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A podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics by Gretchen McCulloch and Lauren Gawne. "A fascinating listen that will change the way you see everyday communications." –New York Times. "Joyously nerdy" –Buzzfeed. Weird and deep half-hour conversations about language on the third Thursday of the month. Listened to all the episodes here and wish there were more? Want to talk with other people who are enthusiastic about linguistics? Get bonus episodes and access to our Discord community at www ...
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You can download the entire audio course on our website: www.linguaboost.com Boost your fluency in Syrian Arabic with LinguaBoost! Each lesson contains useful everyday phrases related to a specific topic. You’ll learn the language in context, not just isolated words. All material is translated and spoken by native speakers.
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You can download the entire audio course on our website: www.linguaboost.com Boost your fluency in Swahili with LinguaBoost! Each lesson contains useful everyday phrases related to a specific topic. You’ll learn the language in context, not just isolated words. All material is translated and spoken by native speakers.
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Are you learning Swedish, are past the beginner stage, but still find native content too challenging? In this podcast I speak in a natural way, but a bit slower and with more simple vocabulary. If you listen to this every day, you will get very good training for your ear, and after a while you‘ll understand everyday Swedish much better! The episodes have NO ORDER, start with any episode! :)
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This is a podcast for everyone who is interested in learning the Lithuanian language. If you can somewhat understand Lithuanian, give it a try. The podcast is presented in casual everyday Lithuanian to give you an opportunity to practice language comprehension skill. Podcast host Šarūnas is a native Lithuanian speaker, language teacher and enthusiast. For transcripts and translations please refer to: www.patreon.com/reallithuanianpodcast
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The Language Mastery Show brings you conversations with the world's best language learners. Get an inside look at how polyglots, linguists, and everyday people master languages the smart way, and how YOU can, too. I'm your host, John Fotheringham, a linguist, teacher, and the author of Master Japanese and Master Mandarin. For more language learning tips, tools, and immersion resources, visit AnywhereImmersion.com.
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ANIMALOGY is a podcast about language, the animal-related words and phrases we use every day, and how they reflect and affect our relationship with animals. Hosted by Colleen Patrick-Goudreau, bestselling author, long-time podcaster, and self-proclaimed zoolinguaphile, Animalogy will change the way you talk -- and think -- about animals. For show notes and more, visit animalogypodcast.com.
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This podcast series will highlight some of the most important aspects of linguistics. Over the span of numerous episodes, we’ll discuss topics such as the definition of linguistics, history of the English language, word structure, speech sounds, grammar, meaning, sentence structure, and more. If you’re interested in learning more about language but don’t have oodles of free time, this series will introduce you to the beauty of linguistics in short and sweet light-hearted episodes. Source: Fr ...
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The Artifact Podcast

Nachliel Selavan & Meir-Simchah Panzer

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On the Artifact Podcast, we dive into the history, anthropology, linguistics, and philosophy behind corks, weights, weapons, words, symbols - things that telescope space, time, and humanity in fascinating ways. Nachliel Selavan and Meir-Simchah Panzer met in the Old City of Jerusalem at at a kiddush just meters from where Nachliel grew up. Both are students of Torah with wildly eclectic interests.
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Language Matters by Diplomatic Language Services

Language Matters by Diplomatic Language Services

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You don’t need a PhD in linguistics to explore interesting, unique features of different languages. In this podcast, “Language Matters” by Diplomatic Language Services, we make language accessible to everyday people by discussing features which may not exist in other languages. For instance, unless you have studied a Slavic language, you may not be familiar with “verbs of motion”, but we can teach you! Join us each episode as we host experts to discuss how these unique features impact learni ...
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Leap of Fate

Randy Silver

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Leap of Fate is engaging weekly interviews on challenges and successes in today's culture and society. I want to inspire you by hearing people share their highs and lows with everyday situations. There are going to be laughs, intellectual conversations, and tough subjects approached head-on. Please subscribe and check out my Youtube channel with corresponding videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrmJ8rY4ivAKnN3zG0W-1_A . my website is leapoffatepod.com
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Critical and compassionate enquiries into systems of mind, body, and spirit from the scientific and esoteric to the everyday. Barnaby Kent dives deep into subjects – from meditation to medicine, Yoga to Brazilian Jiu-jitsu – with accomplished practitioners who have already cut through the conceptual jungle so that you, the listener, can get straight to the practical essence of what actually works to transform yourself into a healthier, happier, more powerful person. Ancient traditions or mod ...
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Life 2.0 podcast

