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July 2024     Today.com

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Are you a 'Mother'? What to know about the slang word

May 2024     Today.com

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Why do teens say, 'Fax, no printer'?

May 2024     KJZZ The Show

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How language goes through semantic bleaching - literally

April 2024     Today.com

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What does the slang word 'mid' really mean?

February 2024     Today.com

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Does your kid say 'bussin'? We'll explain.

January 2024     New York Times

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Among Linguists, the Word of The Year is More of A Vibe

January 2024     Today.com

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Why does your kid call you 'bruh'?

January 2024     Today.com

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The kids are saying 'GYAT': What does it mean?

October 2023     Harper's Bazaar India

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How Therapy-speak Became the Love Language of the Modern Workplace

July 2023     The Cut

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The Real Meaning of Gatekeeping

July 2023     Planet Word

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Barbiecore and the Language of Aesthetics

December 2022     New York Times

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71 of our favorite facts of 2022

October 2022     National Geographic 

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Where does the love and hate for Christopher Columbus come from?

October 2022     National Geographic España

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De dónde viene el amor y el odio hacia Critóbal Colón

July 2022     New York Times

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Cant Talk, I'm Busy Being Hot

January 2022     Rackham Graduate School

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What Language Says About Race

January 2022           Bustle 

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There's More to "Woke" than You Think

November 2021           Daily Beast 

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Please Don't Say You'll "Hold Space" for Me. Just Do It, and Shut Up.

September 2021           Bustle 

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One Weird Coincidence of the Pandemic? Forgetting Words

August 2021           Bustle 

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Why Gen Z & Millennials Use “Elite” So Differently

May 2021           New York Times 

 

Make the World Better with One of these Nine Ideas

April 2021           New York Times 

 

What is ‘Cheugy’? You know it when you see it. 

April 2021     University of Michigan College of                               Literature, Sciences, and The Arts

 

It’s Good to Hear Your Voice 

March 2021               Deseret

 

America’s ‘Great Awokening’ Explained 

September 2020     7 News Australia 

 

These 6 words and phrases have racist and offensive backgrounds

July 2020              Today.com 

 

These 11 words and phrases have racist and offensive backgrounds 

June 2020        Feminist Friday Medium

 

Interview with Kelly Wright, Sociolinguist

June 2020      The Economist Johnson Column

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Language is a telling clue to unacknowledged racial attitudes

November 2019    The Undefeated ESPN

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Why do we see Myles Garrett as 'criminal'?

August 2018    The Economist Johnson Column

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Black voices, white voices: The Cost of Accents

Spoken Press

August 2024 WBAI Life is Like Science Fiction

The Power of Language: How Words Shape Culture

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July 2024 WBAI Life is Like Science Fiction

The Kamala Equation: Quantum Physics & The Cultural Accretion of Language about Her

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June 2024 WBAI Life is Like Science Fiction

Hypergamy vs Hypogamy: Dating, gender, and the solar maximum

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April 2024 WBAI Life is Like Science Fiction

The Science New Wave

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March 2024 Because Language

Episode 94: Mailbag of Sextillion and Three (with Kelly Wright)

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March 2024 WBAI Life is Like Science Fiction

The Language of Women, Part III: Language, Its Usage, and Its Evolution

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January 2024 WBAI Life is Like Science Fiction

The Language of Women, Part II: the rules of the space

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December 2023 WBAI Life is Like Science Fiction

Folk Etymologies & the Habit of Language

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November 2023 WBAI Life is Like Science Fiction

Mondegreens & The Instinct of Language

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October 2023 WBAI Life is Like Science Fiction

The Language of Women: Language, gender, and the origins of how we talk about women

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August 2023 WBAI Life is Like Science Fiction

Education, Language, and Cultural Enslavement: How the loss of history and language shapes a culture

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July 2023 End of Sport Decoding Racialized Representation in Sport

 

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July 2023 WBAI Life is Like Science Fiction

The Language of Protection

 

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June 2023 WBAI Life is Like Science Fiction

Linguistic Imperialism: The colonization of and by language

 

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June 2023 WBAI Life is Like Science Fiction

Free Speech to Linguistic Governance

 

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May 2023 WBAI Life is Like Science Fiction

How will AI be used to manipulate us?

 

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March 2023 WBAI Life is Like Science Fiction

Homophones, Homographs, & Homophobia

 

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November 2022 WBAI Life is Like Science Fiction

The Evolution of Words

 

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November 2022 Because Langauge podcast Episode 64: Struggle Pile (with Kelly Wright)

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October 2022 WBAI Life is Like Science Fiction podcast Race and Colloquialisms with special guest Raciolinguist Kelly Wright

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February 2022 Global News

Word "freedom" becomes rally cry co-opted by far right, experts say

February 2022 Global News

'Deltacron' danger: Name of presumed hybrid fuels panic, experts say

December 2021  Know What You See with Brian Lowery Who do you think you're talking to?

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June 2021  WBAI: Life is Like Science Fiction

With Special Guest Kelly Wright

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October 2020  Because Language Podcast

Episode 13: White Supremacy

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July 2020              Lexis Podcast

Episode 6

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July 2020        End of Sport Podcast

Episode 27

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May 2020   Unstandardized English Podcast

We need to talk about Karen

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December 2019   Unstandardized English Podcast

Discriminating Outcomes

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February 2019   The Vocal Fries Podcast, Episode 40

On The Basis of Voice

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August 2018   BBC World Service Weekend Program

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June 2017   Lexington Community Radio

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