The Vocal Fries Creators & Guests

Carrie is a former professor of linguistics who is primarily interested in indigenous languages of North America. (She even wrote a book on Skwxwú7mesh/Squamish determiners and co-wrote a book about Michif noun phrases.) Carrie also worries about linguistic discrimination and the harm it can do to most people. She started this podcast with Megan to convince everyone that linguistic discrimination is just bigotry in a slightly more socially acceptable form. When she’s not tilting at windmills, she’s knitting, cuddling with her 5 cats or reading way too much news.

Language nerd, treehugger, web aficionado. One of many @EUinterpreters. Podcaster @langfmpod & @troubleterps. Tech trainer @techforword. Team @dolbarcamp.

Aubrey Gordon, also known as Your Fat Friend, is an author, podcaster, and activist. She writes about fatness, fat acceptance, and anti-fat bias, and she co-hosts the podcast "Maintenance Phase" with journalist Michael Hobbes, which focuses on the poor science behind some health and wellness fads.Gordon's first book, "What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat," was published in 2022.

Michael Hobbes is an American journalist and a former reporter for HuffPost. He is also the co-host of the podcast Maintenance Phase with Aubrey Gordon and the former co-host of You're Wrong About