Beatrice M. Spadacini

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Living with intention: Composing a life in times of accelerated change. This podcast is about ordinary people trying to find balance, harmony and purpose in everyday living. By listening to these short life stories, you will realize that the path is often messy and fragmented. Nevertheless, these ordinary people strive to live authentically and are persistent in finding ways to manifest the life they want. They learn to listen to their "gut feeling" and stay open to life. We hope you will be ...
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Dive into the dynamic world of SEO and AI with our groundbreaking podcast, "PhraSEOlogy+AI." Join us as we unravel the secrets of SEO optimization in the age of artificial intelligence, where algorithms and innovation converge to redefine the digital landscape. Unlock the Power of AI in SEO - Where Cutting-Edge Technology Meets Digital Strategy. In a crowded SEO podcast space, "PhraSEOlogy + AI" is your essential guide to mastering the ever-evolving SEO game. We bring you in-depth insights, ...
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Today we have Teddy on the podcast. It's a great conversation, I really think you'll enjoy todays show! AFFILIATE LINKS - www.tribevitamins.com STAY IN TOUCH ↣WEBSITE: http://breakingnormal.com ↣FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/DanielEisenman ↣INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/DanielEisenman ↣TWITTER: https://twitter.com/DanielEisenman _ Daniel wr…
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Nivå: A2-B1 Ett av de mest populära ämnena är hur man når en hög nivå i svenska språket. Jag har sett det hända många gånger, och här ville jag dela med mig av vad jag har sett verkligen fungera. Både för mig själv och för andra. Projektet Language Gym är något jag är med och bygger med exakt det målet, och jag har sett hur bra det fungerar. Nu i d…
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Today we have Naveed Heydari on the podcast. It's a great conversation, I really think you'll enjoy todays show! AFFILIATE LINKS - www.tribevitamins.com STAY IN TOUCH ↣WEBSITE: http://breakingnormal.com ↣FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/DanielEisenman ↣INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/DanielEisenman ↣TWITTER: https://twitter.com/DanielEisenman _ …
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In this episode, we drive into the fascinating world of artificial intelligence and its revolutionary impact on language understanding and sociolinguistic trends. Joao Victor Pessoa Rocha is a distinguished linguist and NLP expert specializing in Brazilian Portuguese and the integration of AI in sociolinguistics. Joao shares his extensive experienc…
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Nivå: A2-B1 Här kommer andra delen i hur vi räddar världen! Kanske mer om hur vi räddar oss själva eftersom planeten såklart kommer att överleva oss. I den här delen handlar det om konkreta saker som behöver göras, och hur vi får människor att bli motiverade att agera. Stöd podden och få transkript till avsnitten - bli patron för bara 5€ per månad …
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Here are the show notes for Episode 66, in which Raj and Dan talk to Dr Andreea Calude, author of The Linguistics of Social Media: an introduction (Routledge, 2024). Andreea is Associate Professor in Linguistics at the University of Waikato, in New Zealand, Associate of the Human Lang Tech Research Centre in Romania, and Lennoy chair in multilingua…
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Popular discourse around British Muslims has often been dominated by a focus on Muslim women and their sartorial choices, particularly the hijab and niqab. British Bangladeshi Muslims in the East End: The Changing Landscape of Dress and Language (Manchester UP, 2024) by Dr. Fatima Rajina takes a different angle and focuses on Muslim men, examining …
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Nivå: ~A2-B1 Vi alla vet att det just nu är kris på flera olika områden, som t ex den globala uppvärmningen. Men vad är det viktigaste, vad behöver göras i praktiken, och framför allt, hur får man människor att faktiskt agera? Dokumentären A life on our planet Dokumentären Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet Lyssna också på avsnitt 56 av…
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Here are the show notes for Episode 65, in which Raj and Dan talk to Jullietta Stoencheva, PhD candidate in Media and Communication Studies at Malmo University about: Extremist narratives and how they are constructed Who the ‘Us’ and ‘Them’ are in extremist Us vs Them narratives Everyday extremism, plausible deniability and ‘borderline discourse’ P…
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Welcome to The PhraSEOlogy + AI Show, where we delve into the dynamic intersection of artificial intelligence and digital marketing. In today's episode, titled "The AI-Driven Marketer Revolutionizing Everyday Marketing Skills - PhraSEOlogy EP13," our host, Filipe Santos, sits down with digital nomad and content creator extraordinaire Conor Martin. …
