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Gretchen McCulloch

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GeographyCA

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Release Timeline

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Discography

Lingthusiasm #106, “Is a hotdog a sandwich? The problem with definitions”
Lingthusiasm #106, “Is a hotdog a sandwich? The problem with definitions”
2025
Lingthusiasm #2, “Pronouns. Little words, big jobs”
Lingthusiasm #2, “Pronouns. Little words, big jobs”
2016
Lingthusiasm #107, “Urban Multilingualism”
Lingthusiasm #107, “Urban Multilingualism”
2025
Lingthusiasm #116, “Cross-cultural communication (in space!)”
Lingthusiasm #116, “Cross-cultural communication (in space!)”
2026
Lingthusiasm #14, “Getting into, up for, and down with prepositions”
Lingthusiasm #14, “Getting into, up for, and down with prepositions”
2017
Lingthusiasm #18, “Translating the untranslatable”
Lingthusiasm #18, “Translating the untranslatable”
2018
Lingthusiasm #36, “Villages, gifs, and children: Researching signed languages in real-world contexts with Lynn Hou”
Lingthusiasm #36, “Villages, gifs, and children: Researching signed languages in real-world contexts with Lynn Hou”
2019
Lingthusiasm #77, “How kids learn language in Singapore - Interview with Woon Fei Ting”
Lingthusiasm #77, “How kids learn language in Singapore - Interview with Woon Fei Ting”
2023
Lingthusiasm #26, “Why do C and G come in hard and soft versions? Palatalization”
Lingthusiasm #26, “Why do C and G come in hard and soft versions? Palatalization”
2018
Lingthusiasm #10, “Learning languages linguistically”
Lingthusiasm #10, “Learning languages linguistically”
2017
Lingthusiasm #72, “What If Linguistics - Absurd hypothetical questions with Randall Munroe of xkcd”
Lingthusiasm #72, “What If Linguistics - Absurd hypothetical questions with Randall Munroe of xkcd”
2022
Lingthusiasm #25, “Every word is a real word”
Lingthusiasm #25, “Every word is a real word”
2018
Lingthusiasm #33, “Why spelling is hard — but also hard to change”
Lingthusiasm #33, “Why spelling is hard — but also hard to change”
2019
Lingthusiasm #23, “When nothing means something”
Lingthusiasm #23, “When nothing means something”
2018
Shakespeare's Sonnets: Abridged Beyond the Point of Usefulness
Shakespeare's Sonnets: Abridged Beyond the Point of Usefulness
2024
Lingthusiasm #111, “Whoa!! A surprise episode??? For me??!!”
Lingthusiasm #111, “Whoa!! A surprise episode??? For me??!!”
2025
Lingthusiasm #24, “Making books and tools speak Chatino - Interview with Hilaria Cruz”
Lingthusiasm #24, “Making books and tools speak Chatino - Interview with Hilaria Cruz”
2018
Lingthusiasm #38, “Many ways to talk about many things - Plurals, duals and more”
Lingthusiasm #38, “Many ways to talk about many things - Plurals, duals and more”
2019
Lingthusiasm #42, “What makes a language “easy”? It’s a hard question”
Lingthusiasm #42, “What makes a language “easy”? It’s a hard question”
2020
Lingthusiasm #103, “A hand-y guide to gesture”
Lingthusiasm #103, “A hand-y guide to gesture”
2025
Lingthusiasm #12, “Sounds you can’t hear - Babies, accents, and phonemes”
Lingthusiasm #12, “Sounds you can’t hear - Babies, accents, and phonemes”
2017
Lingthusiasm #13, “What Does it Mean to Sound Black? Intonation and Identity Interview with Nicole Holliday”
Lingthusiasm #13, “What Does it Mean to Sound Black? Intonation and Identity Interview with Nicole Holliday”
2017
Lingthusiasm #19, “Sentences with baggage - Presuppositions”
Lingthusiasm #19, “Sentences with baggage - Presuppositions”
2018
Lingthusiasm #8, “People who make dictionaries”
