In this interview, Martin Haspelmath talks about how he got started in linguistics, the rise of large-scale areal typology in the 1990s, language description vs language comparison, and the current state of the field.

In this interview, Gerda Haßler discusses her career in Romanistik and the history of linguistics in the DDR and re-united Germany.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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