Best Manish Goregaokar Podcasts (2024)

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Marathi and Manish Goregaokar 49:48

18d ago49:48

49:48

Episode 24 of ALILI is a return to India, this time to dive into Marathi, the official langauge of the state of Maharashtra and India's third-largest language. My guest is Manish Goregaokar, a software engineer and a real expert on language and writing. We discussed history, geography, society, phonology and vocabulary, as well as Manish's personal…

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Mansi and Daria Zhornik 51:45

5d ago51:45

51:45

Episode 25 is here and it's a return to the Finno-Ugric languages with expert linguist Daria Zhornik. The particular member of Finno-Ugric is Mansi (specifically Northern Mansi), spoken in two regions of Russia. Daria both documents and researches this language, and so is full of good information about its history, genealogy, current status, future…

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SPECIAL: Talking Indo-European with Jackson Crawford 49:07

1M ago49:07

49:07

This is an episode of ALILI with a twist, as Dr Jackson Crawford, YouTube's charming Old Norse expert, had me back on his channel to chat syntax, old languages and public linguistics. Chatting to him and his Patreon supporters was a real treat for me, both to share the ideas of my recent PhD work, and to get his perspective on the state and future …

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Romansh and Emma Gledhill 39:56

2M ago39:56

39:56

For episode 22, we're travelling high into the Alps, to join linguist and translator Emma Gledhill in the Graubünden/Grisons canton of Switzerland. Emma's chosen language is Romansh, the distinct Romance language of the region that, despite its endangered and disunited state, nonetheless holds the status of one of Switzerland's four official langua…

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Catalan and Alba Clopés and Joey Barber 42:29

3M ago42:29

42:29

For episode 21, ALILI becomes A Language We Love Is, as two guests, Alba Clopés and Joey Barber, join me to chat Catalan. Our conversation ranges from its Latin origins to ongoing efforts to build up popular usage of the language. Through the phonology, orthography, morphology, history and sociolinguistics of Catalan, you can see why Alba and Joey …

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P'urhepecha and Kate Bellamy 42:20

3M ago42:20

42:20

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Kashmiri and Sāmapriẏa Basu 50:22

3M ago50:22

50:22

Episode 19 sees the show's first returning guest, as the maestro of Indo-Iranian languages, Dr. Sāmapriẏa Basu, joins me again, this time to introduce Kashmiri. Beginning with its geographical and political situation, our conversation explores the many distinct features of Kashmiri that, for Sāmapriẏa, make it a 'linguist's language'. Sample of spo…

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Biblical Hebrew and Benjamin Suchard 49:43

4M ago49:43

49:43

The third episode of this second series is a Biblical bonanza, as Dr Benjamin Suchard comes on the show to introduce the linguistic world of Biblical Hebrew. We discuss the language's history, its family tree, its layer of loanwords and external influences, and how human this holy language can be. Benjamin's website: ⁠https://bnuyaminim.wordpress.c…

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Bulgarian and Leonid Motz 49:07

4M ago49:07

49:07

Episode 17 of ALILI is a linguistic and historical voyage into the Bulgarian language, as Vienna's Leonid Motz guides us through the language's many ingredients, far-reaching connections, and membership of the Balkan Sprachbund. To hear more from Leonid: His Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/ulaantenger⁠ His podcasting performance with Jeremy Bradley: …

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Mari and Jeremy Bradley 52:25

4M ago52:25

52:25

ALILI is back for a second series! Here's episode 16 with Jeremy Bradley, who takes us on a journey into the Mari language. This is a linguistic tour de force, surely the episode that mentions and discusses the most languages, from Estonian to Indonesian. Jeremy's Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/Chi_con_carnage⁠ The Mari website: ⁠https://mari-langua…

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Old Irish and Danny Bate 48:25

7M ago48:25

48:25

It's episode 15 and the finale of the first series of ALILI! To mark the occasion, the tables have been turned and your usual host now finds himself on the receiving end of the format he created, as Krishnan Ram-Prasad rejoins the show to interview me about the amazing Old Irish language. We dive into what this language is, who spoke it, who wrote …

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016 - Scott Mabin 52:56

7M ago52:56

52:56

James talks with Scott Mabin about how he joined the Espressif team and got involved in embedded Rust, the working culture in chip manufacturing companies and preferences about designing and building mechanical keyboards.By James Munns

