The Vocal Fries

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The monthly podcast about linguistic discrimination. Learn about how we judge other people's speech as a sneaky way to be racist, sexist, classist, etc. Carrie and Megan teach you how to stop being an accidental jerk. Support this podcast at www.patreon.com/vocalfriespod

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Foul-Mouthed Women

The Vocal Fries

08/01/17 • 44 min

Have you ever wondered why swearing feels so good? Carrie and Megan explain what counts as swearing and why it's so fun to swear. They also discuss what types of words become profane over time and how swearing varies across languages and cultures. Also, they swear a lot. gasp

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We're an indie podcast with limited resources, so we could really use your support. You can set up a monthly recurring donation at patreon.com/vocalfriespod. The $5 a month level gives you access to our monthly bonus episode, as well as a Vocal Fries sticker and a shout out on the podcast! But you can contribute as little as $1 a month and have our undying gratitude!

Don't forget to follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/vocalfriespod/, on Tumblr at https://vocalfriespod.tumblr.com/, and on Twitter and Instagram at @vocalfriespod.

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Thanks for listening and keep calm and fry on

08/01/17 • 44 min

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Uppity Women

The Vocal Fries

07/15/17 • 32 min

In this episode we discuss the dreaded vocal fry. We explain what vocal fry actually is, who uses it (cough everyone cough), and why we judge only women for using it. Carrie and Megan ask you to stop judging women for using vocal fry - it's a proxy for sexism and anyway, it's everywhere.

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Don't forget to follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/vocalfriespod/, on Tumblr at https://vocalfriespod.tumblr.com/, and on Twitter and Instagram at @vocalfriespod.

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Tweet us @VocalFries
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Thanks for listening and keep calm and fry on

07/15/17 • 32 min

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Everybody Hertz

The Vocal Fries

09/09/19 • 71 min

Megan and Carrie talk to Dr Lisa Davidson, Professor of Linguistics at New York University, about the terms used by journalists to describe language and accents (and why they are so often problematic).

We're an indie podcast with limited resources, so we could really use your support. You can set up a monthly recurring donation at www.patreon.com/vocalfriespod. The $5 a month level gives you access to our monthly bonus episode, as well as a Vocal Fries sticker and a shout out on the podcast! But you can contribute as little as $1 a month and have our undying gratitude!

Don't forget to follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/vocalfriespod/, on tumblr at https://vocalfriespod.tumblr.com/, and Twitter and Instagram at @vocalfriespod, and our website is www.vocalfriespod.com.

Support the show

Tweet us @VocalFries
Email us at [email protected]

Thanks for listening and keep calm and fry on

09/09/19 • 71 min

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I Ain't Messing With You

The Vocal Fries

06/28/21 • 56 min

Carrie and Megan talk with Deion Broxton about his Baltimore accent, his career and speech therapy, and going viral.

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We're an indie podcast with limited resources, so we could really use your support. You can set up a monthly recurring donation at Patreon. We have mugs now at the $15/mo level! The $5/mo level gives you access to our monthly bonus episode, as well as a Vocal Fries sticker and a shout out on the podcast! But you can contribute as little as $2/mo and have our undying gratitude!

Don't forget to follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/vocalfriespod/, on Tumblr at https://vocalfriespod.tumblr.com/, and on Twitter and Instagram at @vocalfriespod, and our website is www.vocalfriespod.com.

Support the show

Tweet us @VocalFries
Email us at [email protected]

Thanks for listening and keep calm and fry on

06/28/21 • 56 min

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Don't be an *, be a 🐈

The Vocal Fries

03/13/23 • 57 min

Megan and Carrie talk with Rachel E. Gross about her book, Vagina Obscura, and the language we use to describe pregnancy, vaginas, cervixes, etc.
Whale vocal fry:

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03/13/23 • 57 min

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Grammar Not-zi

The Vocal Fries

09/18/17 • 42 min

Carrie and Megan talk about prescriptive grammar, grammar peeving, and how most of the rules you were taught about English were made up by a few white dudes way back when. Turns out, prescriptivism is racist, classist, and ableist, and enforcing these rules kinda make you a jerk. They also discuss how they had been trained in high school to be prescriptivists, and how linguistics helped them become less biased.

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Don't forget to follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/vocalfriespod/, on Tumblr at https://vocalfriespod.tumblr.com/, and on Twitter and Instagram at @vocalfriespod.

Support the show

Tweet us @VocalFries
Email us at [email protected]

Thanks for listening and keep calm and fry on

09/18/17 • 42 min

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Creating Puentes

The Vocal Fries

07/18/20 • 59 min

Megan and Carrie discuss the letter to the LSA and then talk with Dr. Marie-Eve Monette, founder of Creating Puentes, about the importance of translation and interpretation services and her life as a French speaker living in the US.

Links:

https://endangeredlanguagesproject.github.io/COVID-19/

https://remezcla.com/culture/coronavirus-resource-kit-ayuda-en-espanol/

https://www.wired.com/story/covid-language-translation-problem/?fbclid=IwAR1wWOhsOe0a6TO-a1-0sQpf5PwqSoL1CUrWoryAR2kkbO6Xhx2b2DHbuuQ

https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/2020/07/amid-lincoln-county-covid-outbreak-community-partners-work-to-reach-indigenous-guatemalan-community.html

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07/18/20 • 59 min

Third Time's the Charm

The Vocal Fries

08/03/20 • 41 min

It's the Fries' 3 year anniversary! Carrie and Megan respond to listener voicemails about linguistic discrimination.

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08/03/20 • 41 min

Sounds about White

The Vocal Fries

09/28/20 • 57 min

Megan and Carrie talk with JPB Gerald, host of Unstandardized English, a podcast about language teaching, race, and whiteness, EdD student and adult educator about whiteness in language education.

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09/28/20 • 57 min

Chaos and Order

The Vocal Fries

04/28/20 • 53 min

Megan and Carrie talk with David Bowles, a Mexican-American author from south Texas who teaches at the University of Texas Río Grande Valley, about Classical Nahuatl and the culture of the people who spoke it.

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