Our listeners have questions, and we have answers. Why do we say 'boo'? or 'a whole 'nother'? And our Latin-minded friends have a few questions, as well. Linguist Daniel Midgley answers them all on this episode of Talk the Talk.

Sometimes English spelling doesn't make much sense. But even though many influential people have tried to reform our wacky orthography, the anomalies persist. Will English spelling reform ever work? Linguist Daniel Midgley spells it out on this episode of Talk the Talk.

Are our vocabularies shrinking? Is bureaucratic double-talk a sinister form of code designed to short-circuit original thought? Author Don Watson thinks so, and explains why in his latest book Worst Words. But how does this view stack up to language science? Don Watson goes head to head with linguist Daniel Midgley on this episode of Talk the Talk.

What happens when computers can use language like humans can? Language workers may be out of a job. Translators, teachers, and others are watching with concern. But is there reason to think that we're on the verge of solving all the computational language problems? Or are some things just too hard for computers? Linguist Daniel Midgley gazes into the crystal ball on this episode of Talk the Talk.

A joke's a joke, but is it still funny in translation? How does a comic have to adapt things for different language audiences? And what's going on in Malaysia's burgeoning comedy scene? Multilingual writer and comedian Kuah Jenhan is in the studio with Daniel, Ben, and Kylie on this episode of Talk the Talk.

People are asking questions about language and gender equality. What’s Oxford Dictionaries doing about some of its questionable definitions? And linguists are wondering why Disney princesses don’t talk more. Linguist Daniel Midgley is listening on this episode of Talk the Talk.

Talk the Talk returns in a big way for this Australia / Survival Day 2016. Linguist Daniel Midgley and smart people Ben Ainslie and Kylie Sturgess bring you three hours of language, interviews, and music on this episode of Talk the Talk.

Talk the Talk returns in a big way for this Australia / Survival Day 2016. Linguist Daniel Midgley and smart people Ben Ainslie and Kylie Sturgess bring you three hours of language, interviews, and music on this episode of Talk the Talk.

Talk the Talk returns in a big way for this Australia / Survival Day 2016. Linguist Daniel Midgley and smart people Ben Ainslie and Kylie Sturgess bring you three hours of language, interviews, and music on this episode of Talk the Talk.

It's the last show of the year, and we've got Daniel, Ben, and Kylie in the studio! We're discussing everything from punctuation in texting, to YouTube voice. And we unveil our Word of the Year. All on this episode of Talk the Talk.