Lingthusiasm #8, “People who make dictionaries”
2017
Lingthusiasm #104, “Reading and language play in Sámi - Interview with Hanna-Máret Outakoski”
Lingthusiasm #104, “Reading and language play in Sámi - Interview with Hanna-Máret Outakoski”
2025
Lingthusiasm #28, “How languages influence each other - Hannah Gibson interview on Swahili, Rangi & Bantu languages”
Lingthusiasm #28, “How languages influence each other - Hannah Gibson interview on Swahili, Rangi & Bantu languages”
2019
Lingthusiasm #7, “Kids these days aren’t ruining language”
Lingthusiasm #7, “Kids these days aren’t ruining language”
2017
Lingthusiasm #45, “Tracing languages back before recorded history”
Lingthusiasm #45, “Tracing languages back before recorded history”
2020
Lingthusiasm #17, “Vowel Gymnastics”
Lingthusiasm #17, “Vowel Gymnastics”
2018
Lingthusiasm #20, “Speaking Canadian and Australian English in a British-American binary”
Lingthusiasm #20, “Speaking Canadian and Australian English in a British-American binary”
2018
Lingthusiasm #115, “The long shadow of Daisy Bates with This Guy Sucked”
Lingthusiasm #115, “The long shadow of Daisy Bates with This Guy Sucked”
2026
Lingthusiasm #16, “Learning parts of words - Morphemes and the wug test”
Lingthusiasm #16, “Learning parts of words - Morphemes and the wug test”
2018
Lingthusiasm #109, “On the nose - How the nose shapes language”
Lingthusiasm #109, “On the nose - How the nose shapes language”
2025
Lingthusiasm #112, “When language become-s(3SG) linguistic example-s(PL)”
Lingthusiasm #112, “When language become-s(3SG) linguistic example-s(PL)”
2026
Lingthusiasm #105, “Linguistics of TikTok - Interview with Adam Aleksic aka EtymologyNerd”
Lingthusiasm #105, “Linguistics of TikTok - Interview with Adam Aleksic aka EtymologyNerd”
2025
Lingthusiasm #110, “The history of the history of Indo-European - Interview with Danny Bate”
Lingthusiasm #110, “The history of the history of Indo-European - Interview with Danny Bate”
2025
Lingthusiasm #118, “Using tech to chat with bonobos, dogs, and whales”
Lingthusiasm #118, “Using tech to chat with bonobos, dogs, and whales”
2026
Lingthusiasm #30, “Why do we gesture when we talk?”
Lingthusiasm #30, “Why do we gesture when we talk?”
2019
Lingthusiasm #101, “Micro to macro - The levels of language”
Lingthusiasm #101, “Micro to macro - The levels of language”
2025
Lexicon Valley #90, “Are Emoji a Language?”
Lexicon Valley #90, “Are Emoji a Language?”
2016
Lingthusiasm #37, “Smell words, both real and invented”
Lingthusiasm #37, “Smell words, both real and invented”
2019
Lingthusiasm#11, “Layers of meaning - Cooperation, humour, and Gricean Maxims”
Lingthusiasm#11, “Layers of meaning - Cooperation, humour, and Gricean Maxims”
2017
Lingthusiasm #9, “The bridge between words and sentences - Constituency”
Lingthusiasm #9, “The bridge between words and sentences - Constituency”
2017
Lingthusiasm #21, “What words sound spiky across languages? Interview with Suzy Styles”
Lingthusiasm #21, “What words sound spiky across languages? Interview with Suzy Styles”
2018
Lingthusiasm #44, “Schwa, the most versatile English vowel”
Lingthusiasm #44, “Schwa, the most versatile English vowel”
2020
Lingthusiasm #102, “The science and fiction of Sapir-Whorf”
Lingthusiasm #102, “The science and fiction of Sapir-Whorf”
2025
Lingthusiasm #35, “Putting sounds into syllables is like putting toppings on a burger”
Lingthusiasm #35, “Putting sounds into syllables is like putting toppings on a burger”
2019
Lingthusiasm #117, “What makes for beautiful writing, scientifically speaking - Interview with Julie Sedivy”
