The monthly podcast about linguistic discrimination. Learn about how we judge other people's speech as a sneaky way to be racist, sexist, classist, etc. Carrie and Megan teach you how to stop being an accidental jerk. Support this podcast at www.patreon.com/vocalfriespod
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Signup to Generate a PitchThe monthly podcast about linguistic discrimination. Learn about how we judge other people's speech as a sneaky way to be racist, sexist, classist, etc. Carrie and Megan teach you how to stop being an accidental jerk.
Recent episodes include "The History Beijing Doesn’t Want You to Read" (26 October 2026, 75 minutes), "Why Q Needs U" (24 August 2026, 69 minutes), and "A Good Day to Di-alect" (12 July 2026, 51 minutes).
The Vocal Fries publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 55 minutes across 164 episodes.
Booking probability for The Vocal Fries is 35%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Vocal Fries requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Vocal Fries's contact route on record: verified email.
The Vocal Fries is a society podcast with 164 episodes published.
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Episode #157
Send us Fan Mail Carrie and Megan talk with Dr Lee Moore about his book, China’s Backstory: The History Beijing Doesn’t Want You to Read , about the history of Taiwan and the current linguistic landscape. Grok inventing...
Episode #155
Send us Fan Mail Carrie and Megan talk with Dr Danny Bate about his book, Why Q Needs U . Check out his podcast, A Language I Love Is... BTS vs the Grammys BTS and Chris Brown Support the show Contact us: Threads us...
Episode #154
Send us Fan Mail The Fries are 9! Carrie and Megan talk with Eric Sanger , dialect coach to the stars, to celebrate 9 years of the Fries! Support the show Contact us: Threads us @vocalfriespod Bluesky us...
Episode #153
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>Carrie and Megan talk with Kelly Gaumont, host of the podcast Canuck is a Slur, about his podcast, French Canadians in Alberta, and all things language in Canada.</p>Spanish at the World...
Episode #153
Send us Fan Mail Carrie and Megan talk with Kelly Gaumont, host of the podcast Canuck is a Slur , about his podcast, French Canadians in Alberta, and all things language in Canada. Spanish at the World Cup Support the...
Episode #152
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>Carrie and Megan talk with Dr Chad M Topaz, professor of complex systems at Williams College and cofounder of the QSIDE Institute, about his book Unlocking Justice: The Power of Data to...
Episode #151
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>Carrie and Megan talk with Dr Valerie Fridland about her newest book, Why We Talk Funny: The Real Story Behind Our Accents.</p>Maine Monitor interview with PlatnerPlatner's apology<p>Support...
Episode #150
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>Carrie and Megan talk with Drs Lynnette Arnold and Anna I. Corwin about their new co-edited book (with Jennifer R Guzmán and Emily Avera), Language and Health in Action (ebook), along with two...
Episode #149
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>Carrie and Megan talk with Kory Stamper, about her newest book, True Color: The Strange and Spectacular Quest to Define Color from Azure to Zinc Pink. Out March 31, 2026!</p>Chatbots and...
Episode #148
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>Carrie and Megan talk about the Epstein emails and Chomsky's correspondence with him. Carrie swears more than usual.</p>Support Tim Brookes Kickstarter<p>Support the show</p><p>Contact...
Episode #147
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>Carrie and Megan talk about the American Dialect Society's Word of the Year.</p>TACO<p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p>Support the show</p><p>Contact us:</p>Threads us @vocalfriespodBluesky us...
Episode #146
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>Carrie and Megan talk with Tim Brookes about his newest book, By Hand, about the importance of handwriting.</p><p>NBER report</p><p>Current Affairs</p><p>WOTY: </p>6-7 rage baitparasocialvibe...
Episode #145
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>Carrie and Megan talk about Makaton, an artificial sign-based system, particularly Sara Novič's article about it.</p><p><br/></p><p>Support the show</p><p>Contact us:</p>Threads us...
Episode #144
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>Carrie and Megan talk about random words that are scary or scary-adjacent.</p>facsismeldritchghostvampire<p>Support the show</p><p>Contact us:</p>Threads us @vocalfriespodBluesky us...
Episode #143
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>We have a few things to say about Pinker.</p>Part of the War on ScienceThe Language InstinctPinker on Race RealismCo-authored paper on overregularizationThe Open Letter to the LSAThe article...
Episode #142
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>Carrie and Megan talk with Adam Aleksic about his new book, Algospeak: How Social Media is Transforming the Future of Language.</p>Bromism and ChatGPT<p>Support the show</p><p>Contact...
Episode #141
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>Carrie and Megan talk with Megan C. Reynolds, Dwell magazine editor, about her book, Like: A History of the World's Most Hated (and Misunderstood) Word.</p>Putin and Russian<p>Support the...
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<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>Carrie and Megan talk with Paulette van der Voet and Martina Terrazzano, PhD students at the University of Umea, about their class called “Linguistics and the Eurovision Song Contest”.</p>Top...
Episode #140
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>We talk with Dr Lorna Gibb about her newest book, Rare Tongues: The Secret Stories of Hidden Languages.</p><p>Steven Pinker:</p>Harvard Derangement Syndromevs. LSAJews and IQ<p>Support the...
Episode #139
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>Carrie and Megan talk with Drs Emily M. Bender, Professor of Linguistics at the University of Washington, and Alex Hanna, Director of Research at the Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR)...
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