# Guy Deutscher

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42 - Through the Language Glass

Kirsty & Carissa peek through the academic looking glass at the ways in which language, culture, and thought intertwine and interact.   Topic: Through the Language Glass by Guy Deutscher Theme: "Make It Ours" by Evermore

130 - James Harris

Joining Charles Adrian for the 104th Second-Hand Book Factory is Nottingham-born writer and comedian, also translator, editor and interpreter-in-ovo, James Harris. They discuss comedians on comedy, the naming of people and the now-discredited Sapir-Whorf hypothesis. Episode image is a detail from …

I'm Not Dead Yet, So I'd Like to Keep Learning: Interview with German Learner Randy

In Episode 6 of the podcast, I’m talking to an everyday language learner. My longest-standing student Randy is our guest, and he talks about what it’s like to become a language person later in life and one tool that got him right through his first 6 months of learning: Rosetta Stone. Review Podcas…

Language Ain't What It Used to Be (Rebroadcast)

From Nov. 2010: Linguist Guy Deutscher discusses the restless, ever-shifting nature of human languages. Have languages gotten more complex or simpler over the centuries? Does improper usage threaten the integrity of language? How do grammatical systems arise? How much of our linguistic mastery is i…

Language Ain't What It Used to Be (And Never Was)

Linguist Guy Deutscher discusses the restless, ever-shifting nature of human languages. Have languages gotten more complex or simpler over the centuries? Does improper usage threaten the integrity of language? How do grammatical systems arise? How much of our linguistic mastery is innate, and how m…

Interview with Cody-Rose Clevidence

In this episode, I spoke with Cody-Rose Clevidence about their latest publication, Aux Arc / Trypt Ich, out with Nightboat Books. We dug into language, exploring motif, grief, love—all that good stuff. Cody-Rose Clevidence is the author of BEAST FEAST (2014) and Flung/Throne (2018), both from Ahs…

Ep290: What if…?

Join Vicky and Joe as they talk ludicrously expensive oak doors, poo disasters, and why shoes in the house are UNACCEPTABLE. Then marvel at the smooth link to this week's topic—the power of What If? What if you tried this thing? What if... you wrote your book? Tune in and get the pep talk you've be…

Episode 23 - Gareth Carrol

Show notes for Episode 23 Here are the show notes for Episode 23, in which Jacky, Dan, Lisa and Matthew talk to Dr Gareth Carrol of Birmingham University about his new book, Jumping Sharks and Dropping Mics and about modern idioms - where they come from, how they work and how they spread into popu…

Ep335: RePod: What If?

Around this time last year, Vicky and Joe talked about the power of What If? And also ludicrously expensive oak doors, poo disasters, and why shoes in the house are UNACCEPTABLE. This topic is just as relevant now, so we've put it out again. What if you tried this thing? What if... you wrote your b…