Welcome to episode three of the Apprentice Dialogues! In this episode, Ariel & Michelle take an in-depth look at Michelle’s independent research, which focuses on some of the overlooked pros of internet culture, the challenges researchers face translating academic knowledge to social media, why academic language can be so difficult to understand, and why people raised on the internet sometimes do a better job at public scholarship than professional researchers! 

On the way, they chat about learning a language on the internet, YouTube video essays, and the mystical (?) encounter that pushed Michelle to study linguistics. 

Music cred: DanAndPhilBEATS. Track: A Good Stretch