The Vocal Fries

Send us Fan MailMegan and Carrie talk with Dr Hadas Kotek, a linguist at Apple, about two of her papers: Gender bias in linguistics textbooks: Has anything changed since Macaulay & Brice 1997? and Gender bias and stereotypes in linguistic example sentences. See the two graphs Hadas had us look at here.This episode is sponsored by FindingFive, a tech non-profit.Promotional code for listeners of the Vocal Fries for a complimentary one-month Pro subscription:FF-US-FRIES (US server, https://www.findingfive.com only)FF-EU-FRIES (EU server, https://eu.findingfive.com only)Redemption of code expires on August 31, 2022, midnight EDTSupport the showContact us:Threads us @vocalfriespodBluesky us @vocalfriespod.bsky.socialEmail us at vocalfriespod@gmail.comThanks for listening and keep calm and fry on

Send us Fan MailCarrie and Megan talk with two of the editors of Tongues: On Longing and Belonging Through Language, Eufemia Fantetti, Professor of English at Humber College, and Ayelet Tsabari, who teaches creative writing  at the MFA Program in Creative Writing at the University of Guelph and University of King’s College, about their new book, writing in English as a second language, Molisan, Hebrew, and Yemeni Arabic.Support the showContact us:Threads us @vocalfriespodBluesky us @vocalfriespod.bsky.socialEmail us at vocalfriespod@gmail.comThanks for listening and keep calm and fry on

Send us Fan MailMegan and Carrie talk with Dr. Noah Nelson, trustee of FindingFive. FindingFive is a tech nonprofit that enables academic researchers to create and run online behavioral research studies in the cloud!  This is a sponsored episode, where you learn all about how FindingFive works!You can get a complimentary one-month Pro subscription that comes with premium features and 100 free participants for the redeemed monthly cycle:FF-US-FRIES (US server, https://www.findingfive.com only)FF-EU-FRIES (EU server, https://eu.findingfive.com only)This offer expires on August 31, 2022, midnight EDT.Support the showContact us:Threads us @vocalfriespodBluesky us @vocalfriespod.bsky.socialEmail us at vocalfriespod@gmail.comThanks for listening and keep calm and fry on

Send us Fan MailRenee and Natalia are back with a conversation about some of the books they love that fall into super niche genres. For example, Natalia has an entire bookshelf dedicated to books about bananas and Renee will never say no to a thriller with an unlikeable 20-something woman protagonist who works in a startup. Tune in to hear all the weird things they’re both into.Books Mentioned: Four Treasures of the Sky by Jenny Tinghui ZhangHow Much of These Hills is Gold by C. Pam ZhangDiamond Head by Cecily Wong (interview here)Siren Queen by Nghi VoBlack Sun & Fevered Star by Rebecca Roanhorse (interview here)The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang Lobizona & Cazadora by Romina Garber (interview here)Binti by Nnedi OkoraforShe Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-ChanChildren of Blood and Bone by Tomi AdeyemiWhere the Wild Ladies Are by Aoka MatsudaCertain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-GarciaCatch and Kill by Ronan FarrowBad Blood by John CarreyrouWe Keep the Dead Close by Becky CooperShe Said by Jodi Kantor and Megan TwoheyMy Friend Anna by Rachel DeLoache WilliamsSelf-Care by Leigh SteinThe Assistants by Camille PerriThe Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila HarrisSmile and Look Pretty by Amanda PellegrinoA Special Place for Women by Laura Hankin (interview here)Hooked: How Crafting Saved My Life by Sutton FosterThe Power of Knitting by Loretta Napoleoni (review here)Bananas, Beaches and Bases by Cynthia EnloeSupport the showContact us:Threads us @vocalfriespodBluesky us @vocalfriespod.bsky.socialEmail us at vocalfriespod@gmail.comThanks for listening and keep calm and fry on

Send us Fan MailCarrie and Megan talk with Dr Jessica Hernandez, a transnational Indigenous scholar, scientist, and community advocate based in the Pacific Northwest, about her new book Fresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes through Indigenous Science.Support the showContact us:Threads us @vocalfriespodBluesky us @vocalfriespod.bsky.socialEmail us at vocalfriespod@gmail.comThanks for listening and keep calm and fry on

