Really great, have been looking for something like this
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“I really enjoy this podcast and hope that Slate chooses to continue it. A possible comparison would be NPR's Way With Words, though this show is a great deal more free ranging, which I enjoy. This has swiftly become one of my favorite podcasts that I subscribe to (to which I subscribe, haha). Shows like this often run the risk of either being too general to be interesting to people who've already got an interest in the subject, or too eggheady for the uninitiated. It seems that this particular podcast avoids both of those traps and can be enjoyable for people with any level of prior knowledge about the subjects at hand.
I'd love to see more neurolinguistic type things in the future, but that might just be me. Overall, a great listen for anyone even slightly interested in language”Read full review »
tyger_tyger via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
03/13/12
“This podcast must come back. Bob Garfield is wonderfully funny, understated yet over the top. And they get down into some great word topics. Keep it going.”
Adileepan via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
03/29/12
“When you survey the landscape of podcasts on the general subject, you have the very commercial grammar girl, the Lopate guest, some others, and these satisfy a certain niche. But you expect more of Slate and you get it. Well thought out, not your casual get-together in a basement with a...”Read full review »
lontjr via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/05/12