Because Language (becauselangpod)
@becauselanguage.com
A show about linguistics, the science of language. Your hosts (in order of coolness): Hedvig Skirgård, Daniel Midgley, and Ben Ainslie (tie for 2nd).
So many words on this new episode with Maia Chao!
Including COSY CRIME
Go listen here, or on your podcast thingy
www.patreon.com/posts/127-oh...
Including COSY CRIME
Go listen here, or on your podcast thingy
www.patreon.com/posts/127-oh...
October 11, 2025 at 6:25 AM
So many words on this new episode with Maia Chao!
Including COSY CRIME
Go listen here, or on your podcast thingy
www.patreon.com/posts/127-oh...
Including COSY CRIME
Go listen here, or on your podcast thingy
www.patreon.com/posts/127-oh...
Artist Maia Chao tells us about her show "Oh", an experimental linguistic lecture performance. With Kelly Wright.
Watch the episode here (soon): becauselanguage.com/127-oh/
Watch the episode here (soon): becauselanguage.com/127-oh/
October 9, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Artist Maia Chao tells us about her show "Oh", an experimental linguistic lecture performance. With Kelly Wright.
Watch the episode here (soon): becauselanguage.com/127-oh/
Watch the episode here (soon): becauselanguage.com/127-oh/
Patrons at the Listener level can hear our new bonus episode with @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social !
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Here's a snippet in video form. Click through and sign up.
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September 30, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Patrons at the Listener level can hear our new bonus episode with @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social !
Here's a snippet in video form. Click through and sign up.
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Here's a snippet in video form. Click through and sign up.
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LLMs just tell us what we want to hear. Which is wrong. It should be humans telling us what we want to hear.
Our new episode with Adam Aleksic @etymologynerd.bsky.social is out, and you can find it in all the places.
www.patreon.com/posts/137195...
Our new episode with Adam Aleksic @etymologynerd.bsky.social is out, and you can find it in all the places.
www.patreon.com/posts/137195...
August 24, 2025 at 6:40 AM
LLMs just tell us what we want to hear. Which is wrong. It should be humans telling us what we want to hear.
Our new episode with Adam Aleksic @etymologynerd.bsky.social is out, and you can find it in all the places.
www.patreon.com/posts/137195...
Our new episode with Adam Aleksic @etymologynerd.bsky.social is out, and you can find it in all the places.
www.patreon.com/posts/137195...
Creators have to be mindful of what to say and what not to say in their content. This affects the language we're exposed to — and what we say IRL. But it's part of an old process. Adam Aleksic @etymologynerd.bsky.social is the author of the new book "Algospeak".
@penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
@penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
August 16, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Creators have to be mindful of what to say and what not to say in their content. This affects the language we're exposed to — and what we say IRL. But it's part of an old process. Adam Aleksic @etymologynerd.bsky.social is the author of the new book "Algospeak".
@penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
@penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
How do we make better language choices? And what's beyond conscious language? Check out our episode with @karenyin.bsky.social, author of the Conscious Style Guide.
Wherever you get your podcasts.
becauselanguage.com/123-consciou...
Wherever you get your podcasts.
becauselanguage.com/123-consciou...
August 5, 2025 at 3:57 AM
How do we make better language choices? And what's beyond conscious language? Check out our episode with @karenyin.bsky.social, author of the Conscious Style Guide.
Wherever you get your podcasts.
becauselanguage.com/123-consciou...
Wherever you get your podcasts.
becauselanguage.com/123-consciou...
What's a "boomerask"?
From our episode 123: Conscious Language (with Karen Yin)
Tx to listener Sydney for this suggestion
From our episode 123: Conscious Language (with Karen Yin)
Tx to listener Sydney for this suggestion
July 16, 2025 at 8:19 AM
What's a "boomerask"?
From our episode 123: Conscious Language (with Karen Yin)
Tx to listener Sydney for this suggestion
From our episode 123: Conscious Language (with Karen Yin)
Tx to listener Sydney for this suggestion
Language is a wonder. As in: We wonder what makes it all work. So we're talking to linguistic lion Stephen Levinson of @mpi-nl.bsky.social about his new book The Interaction Engine. (The book is open source, by the way!)
Episode coming soon.
Episode coming soon.
July 12, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Language is a wonder. As in: We wonder what makes it all work. So we're talking to linguistic lion Stephen Levinson of @mpi-nl.bsky.social about his new book The Interaction Engine. (The book is open source, by the way!)
Episode coming soon.
Episode coming soon.
Can't wait to participate in this live lecture-performance. Creative Time is turning conversation into music and art, and we'll be looking at how we gather meaning out of noises, hesitations, and silences.
hq.creativetime.org/calendar/oh/
hq.creativetime.org/calendar/oh/
June 7, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Can't wait to participate in this live lecture-performance. Creative Time is turning conversation into music and art, and we'll be looking at how we gather meaning out of noises, hesitations, and silences.
hq.creativetime.org/calendar/oh/
hq.creativetime.org/calendar/oh/
More merch arriving, and we're sending it to patrons. Make sure Patreon has your address!
December 9, 2024 at 12:55 PM
More merch arriving, and we're sending it to patrons. Make sure Patreon has your address!