Blog in Podcasts

The Economist’s language columnist Robert Lane Greene takes down ugly unsplit infinitives, Nerdview and Delta Airlines. And 8 Mile comes to the podcast… kinda.

You can listen to it on iTunes and on SoundCloud.

Have a listen to the latest edition of our podcast, where we talk to Google’s naming guru, Amanda Peterson. She talks about cats, Bundt cakes and keeping secrets. Oh, and the joy and pain of naming stuff for Google.

You can listen to it on iTunes and on Soundcloud.

How can language help revive a much-loved brand? The Co-op brand team tell all. Oh, and the word ‘clart’.

Listen to it on iTunes or SoundCloud.

Innocent’s group head of brand talks about inventing wackaging, and being funny in Finnish. And what’s gone awry with English teaching in British schools?

Listen to it on iTunes or SoundCloud.

Jon Hawkins talks about his eight-year mission to transform the language of one of Britain's biggest businesses. And we learn about poetry from The Donald.

Listen to it on iTunes or SoundCloud.