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Tigrinya and Gioia Cacchioli 37:12

7M ago37:12

37:12

It's time for the fourteenth and penultimate episode of the first series of ALILI, in which Gioia Cacchioli joins me to talk about Tigrinya, a Semitic and syntactically striking language of eastern Africa. Gioia introduces the language, its family tree, its word-building, its use of the Ge'ez script, and how she came to love Tigrinya. Here's Gioia'…

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Welsh and Victoria Noble 42:22

7M ago42:22

42:22

Here's episode 13 and it's all about Welsh! Victoria Noble, a PhD researcher in the semantics of Welsh and Arabic, joins me to share her enthusiasm and admiration for the Welsh language, discussing both its cool linguistic features and the difficult details of its history. Note from Victoria: the annual population survey mentioned at 8:02 is from 2…

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015 - Manish Goregaokar 1:05:48

8M ago1:05:48

1:05:48

Another episode is coming from the archives, originally recorded in May 2022 with Manish Goregaokar as the guest- James and Manish touch on many topics, including: internationalization of languages, zero-copy deserialization in Rust, speedrunning video games and Vaccinate CA.By James Munns

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Czech and Radek Šimík 41:48

8M ago41:48

41:48

For episode 12, I popped along to Charles University in Prague, to interview Dr Radek Šimík, a linguist, lecturer and researcher there, and to talk all about the local language: Czech. The topics ranged from the history of Czech and its dialects, to the influences of German and a special bit of syntax, which made for a great discussion. You can fin…

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Lithuanian and Francis Young 43:30

8M ago43:30

43:30

Episode 11 of ALILI sees us back beside the Baltic Sea, where Dr Francis Young guides us into the story of Lithuania and the Lithuanian language. Francis discusses both history and prehistory in detail, and joyously shares some rather wrong ideas that people have held about the origin of this Indo-European language. To learn more from Francis, here…

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Persian and Alexander Jabbari 36:59

8M ago36:59

36:59

ALILI has made it to ten episodes, and this tenth instalment is a suitably sensational journey into the linguistic and cultural cosmos of Persian. Alexander Jabbari joins me to talk about this influential language, and demonstrate why Persian is a hugely important yet surprisingly accessible global tongue. Alexander's ⁠website⁠ and ⁠Twitter⁠. Host:…

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Mexican Spanish and Gilly Marchini 41:42

9M ago41:42

41:42

Episode 9 is here and it's all about Mexico! The wonderful Gilly Marchini, a PhD researcher at Edinburgh, guide us into the linguistic landscape of Mexico and its particular variety of Spanish, and into the practice of linguistic fieldwork and documentation. Gilly's passion and principles combine to make for a fun and fascinating look at Mexican Sp…

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Medieval Latin and Charles Roe 39:58

9M ago39:58

39:58

For the eighth episode of A Language I Love Is..., Charles Roe joins me to introduce into the linguistic world of Latin in the Middle Ages. Charles offers a great example of how a particular language is often not defined linguistically, and demonstrates how Latin after Rome was anything but a dead language. Host: Danny Bate Guest: Dr. Charles Roe M…

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014 - Steve Klabnik 1:34:39

9M ago1:34:39

1:34:39

This episode is coming from the archives, originally recorded in May 2022 - James talks with Steve Klabnik from Oxide Computer about knowledge transfer within the Rust community, how learning-by-doing and reading datasheets help you develop, and how limits and regulations are put in place across many different fields.…

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Estonian and Johanna Laakso 38:56

9M ago38:56

38:56

Episode 7 of ALILI... is a journey into the Uralic language family, specifically via one of its famous European members: Estonian! Prof. Johanna Laakso joins me to share her long-held love for a language very similar to her native Finnish, yet interestingly different in lots of ways, thanks to the specific ingredients that have gone into the Estoni…

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Old English and Stephen Hopkins 39:02

10M ago39:02

39:02

Time for the 6th episode of ALILI... and for Dr Stephen Hopkins to wind back the clock on the language you are currently reading – we're heading back to Old English! Stephen is a real pro, and this interview with him is both an engaging and entertaining introduction to the earliest days of English. Stephen's brilliant Twitter site: https://twitter.…

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Ossetian and Sāmapriẏa Basu 39:03

