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79: A.I. Hype Hosedown (with Emily Bender and Jack Hessel)

Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.

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Ryan Reynolds's Decision to Buy a Welsh Team

S4C is opening up with their production company, Maximum Effort. They're producing Welsh programs for US television. It's going to be six hours every Wednesday in Wales. This is inherently a very cool thing, right? Because minority languages should always get more play. The stuff closest to a privileged position will get attention first and radiate outward from there. I mean, it's got a lot of fans. There are a lot of people who love Welsh. So, you know, they're leveraging that love and using their privilege to do something good. And so, which doesn't mean Welsh shouldn't get funding and stuff. But it's great that we're uplifting it and

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