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A Recast of ‘Subtitle’

Language unites and divides us. It mystifies and delights us. Patrick Cox and Kavita Pillay tell the stories of people with all kinds of linguistic passions: comedians, writers, researchers; speakers of endangered languages; speakers of multiple languages; and just speakers—people like you and me.

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Recastable Episodes (76)

1. Coming soon: Subtitle Oct. 7, 2019
2. Your next favorite podcast Oct. 25, 2019
3. Not so anonymous Nov. 6, 2019
4. Words we love to hate Nov. 20, 2019
5. The language of diamonds Dec. 4, 2019
6. Gullah Geechee enters the academy Dec. 18, 2019
7. Why Mormons are so good at languages Jan. 8, 2020
8. Is a polyglot’s brain different? Jan. 22, 2020
9. The talk of the forest Feb. 5, 2020
10. Did Katrina kill the New Orleans accent? Feb. 19, 2020
11. How to communicate with aliens March 4, 2020
12. Going Dutch March 18, 2020
13. One virus, many languages April 1, 2020
14. At war, and not at war April 15, 2020
15. In quarantine with Joanna Hausmann April 29, 2020
16. In quarantine with Joe Wong May 13, 2020
17. A metaphor for our times May 27, 2020
18. ‘Sisu’ gets an update June 10, 2020
19. The birth of a language June 24, 2020
20. We Speak: Patrick and Kavita July 8, 2020
21. We Speak: Verónica July 22, 2020
22. We Speak: Ciku Aug. 5, 2020
23. We Speak: Tina Aug. 19, 2020
24. Subtitle presents A Better Life? Sept. 16, 2020
25. Season 2 is coming March 11, 2021
26. My notorious name March 17, 2021
27. The language closest to English March 31, 2021
28. The dots and their future April 14, 2021
29. Japan’s mystery language April 28, 2021
30. How the alphabet won our hearts May 12, 2021
31. The little pronoun that could May 26, 2021
32. We are the people June 9, 2021
33. The pleasure and pain of spelling June 23, 2021
34. A tale of edible intrigue July 28, 2021
35. A language that survived the boarding schools Sept. 29, 2021
36. Season 3 is coming Dec. 2, 2021
37. Once upon a hyphen… Dec. 15, 2021
38. Teach me your song Jan. 5, 2022
39. A mother tongue reclaimed Jan. 19, 2022
40. Why some words are just funny Feb. 2, 2022
41. ‘Manifesting’ the language of self-help Feb. 16, 2022
42. The speechways of the folk March 2, 2022
43. The language of the outside people March 16, 2022
44. When did comedians start saying ‘punching up’ and ‘punching down’? March 30, 2022
45. Will climate change wipe out French in Louisiana? April 13, 2022
46. Presenting More Than a Feeling April 27, 2022
47. The rare joys of learning Finnish May 11, 2022
48. Ukraine’s linguistic patriotism May 25, 2022
49. How the Ojibwe language survived the pandemic June 8, 2022
50. Hello, Goodbye June 22, 2022
51. Learning to love apostrophes July 6, 2022
52. Latin, the undead language Sept. 7, 2022
53. A brief history of death threats Sept. 21, 2022
54. Where did African American English come from? Oct. 5, 2022
55. How music has shaped African American speech Oct. 19, 2022
56. The future sound of Black English Nov. 2, 2022
57. The precious secrets of Udi Nov. 16, 2022
58. Season 4 is coming Oct. 18, 2023
59. A German-speaking outpost in the American Midwest Nov. 1, 2023
60. Americans, Brits and the foreignness of English Nov. 15, 2023
61. Is Mx here to stay? Nov. 29, 2023
62. Sugar Sammy’s multilingual comedy Dec. 13, 2023
63. How the brain of an improv performer works Jan. 24, 2024
64. Easing into multilingualism Feb. 7, 2024
65. From linguistic shame to pride Feb. 21, 2024
66. The Irish language renaissance March 6, 2024
67. Why the French use the English word ‘black’ March 20, 2024
68. Chinese sci-fi has crossed the translation barrier April 4, 2024
69. How Basque speakers saved their language April 17, 2024
70. The bilingual edge: what the research says May 1, 2024
71. Icelandic, the language that recycles everything May 15, 2024
72. Presenting Home, Interrupted May 29, 2024
73. The language that gave Missouri its name June 12, 2024
74. Will Icelandic survive the invasion of English? June 26, 2024
75. How composer Leoš Janáček set his daughter’s last words to music May 7, 2025
76. Julie Sedivy’s personal history of language April 22, 2026