Demystifying Language

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Listen on buzzsprout Carrie Gillon: Hi, and welcome to the Vocal Fries Podcast, the podcast about linguistic discrimination. Megan Figueroa.: I'm Megan Figueroa. Carrie: And I'm Carrie Gillon. Megan: I almost thought you forgot your name there for a second. Carrie: Oh, there must be a lag. Megan: Oh, is there a lag? Carrie: There … Continue reading Demystifying Language →

Fear and Loathing in Politics and Academia

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Megan Figueroa: Hi. Welcome to the Vocal Fries podcast, the podcast about linguistic discrimination. Carrie Gillon: I'm Carrie Gillon. Megan: And I'm Megan Figueroa, and I'm upright at my computer. Carrie: Oh, boy. The worst has arrived. Again. Megan: Yeah. Again. I know. I remember when he was in office last time, people had commented … Continue reading Fear and Loathing in Politics and Academia →

Performing the News

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Carrie Gillon: Hi, and welcome to The Vocal Fries Podcast, the podcast about linguistic discrimination. Megan Figueroa: I'm Megan Figueroa. Carrie: And I'm Carrie Gillon. Megan: And congratulations to us. Carrie: Congratulations to us. Yeah. Megan: Yes, we might be talking right now to people that had never heard of our podcast until a week … Continue reading Performing the News →

How Schools Make Race

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Megan Figueroa: Hi. Welcome to The Vocal Fries Podcast. The podcast about linguistic discrimination. Carrie Gillon: I’m Carrie Gillon. Megan: I’m Megan Figueroa. Here we are in September, already. Can you believe it? Almost the end actually. We are more towards the end than we are at the beginning. Carrie: The days are getting shorter, … Continue reading How Schools Make Race →

Dogwhistles and Other Fig Leaves

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Carrie Gillon: Hi, and welcome to the Vocal Fries Podcast, the podcast about linguistic discrimination. Megan Figueroa: I'm Megan Figueroa. Carrie: And I'm Carrie Gillon. Megan: Hey, I'm glad to see that you're up and not sick anymore. Carrie: Yeah, I'm finally not sick. I finally stopped coughing a few days ago. Megan: That sounds … Continue reading Dogwhistles and Other Fig Leaves →