Lingthusiasm #117, “What makes for beautiful writing, scientifically speaking - Interview with Julie Sedivy”
2026
Lingthusiasm #87, “If I were an irrealis episode”
Lingthusiasm #87, “If I were an irrealis episode”
2023
Lingthusiasm#3, “Arrival of the Linguists - Review of the Alien Linguistics Movie”
Lingthusiasm#3, “Arrival of the Linguists - Review of the Alien Linguistics Movie”
2016
Lingthusiasm #22, “This, that and the other thing - Determiners”
Lingthusiasm #22, “This, that and the other thing - Determiners”
2018
Lingthusiasm #39, “How to rebalance a lopsided conversation”
Lingthusiasm #39, “How to rebalance a lopsided conversation”
2019
Lingthusiasm #100, “A hundred reasons to be enthusiastic about linguistics”
Lingthusiasm #100, “A hundred reasons to be enthusiastic about linguistics”
2025
Lingthusiasm #31, “Pop culture in Cook Islands Māori - Interview with Ake Nicholas”
Lingthusiasm #31, “Pop culture in Cook Islands Māori - Interview with Ake Nicholas”
2019
Lingthusiasm #108, “Highs and lows of tone in Babanki - Interview with Pius Akumbu”
Lingthusiasm #108, “Highs and lows of tone in Babanki - Interview with Pius Akumbu”
2025
Lingthusiam #86, “Revival, reggaeton, and rejecting unicorns - Basque interview with Itxaso Rodríguez-Ordóñez”
Lingthusiam #86, “Revival, reggaeton, and rejecting unicorns - Basque interview with Itxaso Rodríguez-Ordóñez”
2023
Lingthusiasm #32, “You heard about it but I was there - Evidentiality”
Lingthusiasm #32, “You heard about it but I was there - Evidentiality”
2019
Lingthusiasm #40, “Making machines learn language - Interview with Janelle Shane”
Lingthusiasm #40, “Making machines learn language - Interview with Janelle Shane”
2020
Lingthusiasm - A podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics
Lingthusiasm - A podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics
2016
Lingthusiasm #114, “Begonia, average coral, and sea pink - Defining colour terms with Kory Stamper”
Lingthusiasm #114, “Begonia, average coral, and sea pink - Defining colour terms with Kory Stamper”
2026
Lingthusiasm #4, “Inside the Word of the Year vote”
Lingthusiasm #4, “Inside the Word of the Year vote”
2017
Lingthusiasm #1, “Speaking a single language won’t bring about world peace”
Lingthusiasm #1, “Speaking a single language won’t bring about world peace”
2016
Lingthusiasm #27, “Words for family relationships: Kinship terms”
Lingthusiasm #27, “Words for family relationships: Kinship terms”
2018
Lingthusiasm #6, “All the sounds in all the languages - The International Phonetic Alphabet”
Lingthusiasm #6, “All the sounds in all the languages - The International Phonetic Alphabet”
2017
Lingthusiasm #34, “Emoji are Gesture Because Internet”
Lingthusiasm #34, “Emoji are Gesture Because Internet”
2019
Lingthusiasm #15, “Talking and thinking about time”
Lingthusiasm #15, “Talking and thinking about time”
2017
Lingthusiasm #29, “The verb is the coat rack that the rest of the sentence hangs on”
Lingthusiasm #29, “The verb is the coat rack that the rest of the sentence hangs on”
2019
Lingthusiasm #113, “Why "it's a diglossia!" explains so many social dynamics”
Lingthusiasm #113, “Why "it's a diglossia!" explains so many social dynamics”
2026
Lingthusiasm #5, “Colour words around the world and inside your brain”
Lingthusiasm #5, “Colour words around the world and inside your brain”
2017
Lingthusiasm #41, “This time it gets tense - The grammar of time”
Lingthusiasm #41, “This time it gets tense - The grammar of time”
2020
Lingthusiasm #43, “The grammar of singular they - Interview with Kirby Conrod”
Lingthusiasm #43, “The grammar of singular they - Interview with Kirby Conrod”
2020