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When a human learns a new word, we're learning to attach that word to a set of concepts in the real world. When a computer "learns" a new word, it is creating some associations between that word and other words it has seen before, which can sometimes give it the appearance of understanding, but it doesn't have that real-world grounding, which can s…
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How can school communications become more accessible to multilingual families? In this episode of the Language on the Move podcast, Dr Agnes Bodis talks to Professor Margaret Kettle about the Multilingual Glossary of School-based Terms. This is list of school-related terms selected and translated to help multilingual families connect with schools. …
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How do street-level bureaucrats in Austria’s public service deal with linguistic diversity? In this episode of the Language on the Move podcast, Ingrid Piller speaks with Dr Clara Holzinger (University of Vienna) about her PhD research investigating how employment officers deal with the day-to-day communication challenges arising when clients have …
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The Holocaust radically altered the way many East European Jews spoke Yiddish. Finding prewar language incapable of describing the imprisonment, death, and dehumanisation of the Shoah, prisoners added or reinvented thousands of Yiddish words and phrases to describe their new reality. These crass, witty, and sometimes beautiful Yiddish words – Khurb…
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Show notes for Episode 64 Here are the show notes for Episode 64, in which Raj and Dan talk to Katie Mansfield, PhD Researcher at The University of Sheffield & Lecturer in Education at The University of Gloucestershire about: Her research on working-class children, non-standard English and style shifting at school Combining approaches from linguist…
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In If All the World Were Paper: A History of Writing in Hindi (Columbia UP, 2024), Tyler W. Williams puts questions of materiality, circulation, and performance at the center of his investigation into how literature comes to be defined and produced within a language, specifically, premodern Hindi. Williams proposes new methods for working with writ…
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What good is a good sense of humour especially when the humour may be ethically questionable? Although humour seems a valuable part of a good conversation and indeed a good life, jokes have never seemed more morally problematic than they do now. How can we then evaluate quips, gibes, pranks, teasing, light mockery, sarcasm when they can all too oft…
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Nivå: ~A2-B1 Nu har Trump vunnit valet i USA, men varför var det han och inte Kamala Harris som vann? Eftersom jag själv inte har så bra koll så tittade på några videor från kanaler jag gillar för att informera mig, och det här är vad jag kom fram till! För vår gratis community på Skool - klicka här! Stöd podden och få transkript till avsnitten - b…
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It is not uncommon to encounter people who think and talk about the world so differently from the way you do that it’s not really possible to put yourself in their shoes. But such systems of representing the world are not truly alien – they still involve terms that pick out objects, properties, and other elements found in familiar languages and met…
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Today is an interesting one as we talk again, to ChatGPT. It's a different conversation, I really think you'll enjoy today's show! AFFILIATE LINKS - www.tribevitamins.com - https://instagram.com/spearsmarketing - https://twitter.com/spearsmarketing - https://wellnesse.com - https://rewildgear.com STAY IN TOUCH ↣WEBSITE: http://breakingnormal.com ↣F…
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In 1966 Benedict Anderson published 'The Languages of Indonesian Politics', a seminal paper exploring the development of Indonesian as a new language for talking about national politics. In that paper Anderson underlined the contrast between the formal/official style of Indonesian news reports and the colloquial, playful speech style of ordinary Ja…
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Show notes for Episode 63 Here are the show notes for Episode 63, in which Raj and Dan talk to Dr Isobelle Clarke, Lecturer in Security and Protection Science in the Dept of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University about: Anti-science discourses The language of climate change denialism The attraction and appeal of anti-science narra…
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On Revival: Hebrew Literature Between Life and Death (U Pennsylvania Press, 2024) is a critique of one of the most important tenets of Zionist thinking: "Hebrew revival," or the idea that Hebrew--a largely unspoken language before the twentieth century--was revitalized as part of a broader national "revival" which ultimately led to the establishmen…
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Elia Powers' book Performing the News: Identity, Authority, and the Myth of Neutrality (Rutgers UP, 2024) explores how journalists from historically marginalized groups have long felt pressure to conform when performing for audiences. Many speak with a flat, “neutral” accent, modify their delivery to hide distinctive vocal attributes, dress convent…
