The Vocal Fries

Send us Fan Mail Carrie and Megan talk with Dr Hiram L. Smith about his book Wassup, My Nigga: The Hidden History of a Controversial Word and why linguists - particularly Black linguists - should be involved in any conversation about the n-word. Matt Walsh (sorry about the Twitter link)Mark CritchSupport the show Contact us: Threads us @vocalfriespodBluesky us @vocalfriespod.bsky.socialEmail us at [email protected] for listening and keep calm and fry on

Send us Fan Mail Carrie and Megan talk with Dr Lee Moore about his book, China’s Backstory: The History Beijing Doesn’t Want You to Read, about the history of Taiwan and the current linguistic landscape. Grok inventing anti-English bigotrySupport the show Contact us: Threads us @vocalfriespodBluesky us @vocalfriespod.bsky.socialEmail us at [email protected] for listening and keep calm and fry on

Send us Fan Mail Carrie and Megan talk with Dr Michael Erard about his newest e-book, The Language Beat: Essays and Reporting on Language and Life. AI Indigenous correspondentsSupport the show Contact us: Threads us @vocalfriespodBluesky us @vocalfriespod.bsky.socialEmail us at [email protected] for listening and keep calm and fry on

Send us Fan Mail Carrie and Megan talk with Dr Danny Bate about his book, Why Q Needs U. Check out his podcast, A Language I Love Is... BTS vs the GrammysBTS and Chris BrownSupport the show Contact us: Threads us @vocalfriespodBluesky us @vocalfriespod.bsky.socialEmail us at [email protected] for listening and keep calm and fry on

Send us Fan Mail The Fries are 9! Carrie and Megan talk with Erik Singer, dialect coach to the stars, to celebrate 9 years of the Fries! Support the show Contact us: Threads us @vocalfriespodBluesky us @vocalfriespod.bsky.socialEmail us at [email protected] for listening and keep calm and fry on