Lexicon Valley
Lexicon Valley
A podcast about language, with hosts Mike Vuolo, Bob Garfield and John McWhorter.
Episodes
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Jan 28, 2013 • 29min
The Fawth Flaw, Part II
Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss R-dropping and the New York accent.
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Jan 14, 2013 • 22min
The Fawth Flaw
Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss a defining feature of the classic New York accent.
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Dec 31, 2012 • 26min
Get Your Creak On
Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss creaky voice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 17, 2012 • 27min
Good Is Up
Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss metaphor and the "fiscal cliff."
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Dec 3, 2012 • 29min
Talking Leaves and Lightning Paper
Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss the Cherokee syllabary.
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Nov 12, 2012 • 33min
Undocumented Illegals
Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss the debate over "illegal" versus "undocumented" at the heart of U.S. immigration policy.
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Oct 29, 2012 • 32min
Death to Potatoes
Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo speak with Nataly Kelly, coauthor of "Found in Translation: How Language Shapes Our Lives and Transforms the World."
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Oct 15, 2012 • 31min
Here's to You Mrs. Malaprop
Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss what malapropisms might reveal about the way we organize our mental dictionary.
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Oct 1, 2012 • 25min
The Rate of Exchange
Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss the commonly held belief that some languages are spoken faster than others.
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Sep 17, 2012 • 25min
Ascent of the A-Word
Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo talk to linguist Geoffrey Nunberg about his book, "Ascent of the A-Word: A**holism, the First Sixty Years."
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