265: Universal Grammar 2 (featuring Dan Everett and Lynne Murphy)
The biggest idea in linguistics is back on the table. Is there such a thing as the Universal...
49:36
264: Spurious Etymologies (live at Camp Doogs)
With words, things are not always what they seem. An etymology is a story about how a word or...
39:42
263: We Manterrupt This Broadcast
Are you constantly getting interrupted… or manterrupted? Well, you're in good company. After the...
42:25
Why do all human languages resemble each other? And how do children learn language so fast? For...
44:10
261: Red Big Balloon (featuring Damián Blasi)
We love red big balloons — or are they big red balloons? There’s a right way and a wrong way to...
55:54
260: Promoting LOTE (featuring Annie Demosthenous)
Language learning is important. Loads of kids are taking languages other than English (or LOTE)....
41:48
259: Does Your Dog Understand You? (featuring Monica)
Can our furry friends understand what we're saying? Before the Talk the Talk team can say no...
41:10
258: The Future of French (featuring Sophie Richard)
What's going to happen to French? We're getting conflicting reports. While English-speaking...
40:28
What would an alien language be like? The new trailer for the film Arrival has got us pretty...
40:21
This special Radiothon edition of Talk the Talk features special guests, including Greens senator...
50:55
One, two, three… Sounds simple, doesn't it? And yet different languages express numbers in very...
42:24
255: Diagnosing with Words (featuring Katie Fraser)
Can our language tell us if we're not well? The words we use can reveal a lot of social...
41:16
Did Melania Trump really plagiarise that speech? Yeah, she totally did. But how can you tell if...
45:57
253: Secret Professional Slang (featuring Dr Brian Goldman and Ji-Soo Kweon)
Do you know what doctors are really saying? How about tech support people? Or butchers? They've...
44:23
Is there anything to the story of the Tower of Babel? It's a legend about why human languages are...
39:34
Seems the UK is eyeing the exits on the EU, but what would a Brexit mean for language? Would...
43:04
250: Comma Sutra (with Louisa Fitzhardinge)
The Talk the Talk team is taking a break, but Daniel jumped at the chance to speak to Louisa...
17:43
It's time to return to our mailbag and answer some questions. Is the translating earpiece a...
41:40
248: Dog Whistles and Dead Cats (featuring Howie Manns)
It’s the political season in Australia again, and the air is filled with the sound of dog...
38:43
247: Singlish (featuring Sean Yeo)
We’re talking about Singapore Colloquial English, or Singlish. The Singaporean government would...
36:51
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