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Speaking of Language is a podcast recorded at the Language Resource Center at Cornell University. Each week, we explore a topic related to language pedagogy and second language acquisition.
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Sep 17, 2025
Sep 17, 2025
32 min
Grammar guru Ellen Jovin and filmmaker Brandt Johnson join us to discuss Rebel with a Clause, a new film following a traveling grammar advice stand across all 50 US states.
https://www.rebelwithaclause.com/
Tickets to screenings: https://www.cinemapolis.org/movie/rebel-with-a-clause/
#joiedevivre
#Eichhörnchen
#écureuil

Sep 10, 2025
Sep 10, 2025
37 min
Sam speaks with Hannah Scott Deuchar, a scholar of modern Middle Eastern literature, media, and translation; critical and legal theory; and histories of culture and technology in the Global South. This past spring semester, she gave a talk as part of Cornell's "Language and Power in the Middle East and Beyond" series titled "Translational Justice: The Arabic Novel and the British Archive." She expands on this talk and discusses the impact of translation on politics and power.
وَسْوَسَة#

Sep 3, 2025
Sep 3, 2025
17 min
Jaida Anekwe, President Emeritus of Cornell’s Pan-African Students Association, discusses the organization and their much-celebrated annual fashion show, AFRIK.
Cornell Chronicle article on AFRIK: https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2025/03/fashion-show-celebrate-unite-cultures-african-diaspora
https://www.instagram.com/cornell_pasa
@cornell_pasa
#mnike

Aug 27, 2025
Aug 27, 2025
1 min
We're back with our Sweet Sixteen season! Join Sam, Angelika, and another dozen-odd guests to talk about the impact of language and culture, from fashion to food, translation to grammar.

Apr 30, 2025
Apr 30, 2025
38 min
Sara Lee closes out our season discussing strategies for supporting neurodiverse language learners and how these design principles create better learning outcomes for the entire classroom.
Watch Sara's workshop: https://youtu.be/hhB0Bg_3-bw
Neurodiversity reading list: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CD7TP7FCcSmEt7Jms3hu7Jwi6xBkhRVC/view?usp=sharing
#Scheidebecher

Apr 23, 2025
Apr 23, 2025
18 min
Dr. Katie Fiorella is the director of the Cornell Migrations Program. We discuss the policies and outcomes related to the movement of living things across borders, and learn about how this initiative has developed since we first discussed it in 2020.
https://einaudi.cornell.edu/programs/migrations-program
Subscribe to the Migrations mailing list: https://cornell.us16.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=da35890acf22b2437aeb5bb67&id=c45499fc3f
#oyaore

Apr 16, 2025
Apr 16, 2025
20 min
We celebrate the LRC's annual Sweet Poetry event with two returning guests: poet and Japanese literature and media scholar Andrew Campana, and the LRC's Engagement and Outreach Coordinator, Ashley Griffith.
https://lrc.cornell.edu/sweet-poetry
https://www.ucpress.edu/books/expanding-verse/paper
“Speaking of Speaking of Language” by Angelika Kraemer
Performed by Angelika Kraemer and Sam Lupowitz
Underscore: “Nordisk Guld” by Simon Bjarning
#図々しい
#sala

Apr 9, 2025
Apr 9, 2025
15 min
We will learn all about Cornell's Language House and how it benefits campus life from residence hall director Monti Wilkins.
https://cornell.campusgroups.com/tonimorrison/home/
https://lrc.cornell.edu/news/language-house-opens-students-learning-asl
#bonsoir

Apr 2, 2025
Apr 2, 2025
25 min
Dr. Daniel Kaufman is the co-founder and co-director of the Endangered Language Alliance, a non-profit dedicated to documenting Indigenous, minority, and endangered languages, supporting linguistic diversity in New York City and beyond. We speak with him about language documentation, community collaboration, and more.
Language City book: https://groveatlantic.com/book/language-city/
Facebook/Instagram: @elalliance
#wagübürigu

Mar 26, 2025
Mar 26, 2025
24 min
We speak with Olga Verlato, a Klarman Fellow in Near Eastern Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences here at Cornell. She talks about the role played by language in history, politics, and education in modern Egypt and the surrounding region.
https://neareasternstudies.cornell.edu/olga-verlato
Additional audio courtesy “Sounds of Cairo.”
https://www.youtube.com/@soundsofcairo4715
#روبابيكيا
