Bonus 71: Parrots, art, and what even is a word - Deleted scenes from Kat Gupta, Lucy Maddox, and Randall Munroe interviews (Patreon)

We've interviewed lots of great people on Lingthusiasm, and sometimes there's a story or two that we just don't have space for in the main episode, so here's a bonus episode with our favourite recent outtakes! Think of it as a special bonus edition DVD from the past two years of Lingthusiasm with director's commentary and deleted scenes. 

In this bonus episode, Lauren and Gretchen get enthusiastic about some of our favourite deleted bits from previous interviews that we didn't quite have space to share with you. First, we go back to Kat Gupta, previously seen talking corpus linguistics, about what interacting with their parrot has taught them about consent. Then we go back to Lucy Maddox, previously talking about combining linguistics and art, about how she balances the art that feeds you with the art that feeds your brain. Finally, we go back to Randall Munroe, previously asking us absurd hypothetical questions about linguistics, to ask him about the linguistics-related question that didn't quite make the cut for the pages of What If? 2. 

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Here are the links mentioned in this episode:

• For more deleted scenes, check out our first compilation bonus episode 
• Kat Gupta Interview - 'Corpus linguistics and consent - Interview with Kat Gupta' 
• Kat Gupta’s website
• Kat Gupta's Twitter
• Lucy Maddox Interview - 'Behind the scenes on making an aesthetic IPA chart - Interview with Lucy Maddox' 
• Lucy Maddox's website 
• Lucy Maddox on Instagram
• Randall Munroe Interview - 'What If Linguistics - Absurd Hypothetical Questions with Randall Munroe of xkcd'
• xkcd comics
• Randall Munroe on Twitter
• Order what if? 2 here

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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, and our production assistant is Martha Tsutsui Billins. Our music is ‘Ancient City’ by The Triangles.