Looking for podcasts about language and linguistics? Here’s a comprehensive list with descriptions! I’ve also mentioned if shows have transcripts. If there are any I missed, let me know!
Linguistics
Lingthusiasm A podcast that’s enthusiastic about linguistics by Gretchen McCulloch
and Lauren Gawne (that’s me!). Main episodes every third
Thursday of every month, with a second bonus episode on Patreon. (Transcripts for all episodes)
Talk the Talk Every
week Daniel, Ben, and Kylie cover the news in linguistics and tackle a
particular topic.
The Vocal Fries Every
episode Carrie Gillon & Megan Figueroa tackle linguistic
discrimination in relation to a particular group. (Transcripts for some episodes)
Grammar Girl Episodes
are rarely longer than 15 minutes, but they’re full of tips about
English grammar and style for professional writing, and more! (Transcripts for all episodes).
The World in Words From PRI, The World in Words has been delivering wonderful interview-drive stories about language and life since 2008.
Conlangery Particularly for those with an interest in constructed
languages, they also have episodes that focus on specific natural
languages, or linguistic phenomena.
Subtext a podcast about the linguistics of online dating.
Canguro English a podcast about language for people learning languages.
Lexicon Valley Hosted by John McWhorter, with a focus on English.
That’s What They Say Every
week linguist Anne Curzan joins Rebecca Kruth on Michigan public radio
for a five minute piece on a quirk of English language.
A Way With Words A
talk-back format show on the history of English words, cryptic
crosswords and slang.
Dictionaries
Word For Word From Macquarie
dictionary, with a focus on
Australian English.
Fiat Lex A podcast about making dictionaries from Kory Stamper & Steve Kleinedler.
Words/etymology
Word Bomb Hosts Pippa Johnstone and Karina Palmitesta explore one explosive word per week, using particular words for a deep dive into linguistic and social issues.
Words for GrantedIn
each episode Ray Belli explores the history of a common English word in
around fifteen minutes.
Very Bad Words A
podcast about swearing and our cultural relationship to it.
Lexitecture Ryan, a Canadian, and Amy, a Scot share their chosen word each episode.
Wordy Wordpecker Short weekly episodes from Rachel Lopez, charting the stories of English words.
Animology Vegan blogger Colleen Patrick Goudreau uses her love of animals as a starting point for exploring animal-related etymologies.
The Endless Knot is not strictly a language podcast, but they often include word histories, fans of the Lingthusiasm colour episode may find their colour series particularly interesting
Queer Linguistics has a couple of episodes, with a bit of classroom vibe
GradLings An occasionally-updated podcast for linguistics students at any stage of study, to share their stories and experiences.
This is a completely revised listing from March 2019, with some sporadic updates. I’m always excited to be able to add more podcasts to the list, so if
you know of any linguistics/language podcasts not here, please let me
know! (I usually wait until a show has at least 3 episodes before I add
it to the list)
I’ve updated the Linguistics/Language podcast recommendations list!
It’s always exciting to see new linguistics and language podcasts, and old favourites still going strong. As always, if there’s a linguistics or language podcast you love that is not on the list, let me know!
Since I’ve had this blog for about a year and a half now, I decided to compile them all into one folder on OneDrive so that they would be easier to access :) I’ll be updating it periodically as I post more stuff on here, but feel free to check it out! There’s a bunch of posts that I made ages ago that have been buried under unrelated posts here, so maybe you’ll find something interesting!
As of now, the folder includes grammar posts, vocabulary lists, and a few documents on Quebecois French.
And if ever you want something that isn’t there, just ask :)
Already a lot of people have done posts on this topic, but I like it, and therefore I will also do it :)
Well, now I want to start with a rainbow:) Rainbow is always something beautifull and positive. This is one of the symbols of happiness, I think. And colors are an important part of it!
Радуга - rainbow
We have one useful phrase to learn the colors of the rainbow: “Каждый охотник желает знать, где сидит фазан.” - Every hunter wants to know where the pheasant is sitting.
Каждый - Красный - Red
охотник - оранжевый - orange
желает - жёлтый - yellow
знать - зелёный - green
где - голубой - blue
сидит - синий - dark blue
фазан - фиолетовый - violet
In fact the rainbow consists of a huge number of colors, but the human eye can distinguish these basic 7 colors.
I’ll write the basic colors and some of their shades:
Красный - red
Алый- scarlet
Бордовый, винный - burgundy
Багряный, багровый - crimson
Красно-коричневый, темно-бордовый - maroon
Зелёный - green
Хаки - khaki
Оливковый - olive
Бирюзовый - turquoise
Изумрудный - emerald
Тёмно-бирюзовый - tealсине
Салатовый - light-green
Изумрудно-зеленый - viridian
Оранжевый - orange
Жёлтый - yellow
Голубой - blue
Лазурный -
azure
Небесно-голубой -sky blue
Синий - dark blue
Тёмно-синий -
navy blue
Фиолетовый - violet
Пурпурный - purple
Лавандовый - lavender
Сиреневый - lilac
Other, but also very important colors:
Чёрный - black
Белый - white
Белоснежный - snowy, snow-white
Серый -grey, gray
Коричневый - brown
Янтарный - amber
Шоколадный - chocolate
Розовый - pink
Коралловый -сoral
Бежевый - beige
Кремовый - cream
Золотой, золотистый -
gold, golden
Серебряный, серебристый - silver, silvery
Спасибо, и хорошего дня! Thank you and have a nice day!