve Monette, founder of Creating Puentes , about the importance of translation and interpretation services and her life as a French speaker living in the US. Links: https://endangeredlanguagesproject.github.io/COVID-19/ https://remezcla.com/culture/coronavirus-resource-kit-ayuda-en-espanol/ https://www.wired.com/story/covid-language-translation-problem/?fbclid=IwAR1wWOhsOe0a6TO-a1-0sQpf5PwqSoL1CUrWoryAR2kk...
Jul 18, 2020•59 min•Ep. 72
Send us a text Carrie and Megan talk with Dr Marianne Mason , newly minted Associate Professor of Spanish at James Madison University, about police interviews, the Reid technique, and linguistics and the law. Transcript We're an indie podcast with limited resources, so we could really use your support. You can set up a monthly recurring donation at patreon.com/vocalfriespod. The $5 a month level gives you access to our monthly bonus episode, as well as a Vocal Fries sticker and a shout out on th...
Jun 15, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 71
Send us a text Carrie and Megan talk with Dr. Linet Mera, co-founder of the Unconscious Bias Project, and Lucretia Iruela , consultant to the UBP, about unconscious bias and the Project. You can help the UBP here (fundraiser on May 14) New COVID online resources On May 23rd, you can join their Shelter in Space Dance Party & Benefit - a Community party for #TogetherAgainstBias series Transcript We're an indie podcast with limited resources, so we could really use your support. You can set up ...
May 12, 2020•54 min•Ep. 70
Send us a text Megan and Carrie talk with David Bowles , a Mexican-American author from south Texas who teaches at the University of Texas Río Grande Valley, about Classical Nahuatl and the culture of the people who spoke it. Transcript We're an indie podcast with limited resources, so we could really use your support. You can set up a monthly recurring donation at patreon.com/vocalfriespod. The $5 a month level gives you access to our monthly bonus episode, as well as a Vocal Fries sticker and ...
Apr 28, 2020•54 min•Ep. 69
Send us a text Carrie and Megan talk with Kendra Calhoun , graduate student at the University of California, Santa Barbara, about anti-hegemonic racial humor on Vine. Support the show Contact us: Threads us @vocalfriespod Bluesky us @vocalfriespod.bsky.social Email us at [email protected] Thanks for listening and keep calm and fry on...
Apr 13, 2020•53 min•Ep. 68
Send us a text Megan talks with Dr. Nelson Flores, Associate Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, and Dr. Jonathan Rosa, Associate Professor at Stanford, about the bilingual brain, semilingualism, and why people keep confusing them for the other. Transcript We're an indie podcast with limited resources, so we could really use your support. You can set up a monthly recurring donation at Patreon . We have mugs now at the $15/mo level! The $5/mo level gives you access to our monthly bonus e...
Mar 31, 2020•55 min•Ep. 67
Send us a text Megan and Carrie talk with Dr Sharese King , postdoctoral fellow at the University of Chicago, about Rachel Jeantel and her treatment by the justice system and the media during the George Zimmerman trial. Transcript We're an indie podcast with limited resources, so we could really use your support. You can set up a monthly recurring donation at Patreon . We have mugs now at the $15/mo level! The $5/mo level gives you access to our monthly bonus episode, as well as a Vocal Fries st...
Mar 16, 2020•51 min•Ep. 66
Send us a text Carrie and Megan talk to Dr. Laurel MacKenzie, Assistant Professor at NYU, about all things names. Transcript We're an indie podcast with limited resources, so we could really use your support. You can set up a monthly recurring donation at Patreon . We have mugs now at the $15/mo level! The $5/mo level gives you access to our monthly bonus episode, as well as a Vocal Fries sticker and a shout out on the podcast! But you can contribute as little as $2/mo and have our undying grati...
Mar 02, 2020•56 min•Ep. 65
Send us a text Megan and Carrie chat with Dr Anna Marie Trester , founder of Career Linguist , about the importance of linguistics to the workplace. (Employers: you need us!) Transcript We're an indie podcast with limited resources, so we could really use your support. You can set up a monthly recurring donation at patreon.com/vocalfriespod. The $5 a month level gives you access to our monthly bonus episode, as well as a Vocal Fries sticker and a shout out on the podcast! But you can contribute ...
Feb 17, 2020•58 min•Ep. 64
Send us a text Carrie and Megan talk with Daniel Bogre Udell , cofounder of Wikitongues , about language documentation and revitalization. Transcript We're an indie podcast with limited resources, so we could really use your support. You can set up a monthly recurring donation at https://www.patreon.com/vocalfriespod. The $5 a month level gives you access to our monthly bonus episode, as well as a Vocal Fries sticker and a shout out on the podcast! But you can contribute as little as $1 a month ...
Feb 03, 2020•58 min•Ep. 63
Send us a text Megan and Carrie talk with Dr Melissa Baese-Berk , Associate Professor at the University of Oregon, about native and non-native English and the different levels of effort required to understand each. Transcript We're an indie podcast with limited resources, so we could really use your support. You can set up a monthly recurring donation at patreon.com/vocalfriespod. The $5 a month level gives you access to our monthly bonus episode, as well as a Vocal Fries sticker and a shout out...
Jan 13, 2020•53 min•Ep. 62
Send us a text Carrie and Megan talk with Gearoidin McEvoy , PhD Candidate in Minority Language Rights Law at Dublin City University and cohost of Motherfoclóir , about Irish and the law. We're an indie podcast with limited resources, so we could really use your support. You can set up a monthly recurring donation at patreon.com/vocalfriespod. The $5 a month level gives you access to our monthly bonus episode, as well as a Vocal Fries sticker and a shout out on the podcast! But you can contribut...
Dec 30, 2019•58 min•Ep. 61
Send us a text Megan and Carrie talk to Ebony Joachim, at Living Languages , who runs professional development courses for Indigenous communities in Australia, about her work, language revitalization and documentation, and the languages of Australia. We're an indie podcast with limited resources, so we could really use your support. You can set up a monthly recurring donation at patreon.com/vocalfriespod. The $5 a month level gives you access to our monthly bonus episode, as well as a Vocal Frie...
Dec 09, 2019•57 min•Ep. 60
Send us a text Carrie and Megan talk to Dr Zachary Jaggers , Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Oregon, about differences in pronunciation of borrowings and what they tell us (or don't tell us) about people's political leanings. Transcript We're an indie podcast with limited resources, so we could really use your support. You can set up a monthly recurring donation at patreon.com/vocalfriespod. The $5 a month level gives you access to our monthly bonus episode, as well as a Vocal ...
Nov 25, 2019•59 min•Ep. 59
Send us a text Megan and Carrie talk to Dr Andrew McKenzie , Associate Professor at the University of Kansas, about Kiowa (Cauijoga), language documentation and the importance of semantic documentation. Transcript We're an indie podcast with limited resources, so we could really use your support. You can set up a monthly recurring donation at patreon.com/vocalfriespod. The $5 a month level gives you access to our monthly bonus episode, as well as a Vocal Fries sticker and a shout out on the podc...
Nov 16, 2019•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 58
Send us a text Carrie and Megan talk to Dr. Ake Nicholas, Lecturer at Massey University, about Cook Islands Maori, language documentation and the importance of teachers in language revitalization. We're an indie podcast with limited resources, so we could really use your support. You can set up a monthly recurring donation at patreon.com/vocalfriespod. The $5 a month level gives you access to our monthly bonus episode, as well as a Vocal Fries sticker and a shout out on the podcast! But you can ...
Nov 16, 2019•56 min•Ep. 57
