Bonus 59: We interview each other! Seasons, word games, Unicode, and more
Added 2022-01-06 22:00:04 +0000 UTCWe interview other linguists here periodically, but sometimes you also want to know what your cohost has been up to lately! Or maybe just their answer to a few Highly Important (and Not At All Silly) Questions.
In this bonus episode, we get enthusiastic about interviewing each other! We talk about our recent activities, such as Gretchen's tentative return to the world of physical conferences at the Unicode Conference, and upcoming projects, such as the academic book about gesture which Lauren's started working on, plus a few other sneak peeks :) We also talk about our favourite seasons (and the linguistic tie-ins thereto), favourite words and word games (someone made a crossword of Gretchen's book!), and what blew our minds when we first started studying linguistics.
Announcements:
We redesigned our website! It's been live for a little while now and is well worth a gander! We have cute icons designed by our very own Lucy Maddox (you may have noticed those on Patreon too!) and a more new-listener-friendly landing page. Gretchen even wrote an incredibly detailed post on how we went about redesigning the website to make it easier for everyone to use.
Here are the links mentioned in this episode:
- Someone made a crossword puzzle of Because Internet!
- Katie Martin's Twitter poll on linguists favourite word
- The Tensorate series by Neon Yang
- The Steerswoman series by Rosemary Kirstein
- LingComm Grants
- Gretchen's monthly update post showing pictures and slides from the Unicode conference
You can listen to this episode on this page, via the Patreon RSS or download the mp3. A transcript of this episode is available as a Google Doc. Lingthusiasm is also on Facebook, Tumblr, and Twitter. Email us at contact [at] lingthusiasm [dot] com or chat to us on the Patreon page. Gretchen is on Twitter as @GretchenAMcC and blogs at All Things Linguistic. Lauren is on Twitter as @superlinguo and blogs at Superlinguo.
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Lingthusiasm is created by Gretchen McCulloch and Lauren Gawne. Our senior producer is Claire Gawne, our production editor is Sarah Dopierala, our production manager is Liz McCullough, and our music is ‘Ancient City’ by The Triangles
