# Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.

A podcast by Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård. A podcast about linguistics, the science of language.

Feed: https://talkthetalk.libsyn.com/rss

## Latest episodes

- [148: On the Mark (with Florence Hazrat)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/436133392/e275a3d1ada7) (2026-10-11, 139 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/talkthetalk/148_On_the_Mark.mp3?dest-id=897956
- [147: The Language Beat (with Michael Erard)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/436133392/c4fada82a0b5) (2026-09-23, 58 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/talkthetalk/147_The_Language_Beat.mp3?dest-id=897956
- [146: Beyond Words (with Karen Stollznow)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/436133392/edc0db3e741f) (2026-09-17, 122 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/talkthetalk/146_Beyond_Words.mp3?dest-id=897956
- [145: Face With Tears of Joy (live with Keith Houston and friends)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/436133392/36b69b8214dc) (2026-09-03, 94 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/talkthetalk/145_Face_With_Tears_of_Joy.mp3?dest-id=897956
- [144: Sociophonetics Deep Dive (with Jennifer Nycz, Lauren Hall-Lew, and Kelly Wright)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/436133392/486f605f2dca) (2026-08-22, 69 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/talkthetalk/144_Sociophonetics_Deep_Dive.mp3?dest-id=897956
- [143: How to Kill a Language (with Sophia Smith Galer)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/436133392/3e16fe2298f5) (2026-08-11, 137 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/talkthetalk/143_How_to_Kill_a_Language.mp3?dest-id=897956
- [142: If This Be Magic (with Daniel Hahn)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/436133392/f34c46ecc92e) (2026-07-28, 123 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/talkthetalk/142_If_This_Be_Magic.mp3?dest-id=897956
- [141: Why Q Needs U (with Danny Bate and Caitlin M. Green)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/436133392/19d6d8d099db) (2026-07-17, 145 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/talkthetalk/141_Why_Q_Needs_U.mp3?dest-id=897956
- [140: These Strange New Minds (with Christopher Summerfield and Caitlin Green)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/436133392/68c06f83cb96) (2026-06-30, 122 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/talkthetalk/140_These_Strange_New_Minds.mp3?dest-id=897956
- [139: Magpie Syntax (with Stephanie Mason)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/436133392/f10de98cd079) (2026-06-09, 167 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/talkthetalk/139_Magpie_Syntax.mp3?dest-id=897956
- [138: Pop-Up Gaeltacht (live with Laura Pakenham and friends)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/436133392/d5eae7d682d7) (2026-05-12, 93 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/talkthetalk/138_Pop-Up_Gaeltacht.mp3?dest-id=897956
- [137: Are Trees Real? (with Yngwie Nielsen and Morten Christiansen)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/436133392/040059231bc9) (2026-05-01, 62 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/talkthetalk/137_Are_Trees_Real.mp3?dest-id=897956
- [136: These Languages Are Anchors (with Mary Walworth)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/436133392/333bdc8e2a21) (2026-04-25, 131 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/talkthetalk/136_These_Languages_Are_Anchors.mp3?dest-id=897956
- [135: Linguistic Illusions (with Dan Parker)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/436133392/ebd3daefca2f) (2026-04-03, 129 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/talkthetalk/135a_Linguistic_Illusions.mp3?dest-id=897956
- [134: True Colour (with Kory Stamper)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/436133392/490e7cc56fae) (2026-03-13, 142 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/talkthetalk/134_True_Colour.mp3?dest-id=897956
- [133: Why We Talk Funny (with Valerie Fridland)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/436133392/0082dabfc442) (2026-02-26, 148 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/talkthetalk/133_Why_We_Talk_Funny_with_Valerie_Fridland.mp3?dest-id=897956
- [132: WotY 2025, the Final Word (with Kelly Wright)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/436133392/17f00c216758) (2026-02-17, 90 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/talkthetalk/132_WotY_2025_the_Final_Word.mp3?dest-id=897956
- [131: Words of the Week of the Year 2025 (live with friends)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/436133392/7016a17bde62) (2025-12-20, 92 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/talkthetalk/131_WotWotY_2025.mp3?dest-id=897956
- [130: Back to the FTR (with Séan Roberts, Cole Robertson, and Annemarie Verkerk)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/436133392/d4a9f85fd10c) (2025-12-06, 174 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/talkthetalk/130_Back_to_the_FTR.mp3?dest-id=897956
- [129: They Started It: Children and Language Evolution (with Madeleine Beekman)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/436133392/0e2e841ee2ed) (2025-11-19, 146 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/talkthetalk/129_They_Started_It.mp3?dest-id=897956
- [128: Across the Universe (with Natan Last)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/436133392/eefe8ef54fb8) (2025-10-22, 128 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/talkthetalk/128_Across_the_Universe.mp3?dest-id=897956
- [127: Oh (with Maia Chao, Kelly Wright, and Caitlin Green)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/436133392/d879889bc115) (2025-10-10, 136 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/talkthetalk/127_Oh.mp3?dest-id=897956
- [125: Friends With Words (live with Martha Barnette and friends)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/436133392/d27f907b9ccb) (2025-09-12, 92 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/talkthetalk/125_Friends_With_Words.mp3?dest-id=897956
- [124: Algospeak (with Adam Aleksic)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/436133392/5d1b2b1ee988) (2025-08-23, 110 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/talkthetalk/124_Algospeak.mp3?dest-id=897956
- [123: Conscious Language (with Karen Yin)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/436133392/0daa6de16ba4) (2025-08-03, 115 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/talkthetalk/123_Conscious_Language.mp3?dest-id=897956
