About this episode

Danny Bate discusses his journey in linguistics and his podcasting endeavors.

“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 online media. After completing his Master’s, he worked as a language teacher before diving into a PhD in Linguistics with the University of Edinburgh. Since then, he’s become a broadcaster, voice actor, and podcast host. In A Language I Love Is…, Danny dives into a particular language with an expert, sharing their enthusiasm with his audience. Danny Bate on LinkedIn Danny Bate’s website Why Q Needs U on Bookshop.org A Language I Love Is…podcast Topics include: – Proto-Indo-European – history – historical linguistics – networking – Old Irish – public linguistics – podcasting – writing systems – careers outside academia – LLMs If you’d like to support this show, we’ve got a Patreon! Listen to Lingthusiam, our first patron!The post Episode #87: Danny Bate first appeared on Linguistics Careercast.

People in this episode

Guest: Danny Bate

Topics covered

• Proto-Indo-European
• historical linguistics
• public linguistics
• podcasting
• careers outside academia

Keywords

• linguistics
• language teaching
• PhD
• voice acting
• networking
• writing systems
• LLMs

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Edinburgh, Lingthusiam, Patreon, Bookshop.org

Books & works: A Language I Love Is…

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