Lingthusiasm - A podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics Transcripts
Gretchen McCulloch and Lauren Gawne · 120 episodes with transcripts
A podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics by Gretchen McCulloch and Lauren Gawne. "A fascinating listen that will change the way you see everyday communications." –New York Times. "Joyously nerdy" –Buzzfeed.
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120: How (not) to kill a language - Interview with Sophia Smith Galer
September 18, 2026
Gretchen McCulloch (0:20)
Welcome to Lingthusiasm, a podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics. I'm Gretchen McCulloch. And today, we're getting enthusiastic about many ways people are fighting to reclaim their languages around the world, with Sophia Smith Galer, who's a journalist and content creator whose work focuses on language…
But first, our most recent bonus episode takes you behind the zines. We've been having fun making several different linguistics-themed zines, and now we chat with our very own technical editor, Leah Velleman, about the work she's been doing with me behind the scenes to bring those Lingthusiasm zines to life. Go to…
Sophia Smith Galer (1:22)
Hello. Thank you so much for having me.
Gretchen McCulloch (1:24)
Thank you for being here. Before we get into your work and your book, we're going to start with the question we ask all of our guests, which is, how did you get interested in linguistics?
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