Best Gretchen McCulloch Podcasts (2024)

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40 - Language on the Interwebs with Gretchen McCulloch 43:59

18d ago43:59

43:59

By Atypical Artists

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95: Lo! An undetached collection of meaning-parts! 43:51

14m ago43:51

43:51

Imagine you're in a field with someone whose language you don't speak. A rabbit scurries by. The other person says "Gavagai!" You probably assumed they meant "rabbit" but they could have meant something else, like "scurrying" or even "lo! an undetatched rabbit-part!" In this episode, your hosts Lauren Gawne and Gretchen McCulloch get enthusiastic a…

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dashboarddiaries:

18d ago

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dashboarddiaries:Every Tumblr user knows that we Tumblrinas use language a little differently. We’re not like other social media users. We’re weird. We’re weirdos. And this month, we have actual...

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lingthusiasm:

24d ago

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lingthusiasm:Lingthusiasm Episode 94: The perfectly imperfect aspect episodeWhen we’re talking about an activity – say, throwing teacups in a lake – we often want to know not just when the action...

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94: The perfectly imperfect aspect episode 39:01

26d ago39:01

39:01

When we're talking about an activity -- say, throwing teacups in a lake -- we often want to know not just when the action takes place, but also what shape that action looks like. Is this a one-time teacup throwing event (I threw the teacup in the lake) or a repeated or ongoing situation (I was throwing the teacup in the lake)? Both of these actions…

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39 - We Totally Know How the Stock Market Works 50:28

2M ago50:28

50:28

How do we build long lasting fandoms with short lasting TV seasons? How do you know when to invest in a story when it might be canceled the next day? Cher and Lauren discuss that and much more, including: the real problem with on-scree sex scenes, the Ton-blr, and the importance of snake wranglers. Follow us on Tumblr at dashboarddiaries.tumblr.com…

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93: How nonbinary and binary people talk - Interview with Jacq Jones 45:25

2M ago45:25

45:25

There are many ways that people perform gender, from clothing and hairstyle to how we talk or carry ourselves. When doing linguistic analysis of one aspect, such as someone's voice, it's useful to also consider the fuller picture such as what they're wearing and who they're talking with. In this episode, your host Gretchen McCulloch gets enthusiast…

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38 - The Neverending Neil 38:09

3M ago38:09

38:09

By Atypical Artists

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92: Brunch, gonna, and fozzle - The smooshing episode 49:32

3M ago49:32

49:32

Sometimes two words are smooshed together in a single act of creativity to fill a lexical gap, like making "brunch" from breakfast+lunch. Other times, words are smooshed together gradually, over a long period of speakers or signers discovering more efficient ways to position their mouth or hands, such as pronouncing "handbag" being pronounced more …

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37 - We Are the Fools of April 44:00

4M ago44:00

44:00

April means April Fools! Tumblr has a long and storied tradition of built-in pranks and this month, we go through each one. Plus: big news in the 911 fandom, a new show to obsess over, and a total eclipse of the sun. Follow us on Tumblr at dashboarddiaries.tumblr.com to see the posts we talk about on this episode or email us at dashboarddiariespod@…

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91: Scoping out the scope of scope 30:09

4M ago30:09

30:09

When you order a kebab and they ask you if you want everything on it, you might say yes. But you'd probably still be surprised if it came with say, chocolate, let alone a bicycle...even though chocolate and bicycles are technically part of "everything". That's because words like "everything" and "all" really mean something more like "everything typ…

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36 - The Walrus at Your Door 53:13

5M ago53:13

53:13

By Atypical Artists

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90: What visualizing our vowels tells us about who we are 47:48

5M ago47:48

47:48

On Lingthusiasm, we've sometimes compared the human vocal tract to a giant meat clarinet, like the vocal folds are the reed and the rest of the throat and mouth is the body of the instrument that shapes the sound in various ways. However, when it comes to talking more precisely about vowels, we need an instrument with a greater degree of flexibilit…

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35 - Shipping, the Winds Beneath Our Sails 42:15

6M ago42:15

42:15

By Atypical Artists

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89: Connecting with oral culture 55:19

6M ago55:19

55:19

For tens of thousands of years, humans have transmitted long and intricate stories to each other, which we learned directly from witnessing other people telling them. Many of these collaboratively composed stories were among the earliest things written down when a culture encountered writing, such as the Iliad and the Odyssey, the Mwindo Epic, and …

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34 - Fanic at the Disco 32:46