10M ago39:03

39:03

Here's Episode 5 of A Language I Love Is... and for this episode, Dr Sāmapriẏa Basu guides us into the Caucasus, the "mountain of tongues", a region rich in languages and language families. Our way in is via the modern language of Ossetian, an Indo-European relative marooned by history from the rest of its family. Sāmapriẏa's wonderful Twitter site…

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Sanskrit and Krishnan Ram-Prasad 38:36

10M ago38:36

38:36

Episode 4 of ALILI is here and its task is to introduce the linguistic cosmos that is the Sanskrit language. Dr Krishnan Ram-Prasad joins me to run through the basics of Sanskrit, from its prehistoric origins to its prestigious status in India today. Krishnan expertly offers a wealth of information, all presented with the palpable enthusiasm of a t…

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Old Saxon and George Walkden 32:05

10M ago32:05

32:05

Episode 3 of ALILI is a deep dive into the Germanic languages, expertly navigated by George Walkden, who shares a wealth of information about this language family through his love for one particular member: Old Saxon. Having introduced the language, its few (but fun) sources and himself, George uses the example of Old Saxon to make some great point…

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Akkadian and Iris Kamil 31:23

10M ago31:23

31:23

Episode 2 of ALILI and it's time to head back to ancient Mesopotamia and hear all about Akkadian, an influential lingua franca of the ancient world. Old it may be, but Akkadian still has much to tell us about its many cousin languages still spoken to this day. Akkadian expert Iris Kamil both introduces and shares a little of her boundless enthusias…

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Scots and Sarah van Eyndhoven 26:10

10M ago26:10

26:10

Here's Episode 1, in which my friend Sarah van Eyndhoven kindly offers both her time and expertise to join me to talk about the Scots language. This language of the Lowlands of Scotland has a long history, reaching back into early medieval times, and also a complicated history with its southern cousin, English. Sarah is on hand to untangle all this…

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A Language I Love Is... – Introduction 4:18

10M ago4:18

4:18

Hello there! This is my introduction to a new podcast all about language, linguistics and loving both. In this initial episode, I set out the premise and format of the whole idea, which I've been thinking over for a couple of years now. Watch this space for the episodes proper, very soon! Music: Bossa Nova by William_King Artwork: William Marler Ho…

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013 - Ryan Summers 1:20:28

11M ago1:20:28

1:20:28

In this episode, James chats with Ryan Summers about the process of developing protocols, the guidelines of working in safety critical systems and embedded engineering.By James Munns

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012 - Sophia Turner 1:02:21

12M ago1:02:21

1:02:21

In this episode, James chats with Sophia about the intricacies of writing programming languages, what makes designing programs fun, strategies for defining goals, and more.By James Munns

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011 - Eliza Weisman 1:59:44

2y ago1:59:44

1:59:44

James chats with Eliza about systems, systems of systems, operating systems, java, java cards, what posix did wrong, and a ton of other rust adjacent things.By James Munns

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010 - Dion Dokter 35:50

3+ y ago35:50

35:50

James chats with Dion Dokter about device drivers, bootloaders, and embedded Rust.By James Munns

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009 - Sylvan Morris 27:44

3+ y ago27:44

27:44

James chats with Sylvan Morris about introducing Rust into a company, working at an embedded startup, over the air bootloaders, and managing risk.By James Munns

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008 - Yoshua Wuyts 53:18

3+ y ago53:18

53:18

James chats with Yoshua Wuyts to discuss Control Theory in traditional software domains, the possibilities of RISC-V, and open source hardware.By James Munns

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007 - Michael Nitschinger 53:08

3+ y ago53:08

53:08

James chats with Michael Nitschinger of Couchbase to discuss Coffee Machines, PID control loops, Bluetooth Low Energy, and Databases.By James Munns

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006 - Bryan Cantrill 1:24:22

3+ y ago1:24:22

1:24:22

James chats with Bryan Cantrill of Oxide Computer to discuss the open source hardware explosion, Oxide's experience with Embedded Rust, the importance of a culture of sharing knowledge, and the joy of fixing hard-to-diagnose systems problems.By James Munns

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005 - Clifford Heath 1:04:45

3+ y ago1:04:45

1:04:45

James chats with Clifford Heath to discuss the differences between procedural and structural code, using natural language processing to describe software, code generation, and programming education approaches.By James Munns

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