Ling Thusiasm

Ling Thusiasm is a monthly podcast about linguistics, hosted by Gretchen McCulloch and Lauren Gawne.
==YouTube==
Lauren and Gretchen use YouTube's auto-caption feature to generate a first draft of their transcript, so they made the videos public for anyone who prefers listening on YouTube.https://www.youtube.com/c/LingThusiasm/about Episode three of the podcast was the first video uploaded uploaded to the channel, followed by episode two, and then the first episode. All were uploaded on December 15, 2016.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTr6y6vE-bIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1v7o_vV-viUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3SmJ2Do7A8
Lauren and Gretchen met because they both run linguistic blogs.https://lingthusiasm.com/people They wrote CrashCourse linguistics, hosted by Taylor Behnke.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDop3FDoUzk
==Gretchen McCulloch==
In 2019, Gretchen published a book about internet linguistics, titled Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language.https://gretchenmcculloch.com/book/ She writes the Resident Linguist column at Wired and has also written for the New York Times, New York Magazine, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, Slate, and The Toast. She has a master's in linguistics from McGill University and has spoken at SXSW and EmojiCon. Gretchen is the creator of the daily linguistics blog All Things Linguistic. She lives in Montreal, Canada.https://gretchenmcculloch.com/bio/
==Lauren Gawne==
Lauren Gawne is interested in documenting and analysing how people speak and gesture. Lauren has a research specialisation in Tibeto-Burman languages, underpinned by an interest in critical approaches to linguistic data. She also works on constructed languages, communicating linguistics to a general audience and the use of emojis. Lauren's PhD is from the University of Melbourne, and she runs the website Superlinguo.https://laurengawne.com/
==Production==
Ling Thusiasm's senior producer is Claire Gawne. Their editorial producer is Sarah Dopierala. Ling Thusiasm's managing editor is Liz McCullough.
Lucy Maddox drew the illustrations for Ling Thusiasm's merchandise. The logo and some early merchandise were designed by Gretchen McCulloch and Lauren Gawne. The intro and outro music is from "Ancient City" by The Triangles.
==Live Shows==
===Montreal, September 2017===
Gretchen and Lauren held their first live show on September 23, 2017 in Montreal, Canada at Argo Bookshop. The show was sold out.https://lingthusiasm.com/liveshow
===Melbourne and Sydney 2018===
Lauren and Gretchen recorded two live shows in November 2018 in Melbourne and Sydney, Australia. They were in Sydney on November 12, 2018 at Giant Dwarf theatre, with special guest Tiger Webb, the ABC's language research specialist. They were also in Melbourne on November 16, 2018, at the State Library of Victoria with special guest Dr. Alice Gaby, Senior Lecturer in the School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics at Monash University.
===The Listener Talks Back===
In April 2021, Lauren and Gretchen did their first virtual live show, giving listeners the chance to talk back to them, and to each other. The Lingthusiasm liveshow was part of LingFest, a programme of independently organized online linguistics events from April 24 to May 2, 2021.The live show recording is available for the podcast's Patreon supporters.
==References==
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