Podcast: Lingthusiasm

I co-host Lingthusiasm, a podcast that’s enthusiastic about linguistics, with Lauren Gawne of the blog Superlinguo. The New York Times calls us “A fascinating listen that will change the way you see everyday communications” and Buzzfeed calls us “joyously nerdy”!

Make your boring commute or chores feel like a lively, nerdy, language-y dinner party with real linguists! Here’s how one of our listeners describes the show:

It’s hard for podcasts about technical or specialist topics to strike the right balance between rigour and accessibility, but Lingthusiasm manages to. It feels like I’m listening in on a conversation between two of my most interesting friends :) (Amelia June on iTunes)

Lingthusiasm has regular monthly half-hour episodes on the third Thursday of the month, as well as monthly bonus content via Patreon. Each episode also has a shownotes page, with links to articles, memes, and so on discussed in the episode, and a transcript.

You can listen to Lingthusiasm on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Soundcloud, YouTube or most other podcast apps via rss, and follow us on Bluesky, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, or Tumblr.

Episodes make sense in any order, so feel free to pick any topic that grabs your attention from the full list, but I’m personally especially fond of When nothing means something and Word Magic. You can also do a ~super scientific Which Lingthusiasm Episode Are You quiz.

We suggest starting with the free main episodes, which can be found by searching for “lingthusiasm” on any podcast app, and then if you’re still looking for more Lingthusiasm, support us on Patreon to get access to the bonus episodes (with transcripts), a Discord community that’s enthusiastic about linguistics, and more.

The podcast also has merch: clothing and other items that are enthusiastic about linguistics, which make great gifts for the linguists in your life. IPA scarves, tree diagram scarves, esoteric symbols scarves, Lingthusiasm logo stickers, baby clothes, and items that say NOT JUDGING YOUR GRAMMAR, JUST ANALYSING IT, Heck Yeah Descriptivism, and Heck Yeah Language Change.