- [122: The Interaction Engine (with Stephen Levinson)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/436133392/9cbffe0a2364) (2025-07-12, 56 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/talkthetalk/122_The_Interaction_Engine.mp3?dest-id=897956
- [121: Learning from LLMs (with Adele Goldberg)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/436133392/74321695a923) (2025-06-29, 143 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/talkthetalk/121_Learning_from_LLMs.mp3?dest-id=897956
- [120: Gesture! ✨👐✨ (with Lauren Gawne)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/436133392/80b0175fa73e) (2025-06-10, 115 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/talkthetalk/120_Gesture_v2.mp3?dest-id=897956
- [119: Eurovision Goes to Uni (with Paulette van der Voet and Solveig Bollig)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/436133392/b8d8ec2d164e) (2025-05-18, 136 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/talkthetalk/119_Eurovision_Goes_to_Uni.mp3?dest-id=897956
- [118: The A.I. Con (with Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/436133392/983294890039) (2025-05-12, 52 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/talkthetalk/118_The_AI_Con.mp3?dest-id=897956
- [117: Sometimes It Feels Like I'm the Only One Trying to Fix English Around Here (live with friends for LingFest25)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/436133392/3f18fc806004) (2025-05-05, 108 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/talkthetalk/117_Sometimes_It_Feels_Like.mp3?dest-id=897956
- [116: Enough Is Enuf (with Gabe Henry)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/436133392/9b6d004cb669) (2025-04-19, 128 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/talkthetalk/116_Enough_Is_Never_Enuf.mp3?dest-id=897956
- [114: Bye Bye I Love You (with Michael Erard)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/436133392/9e923d6f8b08) (2025-03-25, 117 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/talkthetalk/114_Bye_Bye_I_Love_You.mp3?dest-id=897956
- [113: "Official" English (with Carmen Fought)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/436133392/a4aff809f9d7) (2025-03-02, 49 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/talkthetalk/113_22Official22_English.mp3?dest-id=897956
- [112: WotY 2024: The Last Word](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/436133392/962c24ff7d48) (2025-02-21, 94 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/talkthetalk/112_WotY_2024_the_last_word.mp3?dest-id=897956
- [111: Words of the Week of the Year 2024 (live with Mignon Fogarty and friends)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/436133392/171529403a18) (2024-12-21, 103 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/talkthetalk/111_WotWotY_2024.mp3?dest-id=897956
- [110: Diego's Dossier (with Diego Diaz)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/436133392/0002a273aeb6) (2024-12-18, 65 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/talkthetalk/110_Diegos_Dossier.mp3?dest-id=897956
- [109: Language Oppression in Tibet (with Gerald Roche and Sasha Wilmoth)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/436133392/b72ba88b7b14) (2024-12-06, 156 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/talkthetalk/109_Language_Oppression_in_Tibet.mp3?dest-id=897956
- [108: Mailbag of Etymology (with Douglas Harper)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/436133392/dc7f13c17936) (2024-11-16, 85 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/talkthetalk/108_Mailbag_of_Etymology.mp3?dest-id=897956
- [107: Linguaphile (with Julie Sedivy and Matt Spike)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/436133392/4a7dd4dd3990) (2024-10-29, 128 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/talkthetalk/107_Linguaphile.mp3?dest-id=897956
- [106: What One Thing? (with Mark Ellison)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/436133392/e78d9692c21d) (2024-09-23, 82 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/talkthetalk/106_What_One_Thing.mp3?dest-id=897956
- [105 or 500 (live with Kelly Wright and friends)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/436133392/8c2372ea29be) (2024-09-15, 97 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/talkthetalk/105_or_500.mp3?dest-id=897956
- [104: Dogwhistles (with Elin McCready, Lizzy Hanks, Jesse Egbert, and Rikker Dockum)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/436133392/a63c2266e1e4) (2024-08-26, 105 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/talkthetalk/104_Dogwhistles.mp3?dest-id=897956
- [103: Unequal Englishes (with Ruanni Tupas and Nicole Holliday)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/436133392/fc6eb7c567c6) (2024-08-03, 141 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/talkthetalk/103_Unequal_Englishes.mp3?dest-id=897956
- [102: Signed Language Mailbag (with Adam Schembri, Christy Filipich, and Mark Ellison)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/436133392/d2ae7a660b14) (2024-07-27, 166 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/talkthetalk/102_Signed_Language_Mailbag.mp3?dest-id=897956
- [101: Talkin' Chomsky (with Katie Martin and Abduweli Ayup)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/436133392/0ee0e466b54c) (2024-07-08, 148 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/talkthetalk/101a_Talkin_Chomsky.mp3?dest-id=897956
- [100: Spicy Mailbag](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/436133392/be5f0f009457) (2024-06-19, 88 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/talkthetalk/100_Spicy_Mailbag.mp3?dest-id=897956
- [99: Gender in Germany (with Rob Tegethoff and Ciarán from Corner Späti)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/436133392/a7e6fe1a9a88) (2024-06-11, 129 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/talkthetalk/99_Gender_in_Germany.mp3?dest-id=897956
- [98: Origin Uncertain (with Anatoly Liberman)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/436133392/48fc2d70e6ec) (2024-05-20, 104 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/talkthetalk/98_Origin_Uncertain.mp3?dest-id=897956
- [97: The Dictionary of Fine Distinctions (with Eli Burnstein)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/436133392/eaec22b55014) (2024-04-28, 99 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/talkthetalk/97_Dictionary_of_Fine_Distinctions.mp3?dest-id=897956

Shows are listed from Apple Podcasts' charts and directory, and Podcast Index where it is used. Every show and episode belongs to its publisher and plays from the publisher's own feed; this site hosts none of them.