Episodios

  • Episode 87 (Rhoticity: Watch Your R's)

    Episode 87 (Rhoticity: Watch Your R's)
    Apr 1 2025
    For the April 2025 episode, Paul discusses rhoticity, the use of the letter R in speech. For more information, visit the page associated with this podcast episode at PaulMeier.com/In-A-Manner-Of-Speaking.
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    18 m
  • Episode 86 (How Playwrights Hear Their Characters’ Voices)

    Episode 86 (How Playwrights Hear Their Characters’ Voices)
    Mar 1 2025
    The March 2025 episode of "In a Manner of Speaking" is the first to feature a playwright. Paul Meier discusses how playwrights hear their characters voices with Pulitzer Price-nominated James Still.
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    45 m
  • Episode 85 (The World of Puppets)

    Episode 85 (The World of Puppets)
    Feb 1 2025
    Paul's February 2025 podcast episode is his first to focus on the speech of inanimate objects, specifically puppets. But as you will see from this month's guest, accomplished "Sesame Street" puppeteer Spencer Lott, they can be just as animated as any human. Spencer and Paul discuss puppetry and specifically the art of voicing the characters.
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    48 m
  • Episode 84 ("Why Animals Talk")

    Episode 84 ("Why Animals Talk")
    Jan 1 2025
    For the January 2025 , Paul and his guest, distinguished Cambridge zoologist Arik Kershenbaum, discuss, in a first for this podcast, the speech of non-humans. Why do animals "talk"? For extra free content, make sure to listen to the podcast at PaulMeier.com.
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    45 m
  • Episode 83 (“Just How Boring Are You?” Be a Better Podcast Guest)

    Episode 83 (“Just How Boring Are You?” Be a Better Podcast Guest)
    Dec 1 2024
    Renowned singing and voice teachers and authors Gillyanne Kayes and Jeremy Fisher return to the podcast for December 2024 to discuss Jeremy's new book, "Just How Boring Are You?" which examines how to be a better podcast guest. For more information, visit the page devoted to this episode at PaulMeier.com/In-A-Manner-Of-Speaking.
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    44 m
  • Episode 82 (American and British Dialects in Popular Song)

    Episode 82 (American and British Dialects in Popular Song)
    Nov 1 2024
    Linguist Karen Burgos returns to the podcast for November 2024 to discuss American and British dialects in popular song. She and Paul are joined by podcast co-producer Cameron Meier to examine dialect trends in music from the first decade of the 20th century to today.
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    49 m
  • Episode 81 (Voices of the Civil Rights Movement)

    Episode 81 (Voices of the Civil Rights Movement)
    Oct 1 2024
    Actor, director, and voice/dialect coach Jacqueline Springfield returns to the podcast for October 2024 to discuss voices of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. Paul and Jacqueline analyze snippets of 11 speeches, from Booker T. Washington in 1895 to President Barack Obama in 2016, looking at dialect, content, and style.
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    50 m
  • Episode 80 (Trace That Place)

    Episode 80 (Trace That Place)
    Sep 1 2024
    Podcast regular David Crystal is back on "In a Manner of Speaking" to discuss his new website, TraceThatPlace.com, which allows users to explore the story and sound of place names on the road signs and railway stations of Britain." Visit the September 2024 podcast page at PaulMeier.com/In-a-Manner-of-Speaking for more information.
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    40 m
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