In a Manner of Speaking

In a Manner of Speaking


Latest Episodes

Episode 46 (Highly Irregular)
November 01, 2021

A Conversation with Arika Okrent

Episode 45 (Read Me a Story)
October 01, 2021

A Conversation with Elizabeth Wiley

Episode 44 (Let's Talk)
September 01, 2021

A Conversation with David Crystal

Episode 43 (Heightened Language and Black Playwrights)
August 01, 2021

A Conversation with Jacqueline Springfield

Episode 42 (Law Talk)
July 01, 2021

A Conversation with Pamela Keller

Episode 41 (Glossolalia)
June 01, 2021

A Conversation with Paul de Lacy

Episode 40 (Reading to Children, with Mem Fox)
May 01, 2021

A Conversation with Australia's bestselling writer

Episode 39 (Speech and Voice Disorders)
April 01, 2021

A Conversation with Joanna Cazden

Episode 38 (The Curious Affair of the Glottal Stop and the Schwa)
March 02, 2021

For the March episode, Paul discusses the phonetic phenomena known as the glottal stop and the schwa. The glottal stop is that little explosion you feel in your throat when you say phrases such as  "uh-huh," "huh-uh," and "uh-oh,&

Episode 37 (Polari: the Secret Language of Gay Men)
February 01, 2021

A Conversation with Paul Baker