Language influences almost every part of our lives, yet important questions about it rarely come up in everyday conversation. The Babel Bureau podcast provides a platform to explore some of these questions.
Each episode is based on a conversation with a researcher, practitioner or individual with first-hand experience of multilingualism. Topics include language policy, migration and integration, endangered languages, multilingual education, language attitudes, and the relationship between language and identity.
The podcast is intended for anyone interested in languages.
Episodes
Babel Bureau · Episode 11 · with Idaliia Fedotova
AI for shamans
A trip to Siberia: the peoples and languages of a vast Arctic landscape – and how communities keep their culture alive with the help of AI.
Babel Bureau · Episode 10 · with Ohe Poku-Marboah
Thriving
A chat with the host of the podcast “How I learned Finnish” about unorthodox ways of learning a language.
Babel Bureau · Episode 9 · with Roseanna
Riddles
A trip around the world – from stories by a fire in Kenya to lingua francas in Central Asia and Central America.
Babel Bureau · Episode 8 · with Sara Pospiskova
Special interest in language
Special interests, neurodivergence and accommodations that neurodivergent language learners may appreciate.
Babel Bureau · Episode 7 · with Samuel Saenz
Legalese
Why a good lawyer is in fact a good interpreter – and the legacy of Latin beyond English.
Babel Bureau · Episode 6 · with Polina Popova
Grammar rebrand
An integration advisor on supporting migrant integration – and on rebranding grammar exercises as fun.