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    Length:
    27 episodes
    Language:
    English
    Format:
    Podcast

    Description

    Language unites and divides us. It mystifies and delights us. Patrick Cox and Kavita Pillay tell the stories of people with all kinds of linguistic passions: comedians, writers, researchers; speakers of endangered languages; speakers of multiple languages; and just speakers—people like you and me.
    Language:
    English
    Format:
    Podcast

    Episodes1 - 10 of 27 episodes

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    Chinese sci-fi has crossed the translation barrier

    Netflix's lavish new adaptation of Liu Cixin's The Three-Body Problem is the latest 'tr...

    30 minutes
    		Apr 04, 2024

    Why the French use the English word ‘black’

    The French language is replete with words borrowed from English, like 'weekend' and 'po...

    21 minutes
    		Mar 20, 2024

    The Irish language renaissance

    Irish is among Europe's oldest languages. It's a near miracle that anyone speaks it tod...

    34 minutes
    		Mar 06, 2024

    From linguistic shame to pride

    Israel Jesus used to be ashamed of being from the Mexican state of Oaxaca and speaking ...

    32 minutes
    		Feb 21, 2024

    Easing into multilingualism

    Mastering six languages sounds like a slog, right? But in some corners of Europe, it ha...

    20 minutes
    		Feb 07, 2024

    How the brain of an improv performer works

    Does the brain of an improv comedian or freestyle rapper function in a particular way? ...

    24 minutes
    		Jan 24, 2024

    Sugar Sammy’s multilingual comedy

    A conversation with comedian with Samir Khullar who grew up speaking Punjabi, Hindi, En...

    20 minutes
    		Dec 13, 2023

    Is Mx here to stay?

    When a word first enters the language, it sounds weird to some, radical to others and c...

    29 minutes
    		Nov 29, 2023

    Americans, Brits and the foreignness of English

    American English and British English aren't different languages. But they're not the sa...

    24 minutes
    		Nov 15, 2023

    A German-speaking outpost in the American Midwest

    German used to be one of the most widely-spoken languages in the United States. A surve...

    28 minutes
    		Nov 01, 2023