Send us Fan MailMegan and Carrie talk with Katie Craig about Myanmar/Burma, the languages spoken there and her organization Myanmar Indigenous Community Partners, which works with local communities to develop and celebrate these languages – and the people who speak them – in developing quality, locally relevant education in order to preserve languages and ways of life as well as to promote equality and social cohesion.#GLAD22 Myanmar Dance Workout Video during the coup (action starts around 1:45)Support the showContact us:Threads us @vocalfriespodBluesky us @vocalfriespod.bsky.socialEmail us at vocalfriespod@gmail.comThanks for listening and keep calm and fry on

Send us Fan MailIn this special (kind of bonus) episode, Dr Anna Marie Trester and Sophie Henry talk about Anna Marie's new book Employing Linguistics: Thinking and Talking about Careers for Linguists.We're an indie podcast with limited resources, so we could really use   your support. You can set up a monthly recurring donation at Patreon.  We have mugs now at the $15/mo level! The $5/mo level gives you access   to our monthly bonus episode, as well as a Vocal Fries sticker and a shout out on the podcast! But you can contribute as little as $2/mo and have our undying gratitude!Don't forget to follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/vocalfriespod/, on Tumblr at https://vocalfriespod.tumblr.com/, and on Twitter and Instagram at @vocalfriespod, and our website is www.vocalfriespod.com.Support the showContact us:Threads us @vocalfriespodBluesky us @vocalfriespod.bsky.socialEmail us at vocalfriespod@gmail.comThanks for listening and keep calm and fry on

Send us Fan MailCarrie and Megan talk with Dr Jessi Grieser about her new book, The Black Side of the River, DC, Tennessee and the way Black residents of Anacostia talk about their neighborhood and themselves.Galician songs here and hereWe're an indie podcast with limited resources, so we could really use   your support. You can set up a monthly recurring donation at Patreon.  We have mugs now at the $15/mo level! The $5/mo level gives you access to our monthly bonus episode, as well as a Vocal Fries sticker and a shout out on the podcast! But you can contribute as little as $2/mo   and have our undying gratitude!Don't forget to follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/vocalfriespod/, on Tumblr at https://vocalfriespod.tumblr.com/, and on Twitter and Instagram at @vocalfriespod, and our website is www.vocalfriespod.com.Support the showContact us:Threads us @vocalfriespodBluesky us @vocalfriespod.bsky.socialEmail us at vocalfriespod@gmail.comThanks for listening and keep calm and fry on

Send us Fan MailMegan and Carrie talk with Dr Enrico Torre about Galician and other languages spoken in Spain and why they matter.We're an indie podcast with limited resources, so we could really use  your support. You can set up a monthly recurring donation at Patreon.  We have mugs now at the $15/mo level! The $5/mo level gives you access  to our monthly bonus episode, as well as a Vocal Fries sticker and  a shout out on the podcast! But you can contribute as little as $2/mo  and have our undying gratitude!Don't forget to follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/vocalfriespod/, on Tumblr at https://vocalfriespod.tumblr.com/, and on Twitter and Instagram at @vocalfriespod, and our website is www.vocalfriespod.com.Support the showContact us:Threads us @vocalfriespodBluesky us @vocalfriespod.bsky.socialEmail us at vocalfriespod@gmail.comThanks for listening and keep calm and fry on

Send us Fan MailCarrie and Megan talk with Mara Wilson about her voice, her neurodivergence, and the IPA.Transcript available here.We're an indie podcast with limited resources, so we could really use your support. You can set up a monthly recurring donation at Patreon. We have mugs now at the $15/mo level! The $5/mo level gives you access to our monthly bonus episode, as well as a Vocal Fries sticker and a shout out on the podcast! But you can contribute as little as $2/mo and have our undying gratitude!Don't forget to follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/vocalfriespod/, on Tumblr at https://vocalfriespod.tumblr.com/, and on Twitter and Instagram at @vocalfriespod, and our website is www.vocalfriespod.com.Support the showContact us:Threads us @vocalfriespodBluesky us @vocalfriespod.bsky.socialEmail us at vocalfriespod@gmail.comThanks for listening and keep calm and fry on