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Podcast episode 49: Fritz Newmeyer

Fritz Newmeyer passport photo

In this interview, Fritz Newmeyer discusses linguistics, history of linguistics, and politics.

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Podcast episode 48: A History of Modern Linguistics

Covers of "A History of Modern Linguistics" and "Entstehung und Entwicklung der modernen Linguistik"

In this interview, Randy Harris interviews James McElvenny about his recent book A History of Modern Linguistics.

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Podcast episode 47: Geoff Pullum on Geoff Pullum

Geoff Pullum on the keyboard

In this interview, we talk to Geoff Pullum about his career, his contributions to linguistics, and how he sees the future of the field.

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Podcast episode 46: Philip Kraut on Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

A page from Jacob Grimm's Nachlass

In this interview, we talk to Philip Kraut about the brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, their scholarly contributions and political engagement.

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Podcast episode 45: Beijia Chen on Neogrammarian networks

Neogrammarian Network

In this interview, we talk to Beijia Chen about the citation networks binding the Neogrammarians as a school.

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Podcast episode 44: Ian Stewart on the Celts and historical-comparative linguistics

In this interview, we talk to Ian Stewart about modern ideas surrounding the Celts and how these relate to historical-comparative linguistics.

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Podcast episode 43: Judy Kaplan on universals

Combined book covers of "Universals of Language" and "Universals of Linguistic Theory"

In this interview, we talk to Judy Kaplan about universals in American linguistics of the mid-20th century.

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Podcast episode 42: Randy Harris on the Linguistics Wars

In this interview, we talk to Randy Harris about the controversies surrounding the generative semantics movement in American linguistics of the 1960s and 70s.

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Podcast episode 41: Chris Knight on Chomsky, science and politics

SAGE control room

In this interview, we talk to Chris Knight about Chomsky, pure science and the US military-industrial complex.

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Podcast episode 40: Interview with Nick Riemer on politics, linguistics and ideology

Theo Balden (1904-1995), Der Zeitungsleser, Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig.

In this interview, we talk to Nick Riemer about how linguistic theory and political ideology can interact.

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