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The Weekend Listener #18

The Weekend Listener is a monthly list of noteworthy podcasts and radio recordings, old and new, curated for your listening pleasure. For more listening tips please search the website for previous instalments. LANGUAGE The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis Edward Sapir, American anthropologist and linguist Also known as the hypothesis of linguistic relativity, the Sapir-Wharf hypothesis posits that …

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Exploring Old-Time Radio

Before there was cable, satellite and terrestrial television, radio reigned supreme as the main source of entertainment. Families would gather round their radio receivers to tune into broadcasts, typically in the evening hours, which largely replaced fireside readings and other forms of home entertainment popular before the advent of the electronic media. The golden age …

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