Word of the Week: polycrisis.

Wait, is that what I think it is?

Check out this episode:
becauselanguage.com/129-they-sta...

@geraldroche.bsky.social
I still watch this video every so often.

"History is full of depressing things that were defeated by people who did something."

Full episode: becauselanguage.com/109-language...

Those sneaky cute babies! They tricked us into wanting to care for them, and part of that involves communication.
But what about "cute aggression"?
Prof Madeleine Beekman is the author of "The Origin of Language".
@simonschusteranz.bsky.social
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So many words on this new episode with Maia Chao!
Including COSY CRIME
Go listen here, or on your podcast thingy
www.patreon.com/posts/127-oh...

Artist Maia Chao tells us about her show "Oh", an experimental linguistic lecture performance. With Kelly Wright.
Watch the episode here (soon): becauselanguage.com/127-oh/

Patrons at the Listener level can hear our new bonus episode with @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social !

Here's a snippet in video form. Click through and sign up.

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LLMs just tell us what we want to hear. Which is wrong. It should be humans telling us what we want to hear.

Our new episode with Adam Aleksic @etymologynerd.bsky.social is out, and you can find it in all the places.
www.patreon.com/posts/137195...

Creators have to be mindful of what to say and what not to say in their content. This affects the language we're exposed to — and what we say IRL. But it's part of an old process. Adam Aleksic @etymologynerd.bsky.social is the author of the new book "Algospeak".
@penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social

How do we make better language choices? And what's beyond conscious language? Check out our episode with @karenyin.bsky.social, author of the Conscious Style Guide.
Wherever you get your podcasts.

becauselanguage.com/123-consciou...

What's a "boomerask"?

From our episode 123: Conscious Language (with Karen Yin)
Tx to listener Sydney for this suggestion

Language is a wonder. As in: We wonder what makes it all work. So we're talking to linguistic lion Stephen Levinson of ‪@mpi-nl.bsky.social about his new book The Interaction Engine. (The book is open source, by the way!)

Episode coming soon.

Can't wait to participate in this live lecture-performance. Creative Time is turning conversation into music and art, and we'll be looking at how we gather meaning out of noises, hesitations, and silences.

hq.creativetime.org/calendar/oh/