Undeniably Excellent; Undeniably Infuriating
I listen/have listened to seemingly all the linguistics podcasts and BL is top-tier. It features a truly wide variety of topics, a pleasing blend of the irreverent and the intellectual, and fascinating guests. That said, you will have to learn to live with one of the more frustrating trios of hosts out there: one is dependably excellent and obviously thinks about the audience, one is incredibly bright but often equally, painfully smug, and the last's sometimes affected brashness does little to conceal the brittle girders of his fragile ego. But, truly, the excellence is more than worth learning to live with the bad, and I recommend it to anyone with an interest in language. linguistics, and words, just as I do to everyone else whose ear I can bend.Read full review »
ChrisLott via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 01/31/23
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I enjoy hearing the linguistics discussions and news, and chemistry between Dan and Ben. I find Kylie pretty annoying and don’t know that she adds much
mdcooper88 via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 07/17/18
This is truly a great podcast, super useful as a reliable source of news from the field of linguistics and news about “all things” language. The hosts master the art of making complex topics accessible to the general public. It’s entertaining too – practically every episode has snippets that make...Read full review »
MLRSnider via Apple Podcasts · Norway · 07/16/22
This is our go-to Podcast when we are travelling. Hosted by Hedvig, Daniel and Ben, we 😀, 😳, 🤔 we 🥰 You get the sense there's Dark Academia at play and I just love the Word of the Week!Read full review »
Scibidoo via Apple Podcasts · Australia · 04/27/22
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