7M ago32:46

32:46

We're going monthly! But first, time to catch up on all the top shows, ships, and communities of Tumblr in 2023! Some old standbys and some surprising new contenders; plus, our personal highlights and a burning straw goat. Follow us on Tumblr at dashboarddiaries.tumblr.com to see the posts we talk about on this episode or email us at dashboarddiari…

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88: No such thing as the oldest language 41:36

7M ago41:36

41:36

It's easy to find claims that certain languages are old or even the oldest, but which one is actually true? Fortunately, there's an easy (though unsatisfying) answer: none of them! Like how humans are all descended from other humans, even though some of us may have longer or shorter family trees found in written records, all human languages are sha…

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87: If I were an irrealis episode 34:59

8M ago34:59

34:59

Language lets us talk about things that aren't, strictly speaking, entirely real. Sometimes that's an imaginative object (is a toy sword a real sword? how about Excalibur?). Other times, it's a hypothetical situation (such as "if it rains, we'll cancel the picnic" - but neither the picnic nor the rain have happened yet. And they might never happen.…

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33 - Four Months in Forty Minutes 44:01

9M ago44:01

44:01

It's our last episode of the year and we bring the chaos as we try to catch up on everything we couldn't talk about during the SAG strike and immediately get derailed. We gush over TV shows, learn some bug facts, and go full tang. Follow us on Tumblr at dashboarddiaries.tumblr.com to see the posts we talk about on this episode or email us at dashbo…

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86: Revival, reggaeton, and rejecting unicorns - Basque interview with Itxaso Rodríguez-Ordóñez 47:25

9M ago47:25

47:25

Basque is a language of Europe which is unrelated to the Indo-European languages around it or any other recorded language. As a minority language, Basque has faced considerable pressure from Spanish and French, leading to waves of language revitalization movements from the 1960s and 1980s to the present day. Which means that some of the kids who gr…

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32 - Scamblr: Fandom's Failed Crowdfunds 47:16

9M ago47:16

47:16

This week, we discuss the infamous failed crowdfunds of Tumblr, like All or Nothing. Plus, being assigned woman by Misha, choosing your Supernatural title card, and having feelings about cities in video games. Follow us on Tumblr at dashboarddiaries.tumblr.com to see the posts we talk about on this episode or email us at dashboarddiariespod@gmail.c…

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31 - Our Flag Means Fandom 37:01

10M ago37:01

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Previously recorded, summer 2022. Back when the first season of Our Flag Means Death ended, we talked about it, the fandom, and our predictions for the next season. Plus, discussions of Barry and just how realistic it is. Follow us on Tumblr at dashboarddiaries.tumblr.com to see the posts we talk about on this episode or email us at dashboarddiarie…

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85: Ergativity delights us 46:00

10M ago46:00

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When you have a sentence like "I visit them", the word order and the shape of the words tell you that it means something different from "they visit me". However, in a sentence like "I laugh", you don't actually need those signals -- since there's only one person in the sentence, the meaning would be just as clear if the sentence read "Me laugh" or …

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Gretchen McCulloch Podcasts

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Lingthusiasm - A podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics

Gretchen McCulloch and Lauren Gawne

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All Things Linguistic

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Dashboard Diaries

Atypical Artists

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Emoji Wrap — The Emoji Podcast from Emojipedia

Emojipedia

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40 - Language on the Interwebs with Gretchen McCulloch 43:59

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95: Lo! An undetached collection of meaning-parts! 43:51

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dashboarddiaries:

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lingthusiasm:

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94: The perfectly imperfect aspect episode 39:01

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39 - We Totally Know How the Stock Market Works 50:28

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93: How nonbinary and binary people talk - Interview with Jacq Jones 45:25

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38 - The Neverending Neil 38:09

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92: Brunch, gonna, and fozzle - The smooshing episode 49:32

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37 - We Are the Fools of April 44:00

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91: Scoping out the scope of scope 30:09

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36 - The Walrus at Your Door 53:13

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90: What visualizing our vowels tells us about who we are 47:48

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35 - Shipping, the Winds Beneath Our Sails 42:15

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89: Connecting with oral culture 55:19

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34 - Fanic at the Disco 32:46

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88: No such thing as the oldest language 41:36

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87: If I were an irrealis episode 34:59

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33 - Four Months in Forty Minutes 44:01

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86: Revival, reggaeton, and rejecting unicorns - Basque interview with Itxaso Rodríguez-Ordóñez 47:25

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32 - Scamblr: Fandom's Failed Crowdfunds 47:16

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31 - Our Flag Means Fandom 37:01

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85: Ergativity delights us 46:00

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