About this episode
The episode discusses the dangers of granting excessive power to individuals over indigenous languages, featuring guest Lauren Gawne.
TGS and Lingthusiasm join forces to think through all the things that can go wrong when you give a grifter too much power over indigenous languages. Guest Our guest Lauren Gawne is an Associate Professor of Linguistics at La Trobe University and the co-host of Lingthusiasm . Follow Lingthusiasm on Bluesky and Instagram , or join their Patreon . Sensitive Themes & Topics Genocide, racism and racial violence Credits - Host & Executive Producer: Claire E. Aubin. Find her on Twitter @ceaubin and Bluesky ceaubin , or check out her website . - Editor: Julia Schifini. Check out her website . - Music: Marshall Dean Williams - Multitude: multitude.productions Want double the episodes, all ad-free, and other exclusive perks? Join the TGS Patreon . Shop our bookshelf - The Hater’s Library - here . Find Us Online - Website: thisguysucked.com - Instagram: instagram.com/thisguysucked - Bluesky: @thisguysucked.com - Twitter: twitter.com/thisguysucked Want to become a sponsor of This Guy Sucked? Head over to https://multitude.productions/ads See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
People in this episode
Host: Claire E. Aubin
Guest: Lauren Gawne
Topics covered
- indigenous languages
- grifting
- racism
- genocide
- linguistics
Keywords
- indigenous languages
- grifter
- racism
- linguistics
- genocide
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Lingthusiasm, La Trobe University, Multitude
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