Bonus 68: Linguistics and science communication - Interview with Liz McCullough (Patreon)

If you want to learn more about science outside a classroom, there are lots of options, such as museums, documentaries, news articles, podcasts, youtube channels and more. When it comes to learning about linguistics, there are some options (you're listening to one of them!) but this is still definitely an area with a lot of potential for growth.  

In this rather meta bonus episode, Gretchen talks with Liz McCullough (different spelling, not related!) about linguistics and science communication. We talk about how Liz got interested in linguistics through science and music, her varied career path going back and forth between museums and universities, and how she's worked with us on the intersection between linguistics and science communication. We also talk about one of her very fun "learning how to do SciComm" activities, which involves handing out mysterious unlabelled boxes and having people interact with them!  

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Here are the links mentioned in this episode:

• Liz McCullough on LinkedIn 
• Liz McCullough on Twitter 
• COSI language pod 
• Bonus 55: Q&A with Emily Gref from language museum Planet Word 
• Looking for more lingcomm resources? Check out how to teach yourself linguistics online for free and the LingComm site 

You can listen to this episode on this page, via the Patreon RSS or download the mp3. A transcript of this episode is available as a Google Doc. Lingthusiasm is also on Facebook, Tumblr, and Twitter. Email us at contact [at] lingthusiasm [dot] com or chat to us on the Patreon page. Gretchen is on Twitter as @GretchenAMcC and blogs at All Things Linguistic. Lauren is on Twitter as @superlinguo and blogs at Superlinguo.

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Lingthusiasm is created by Gretchen McCulloch and Lauren Gawne. Our senior producer is Claire Gawne, our production editor is Sarah Dopierala, our production assistant is Martha Tsutsui Billins, and our production manager is Liz McCullough. Our music is ‘Ancient City’ by The Triangles.