Mayan apocalypse? Boring!
Mayan languages? Interesting!
While some people are freaking out about the latest End of the World, you can find out what Mayan languages are like, and how their writing system was deciphered.
Linguist Daniel Midgley takes you …
Languages are disappearing.
In the next hundred years, half the world’s languages may be gone. But is this really a problem? What do we lose when we lose a language? And can the process be halted?
We catch up with …
What would life be like without numbers?
The Pirahã people of the Amazon don’t have them in their language, and have difficulty learning them. What does this tell us about the human mind?
Linguist Caleb Everett spent some time among …
While English is the major language of the Commonwealth, there are hundreds of other languages and dialects.
But many of these minority languages are under threat. What can we do to preserve the languages in our midst, and why should …
We’re used to treating time as though it were space: we move through the day, we look back on the past, and we look forward to the future.
But what if we didn’t use such metaphors? What would that say …
We're Because Language now, and you can support the show by using our Patreon page. Plenty of audio, video, and text goodies. Thanks to all our patrons!
Become a Patron!Talk the Talk was a podcast about language that ran on community radio station RTRFM in Perth Australia. It aired on Tuesdays at 11am from about 2009 until early 2020.
Many people took part, but the main crew was Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, Kylie Sturgess, and Hedvig Skirgård.
All the regular and bonus episodes are here for your listening pleasure, along with the promos, where Daniel would tell what the upcoming show was about. Some shows have Cutting Room Floor posts, which contain fun stuff that didn’t make it into the regular show. There are also full interviews with our guests.
The team continues its linguistic adventures as Because Language, and you can hear their zany exploits at becauselanguage.com.
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