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Y’all. I just finished The AI Con and it is so good and so necessary. I cannot wait to chat with @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social about it this weekend!

Megan Figueroa @meganfigueroa.bsky.social · Apr 18

Yay! Big news! Next week, the Vocal Fries 🍟 are interviewing @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social about their upcoming book The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want

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Megan Figueroa @meganfigueroa.bsky.social · Apr 25

Y’all. I just finished The AI Con and it is so good and so necessary. I cannot wait to chat with @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social about it this weekend!

Megan Figueroa @meganfigueroa.bsky.social · Apr 18

Yay! Big news! Next week, the Vocal Fries 🍟 are interviewing @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social about their upcoming book The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want

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Megan Figueroa @meganfigueroa.bsky.social · Apr 22

The Vocal Fries @vocalfriespod.bsky.social will release a special episode with Lorna Gibb chatting about this book soon!

Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · Apr 22

An enthralling exploration of the world’s rarest and most endangered languages.

Lorna Gibb's Rare Tongues is out now!

Learn more about this "thought-provoking tour of the diversity within the world’s languages" (Kirkus Reviews): press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Rare Tongues: The Secret Stories of Hidden Languages
Lorna Gibb

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The Vocal Fries @vocalfriespod.bsky.social · Apr 18

Woo hoo!

Megan Figueroa @meganfigueroa.bsky.social · Apr 18

Yay! Big news! Next week, the Vocal Fries 🍟 are interviewing @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social about their upcoming book The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want

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The Vocal Fries @vocalfriespod.bsky.social · Apr 14

We have a new episode out now! We chat with Gabe Henry about his new book, “Enough is enuf: Our failed attempts to make English eezier to spell” www.buzzsprout.com/1930383/epis...

Enough is Enuf - The Vocal Fries

Carrie and Megan talk with Gabe Henry about his new book, Enough is enuf: Our failed attempts to make English eezier to spell.Puerto Rico and English as an Official Language

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Sam Corbin @samcorbin.bsky.social · Apr 15

i and other hopeful spellers such as @timdonnelly.bsky.social are competing in gabe’s book launch party this weds at littlefield in brooklyn!!

The Vocal Fries @vocalfriespod.bsky.social · Apr 14

We have a new episode out now! We chat with Gabe Henry about his new book, “Enough is enuf: Our failed attempts to make English eezier to spell” www.buzzsprout.com/1930383/epis...

Enough is Enuf - The Vocal Fries

Carrie and Megan talk with Gabe Henry about his new book, Enough is enuf: Our failed attempts to make English eezier to spell.Puerto Rico and English as an Official Language

www.buzzsprout.com

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The Vocal Fries @vocalfriespod.bsky.social · Apr 15

How fun!!!

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Because Language (becauselangpod) @becauselanguage.com · Apr 14

Go listen — you'll love it!

And you're also going to love OUR episode with Gabe Henry

The Vocal Fries @vocalfriespod.bsky.social · Apr 14

We have a new episode out now! We chat with Gabe Henry about his new book, “Enough is enuf: Our failed attempts to make English eezier to spell” www.buzzsprout.com/1930383/epis...

Enough is Enuf - The Vocal Fries

Carrie and Megan talk with Gabe Henry about his new book, Enough is enuf: Our failed attempts to make English eezier to spell.Puerto Rico and English as an Official Language

www.buzzsprout.com

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The Vocal Fries @vocalfriespod.bsky.social · Apr 14

We have a new episode out now! We chat with Gabe Henry about his new book, “Enough is enuf: Our failed attempts to make English eezier to spell” www.buzzsprout.com/1930383/epis...

Enough is Enuf - The Vocal Fries

Carrie and Megan talk with Gabe Henry about his new book, Enough is enuf: Our failed attempts to make English eezier to spell.Puerto Rico and English as an Official Language

www.buzzsprout.com

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Dr Laura Smith-Khan @lauraskh.bsky.social · Apr 4

Had a binge listen to vocal fries podcast episodes yesterday, including this one 🙌🏼

The Vocal Fries @vocalfriespod.bsky.social · Dec 30

#1 by a large margin (with huge thanks to a
@nytimes.com shout-out) Gorsh! We All Have Accents, with Drs Rusty Barrett, Jennifer Cramer, and
@kbmcgowan.bsky.social:

www.buzzsprout.com/1930383/epis...

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Megan Figueroa @meganfigueroa.bsky.social · Mar 27

I dream of having Kristen Schaal on @vocalfriespod.bsky.social.

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Gerald Roche @geraldroche.bsky.social · Mar 20

This was a really engaging, interesting conversation and I thoroughly enjoyed being on the podcast. If you want to know why some people enjoy hating Richard Gere and what that has to do with language oppression, have a listen.

The Vocal Fries @vocalfriespod.bsky.social · Mar 20

Our latest episode is out now! We talk Language Oppression in Tibet with Dr. @geraldroche.bsky.social www.buzzsprout.com/1930383/epis...

Language Oppression in Tibet - The Vocal Fries

Carrie and Megan talk with Dr Gerald Roche, Lecturer in the Department of Languages and Cultures at La Trobe University, about his new book, The Politics of Language Oppression in Tibet, language oppr...

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