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Linguistics Careercast

Linguistics Careercast is the podcast devoted to exploring careers for linguists outside academia, through interviews with linguists employed in industry.

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  • October 5 · 1 hr 10 min

    Episode #93: Lauren Collister

    “Music and linguistics are both an act of communication and an act of social coordination” Lauren Collister is a linguist who works as a professional writer, researcher, and educator. She received her PhD in linguistics from the University of

  • September 9 · 1 hr 31 min

    Episode #92: Anna Marie Trester and Robert Lawson

    “How do we find and hang on to our own humanity in this inhumane capitalist system?” After completing her PhD in Linguistics in 2008, Anna Marie Trester worked in academic administration at Georgetown University and then later at the FrameWor

  • August 21 · 59 min

    Episode #91: Kelsey Kraus

    “What if we could have an academic program that combines linguistic knowledge with engineering knowledge?” Kelsey Kraus is a computational linguist, data scientist, and educator. received her PhD in Linguistics from the University of Californ

  • August 4 · 57 min

    Episode #90: Sarah Hendry

    “My network is the most important part of my career journey” Sarah Hendry has a background in psycholinguistics, cognitive science, and discourse analysis – how language works in the brain, and how we interact with each other to get our meani

  • July 15 · 1 hr 8 min

    Episode #89: Laiylaly Mandujano

    “I find my professional fulfillment outside my nine-to-five, in volunteering and working with my community” Laiylaly Mandujano works at the intersection of language and technology as a conversation designer. Her professional experience spans

  • June 9 · 1 hr 5 min

    Episode #88: Samantha Beaver

    “The secret to wealth is not to be rich in money but rich in language” Samantha Beaver is a workplace communications analyst and linguist, business owner, wife, and mother. She earned a Masters in Applied English Linguistics from the Universi

  • May 12 · 1 hr 16 min

    Episode #87: Danny Bate

    “My mission is to show people how much language they already know without realizing it” A linguist, writer, and podcaster based in Prague, Danny Bate has turned a lifelong passion with language into a career that spans teaching, academia, and

  • April 28 · 1 hr 4 min

    Episode #86: Joan Barker

    “My linguistics work has allowed me to experience humanity on different levels” Joan Barker received a Master’s in Linguistics at Central Connecticut State University and spent much of her career abroad, holding positions in Africa and

  • April 17 · 1 hr

    Episode #85: Jen Polk

    “Where you land in a job might not be where you want to stay” Jen Polk is a career coach for professors, postdocs and PhD students looking to make the jump from academia to industry. She got her PhD in history at the University of Toronto and

  • April 13 · 2 min

    Linguistics Careercast Update!

    Just a quick update – we’ve taken a short hiatus but we have so much more content to come: Interviews! Panels! Webinars! If you’d like to support us, we have a Patreon and our first Patron is the fantastic Lingthusiasm podcast! And if y

  • January 6 · 48 min

    Episode #84: Abby Bajuniemi

    “Networking is work, but it’s fun work – you get to talk to smart, fun people” Abby Bajuniemi is a linguist with 10+ years of experience leading UX research and content initiatives across multiple industries, working for organizations such as

  • Dec 9, 2025 · 1 hr 10 min

    Episode #83: Shannon DeJong

    “I thought: I don’t know which way to go. Wow – what a wonderful place to be!” Shannon DeJong is a linguist, namer, brand agency founder, writer, performer, artist, business advisor and coach; she’s worked big firms like HP, Google, Ado

  • Nov 4, 2025 · 58 min

    Episode #82: Deborah Ball

    “There’s so much you can learn from linguistics when you apply it to the business of naming” Deborah Ball has been working in naming, branding, content creation, marketing, and communications for more than 10 years in the UK and the US. Her s

  • Oct 23, 2025 · 51 min

    Episode #81: Emelia BensonMeyer

    “We take so much of communication for granted – until we can’t communicate” Emelia BensonMeyer is a speech-language pathologist specializing in evaluation and treatment of voice, airway, and swallowing disorders. She has an underg

  • Oct 2, 2025 · 52 min

    Episode #80: Eukene Franco-Landa

    “I created Minority Languaging as a place to communicate, to share, and to debate” Eukene Franco-Landa is sociolinguist with a Ph.D. from the University of Miami who works at the intersection of language, identity, and legitimacy, especially

  • Sep 16, 2025 · 1 hr 34 min

    Episode #79: The AI Con Discussion Panel (Live)

    This episode is an audio version of a virtual panel held online via the Linguistic Society of America, on August 16, 2025. This is part two of our conversation on GenAI and linguistics, this time focusing on Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna, Ph.D.’s

  • Sep 2, 2025 · 50 min

    Episode #78: User Experience Research for Linguists (LCL Audio)

    This episode is an audio version of a virtual panel held at the Linguistics Career Launch in the summer of 2024, titled “User Experience Research for Linguists”. The moderator is Darrell Penta, and the two panelists are Josh Martin and Midam Kim. In this

  • Aug 12, 2025 · 54 min

    Episode #77: Erin Kuester

    “Don’t be afraid to reach for the job you want” Erin Kuester has a Master’s degree in Applied Linguistics from Ohio University, and is a copywriter and content creator for service businesses, as well as a writing mentor and editor. She

  • Aug 5, 2025 · 47 min

    Episode #76: Societal Impacts and the Ethical Use of AI (LCL Audio)

    This episode is an audio version of a virtual panel held at the Linguistics Career Launch in the summer of 2024, titled “Societal Impacts and the Ethical Use of AI”. The moderator is Aubrie Amstutz, and the two panelists are Patricia McDonough and Alfons

  • Jul 29, 2025 · 2 min

    Live Linguistics Careeercast August 16 2025 – The AI Con Discussion

    Live Linguistics Careercast coming your way on August 16! Join us for part two of our conversation on GenAI and linguistics, this time focusing on Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna, Ph.D.’s recent book “The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype a

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