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Nivå: A2-B1 Som du kanske vet bor jag i Valencia och här har precis den värsta naturkatastrofen på minst 100 år inträffat. Jag berättar vad som har hänt hittills och förklarar också hur detta väderfenomen uppstår. Om man vill donera för att hjälpa: En vän till en vän har skapat den här sidan på GoFundMe för att hjälpa folk i ett av de hårdast drabb…
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Today we have Anthony Kunkel on the podcast. It's a great conversation, I really think you'll enjoy todays show! AFFILIATE LINKS - www.tribevitamins.com STAY IN TOUCH ↣WEBSITE: http://breakingnormal.com ↣FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/DanielEisenman ↣INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/DanielEisenman ↣TWITTER: https://twitter.com/DanielEisenman _ …
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The British love to complain that words and phrases imported from America--from French fries to Awesome, man!--are destroying the English language. But what about the influence going the other way? Britishisms have been making their way into the American lexicon for more than 150 years, but the process has accelerated since the turn of the twenty-f…
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Show notes for Episode 62 Here are the show notes for Episode 62, in which Raj and Dan talk to Fiona McPherson, senior editor at the Oxford English Dictionary about: 20 years of Oxford Word of the Year Why she can’t reveal any secrets about WOTY2024… Why some words stick around and others don’t What makes a good WOTY candidate Word formation proces…
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Nivå: A2-B1 Vi fortsätter på det läskiga temat och pratar om fobier. Vad är en fobi? Varför finns de? Vilka är de vanligaste fobierna? Hur blir man av med dem? För att ta del av New Year New Me-erbjudandet, klicka här och anmäl dig. Ett helt år av Language Gym ingår i priset, bara för nästa 2 personer som anmäler sig! I Language Gym kan du träna på…
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Dr Laura Smith-Khan speaks with Dr Anthea Vogl about her new book, Judging Refugees: Narrative and Oral Testimony in Refugee Status Determination (Cambridge UP, 2024). The conversation introduces listeners to the procedures involved in seeking asylum in the global north and how language is implicated throughout these processes. Discussing Dr Vogl’s…
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Today we have Dr. Matt Monte on the podcast. It's a great conversation, I really think you'll enjoy todays show! AFFILIATE LINKS - www.tribevitamins.com STAY IN TOUCH ↣WEBSITE: http://breakingnormal.com ↣FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/DanielEisenman ↣INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/DanielEisenman ↣TWITTER: https://twitter.com/DanielEisenman _ …
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In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Tazin Abdullah speaks with Dr. Rizwan Ahmad, Professor of Sociolinguistics in the Department of English Literature and Linguistics in the College of Arts and Sciences at Qatar University in Doha. We discuss aspects of the Linguistic Landscape, focusing on Rizwan’s research into how Arabic is used…
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How can Bill Clinton’s “I did not have sexual relations with that woman” shed light on Lacan’s maxim, “The unconscious is structured like a language?” In Six Moments in Lacan: Communication and Identification in Psychology and Psychoanalysis (Routledge, 2018), professor Derek Hook thoroughly investigates and explains a number of Lacan’s major conce…
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Today we have Forrest on the podcast. It's a great conversation, I really think you'll enjoy todays show! https://www.instagram.com/forrestwilkinson/?hl=en AFFILIATE LINKS - www.tribevitamins.com STAY IN TOUCH ↣WEBSITE: http://breakingnormal.com ↣FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/DanielEisenman ↣INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/DanielEisenman ↣TWI…
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Nivå: A2-B1 Lagom till halloween kommer ett avsnitt för att lära dig alla läskiga ord du behöver för att överleva 31/10! Kolla in avsnitt 58 om halloween här. Kolla in Creepypodden här. Läs mer om Language Lock-in Boot Camp här. -------------------- Stöd podden och få transkript till avsnitten - bli patron för bara 5€ per månad – klicka här! Vill d…
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This week on the PhraSEOlogy + AI show, we dive deep into the rapidly evolving world of search with our special guest, Duane Forrester. Together, we explore how artificial intelligence is transforming the way we interact with information, breaking down the fundamental shifts in consumer behavior and search engine dynamics. From the unexpected insig…
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Eye of newt and toe of frog,Wool of bat and tongue of dog...In this episode, your hosts Gretchen McCulloch and Lauren Gawne get enthusiastic and ~spooky~ about possession! We talk about how the haunting type of possession and the linguistic type of possession do share an etymological origin, but how the term "possession" itself is misleading, becau…
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