Two linguists, one podcast.
Lingthusiasm is hosted by Gretchen McCulloch (Canada) and Lauren Gawne (Australia) — an internet linguist and a linguistics professor whose enthusiasm for the way humans use language is the whole point of the show.
Half an hour, deep on a single linguistic idea.
Lingthusiasm is hosted by Gretchen McCulloch and Lauren Gawne — a Canadian internet linguist and an Australian linguistics professor who turn the things working linguists argue about over coffee into a half-hour, monthly, deeply joyful podcast. Topics range from why "the long shadow of Daisy Bates" is a linguistic puzzle to whether a hot dog is, technically, a sandwich.
The show has been called "a fascinating listen that will change the way you see everyday communications" by the New York Times and "joyously nerdy" by Buzzfeed. New episodes land on the third Thursday of every month, and a paid membership unlocks bonus episodes, a Discord community, and the warm feeling of helping keep an independent linguistics show on the air.
If you've ever stopped a conversation to ask "wait, why do we say it that way?", you'll feel right at home here.
Gretchen & Lauren
Gretchen McCulloch
Internet linguist (Canada)
Author of Because Internet, a New York Times bestseller about how language works online. Writes about the linguistics of digital communication for Wired and elsewhere.
Lauren Gawne
Linguistics professor (Australia)
Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at La Trobe University. Researches gesture, the languages of the Himalaya, and the grammar of everyday speech.