Drift off with this calm bedtime reading about linguistics, created to ease insomnia and bring restful focus to your night. In this soothing episode, Benjamin explores the study of language—its structure, history, and role in human communication—while turning complex ideas into peaceful storytelling. His steady, reassuring narration makes learning relaxing, ... Show More
Apr 15
Hot Air Balloon | Gentle Reading for Sleep
Can’t sleep? Yeah, that tracks. Might as well learn how hot air balloons work while you’re here. This episode covers the basics of hot air balloon flight, a little history, and why heating air somehow equals floating. Calm, steady reading, no effort required, just enough real inf ... Show More
33m 58s
Jun 2021
The state of modern linguistics | The Story of Language | Bonus episode
Welcome to The Story of Language: an original podcast series about language, linguistics, cognition, and culture. In this bonus episode we talk about the state of modern linguistics, including the effects of the replication crisis, scientific fraud, Anglocentrism, and how the und ... Show More
1h 4m
Mar 2025
How Learning a New Language Rewires Your Brain—Lessons from the Pirahã Tribe | Daniel Everett : 1258
<p><strong>Is the Way You Speak Limiting How You Think?</strong></p><p>For years, scientists debated how language shapes the brain, but new research reveals it goes far beyond communication. Some languages lack numbers, grammar, or even complex sentences—yet their speakers naviga ... Show More
1h 11m
Aug 2024
Eggcorns, Malapropismos, y la Etimología Popular - Eggcorns, Malapropisms and Popular Etymology
<p>Join us as we share a lighthearted conversation about eggcorns, malapropisms, and folk etymology. We explore how linguistic slip-ups—like confusing "Alzheimer's disease" with "old-timers disease" or "in one fell swoop" with "in one foul ... Show More
28m 34s
Sep 2025
Questions of English & Listener Comments 🙋Bits & Bobs 4 [951]
Dealing with some questions from listeners about pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary, namely how to know when 'd is had or would (in writing and pronunciation), the curious origins of the word podcast and a vocabulary lesson about the word cast including various collocations an ... Show More
1h 21m
Sep 2025
Questions of English & Listener Comments 🙋Bits & Bobs 4 [951]
Dealing with some questions from listeners about pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary, namely how to know when 'd is had or would (in writing and pronunciation), the curious origins of the word podcast and a vocabulary lesson about the word cast including various collocations an ... Show More
1h 24m
Aug 2025
The Hidden Architecture of Language: Autoregression, AI, and Human Speech with Dr. Elan Barenholtz - Beyond Words with Garrett Oyama
Get ASHA CEUs: Speech Therapy PDWatch on YouTube Join the Beyond Words Newsletter Learn more about Dr. Barenholtz:Elan's substackElan on XElan's labElan's YouTube channelJoin host Garrett Oyama in this thought-provoking episode of Beyond Words, featuring Dr. Elan Barenholtz, cogn ... Show More
1h 8m
