This Week on ART ON THE AIR a returning interview with professor of linguistics, Dr. Valerie Fridland's new book “Why We Talk Funny, and spotlight on Chicago Street Theatre’s TeenFest

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The episode features an interview with Dr. Valerie Fridland discussing her book on accents and a spotlight on Chicago Street Theatre’s TeenFest.

This Week (5/15 & 5/17) on ART ON THE AIR a returning interview with University of Nevada at Reno professor of linguistics, Dr. Valerie Fridland, a sociolinguist, discussing her new book, “Why We Talk Funny - The Real Story Behind Our Accents” and how they define each one of us.Our spotlight is on Chicago Street Theatre’s TeenFest May 22 and 23 with program director Lisa Formosa-Parmigiano.Tune in on Sunday at 7pm on Lakeshore Public Media 89.1FM for our hour long conversation with our special guests or listen at lakeshorepublicmedia.org/AOTA, and can also be heard Fridays at 11am and Mondays at 5pm on WVLP 103.1FM (WVLP.org) or listen live at Tune In. Listen to past ART ON THE AIR shows at lakeshorepublicmedia.org/AOTA or brech.com/aota. Please have your friends send show feedback to Lakeshore at: radiofeedback@lakeshorepublicmedia.orgSend your questions about our show to AOTA@brech.comLIKE us on Facebook.com/artonthairwvlp to keep up to date about art issues in the Region. New and encore episodes also heard as podcasts on: NPR, Spotify Tune IN, Amazon Music, Apple and Google Podcasts, YouTube plus many other podcast platforms. Larry A Brechner & Ester Golden hosts of…

People in this episode

Hosts: Larry A Brechner, Ester Golden

Guests: Dr. Valerie Fridland, Lisa Formosa-Parmigiano

Topics covered

• linguistics
• sociolinguistics
• theatre
• teen programs
• accents

Keywords

• linguistics
• accents
• Chicago Street Theatre
• TeenFest
• sociolinguistics
• art
• theatre

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Nevada at Reno, Chicago Street Theatre

Books & works: Why We Talk Funny - The Real Story Behind Our Accents

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