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How Queer Communities Created Secret Languages

How Queer Communities Created Secret Languages

Season 3 Episode 6
6:38
What Brain Damage Reveals About Language

What Brain Damage Reveals About Language

Season 3 Episode 7
8:43
Why Does Texting Feel Different from Talking?

Why Does Texting Feel Different from Talking?

Season 3 Episode 8
6:48
How the Colors Got Their Names

How the Colors Got Their Names

Season 3 Episode 9
6:29
The Most Extreme Place Names

The Most Extreme Place Names

Season 3 Episode 10
7:11
How Language Nerds Solve Crimes

How Language Nerds Solve Crimes

Season 4 Episode 1
8:59
Why Do These Words Get Mispronounced So Much?

Why Do These Words Get Mispronounced So Much?

Season 4 Episode 2
8:32
Is the Southern Accent Disappearing?

Is the Southern Accent Disappearing?

Season 4 Episode 3
7:33
Why Do We Use Cringey Words for Loved Ones?

Why Do We Use Cringey Words for Loved Ones?

Season 4 Episode 4
9:11
Why Do Some Names Fall Out of Fashion

Why Do Some Names Fall Out of Fashion

Season 4 Episode 5
7:14
How Cult Leaders Use Language

How Cult Leaders Use Language

Season 4 Episode 6
10:58
Is Body Language Really A Language?

Is Body Language Really A Language?

Season 4 Episode 7
8:58
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The Weird History of Invented Languages

Season 3 Episode 5

Can you really invent a language? These people sure tried! But does anyone actually speak them?
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Why A.I. Struggles with Negative Words
7:05
Episode 3
Why A.I. Struggles with Negative Words
The ways we use negation in language can be pretty complex, even AI can’t seem to make sense of it.
The Ancient Origins of Body Words
8:36
Episode 1
The Ancient Origins of Body Words
Join us as we try to figure out how our body parts got their names.
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